2nd Ohio lawmaker faces drunken driving charge

COLUMBUS, Ohio The Highway Patrol says Republican state Rep. Jarrod Martin was arrested Friday at about 10:55 p.m. in Jackson County after being pulled over when he swerved over the center line while hauling a trailer without a taillight

Lt. Anne Ralston says Martin was with two adults and two juveniles and also was charged with child endangerment.

Martin says in a Monday statement that he takes the matter seriously and intends to vindicate himself in court.

According to a tweet on his Twitter account, Martin in May rode along with state and local police in Beavercreek setting up a drunken driving checkpoint.

A fellow GOP legislator, state Rep. Robert Mecklenborg, resigned July 17 after a drunken driving charge in Indiana.

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