Galen Scott
gscott@weatherforddemocrat.com
Arlington Police confirmed Precinct 4 Parker County Commissioner Jim Webster, 64, was arrested Saturday and charged with driving while intoxicated and unlawful possession of a weapon.
Authorities are not releasing the identity of a 25-year-old Dallas woman who was riding in Webster’s 2007 Toyota Tundra at the time of his arrest. The woman, who Webster described as a friend, was not taken into police custody.
According to Arlington Police spokesperson Tiara Ellis, officers responded to a call from a motorist in the 2600 block of Six Flags Drive requesting assistance with two flat tires shortly before 1 a.m.
Police at the scene requested a blood sample and Webster consented. He was booked into an Arlington jail at approximately 4 a.m., Ellis said, and released at 11 a.m.
Results of the blood sample are not yet available.
Webster was also found to be in possession of a loaded revolver.
“Officers did the normal thing, and asked him whether or not he had any weapons in the vehicle, and he said yes, and identified the revolver and turned it over to officers,” Ellis said.
Webster said he called police after his truck collided with a median. He said he consumed three alcoholic beverages earlier in the evening.
“I called the Arlington Police to help me get the truck out of the intersection,” he said. “They got there and asked me if I’d had anything to drink. I said ‘yes.’ And then they looked in my truck and I had a weapon in it. I have a concealed handgun permit. And they asked me if I would consent to a blood test, and I did.”
The Texas Local Government Code lists “intoxication on or off duty caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage” among general grounds for removal from the office of county commissioner.
Webster said he is elected every four years and his future service to Parker County will be determined by, “a vote of the people.”
Weatherford defense attorney Becky Davis said she is representing Webster. She said her client’s blood sample, expected within the next two weeks, could come back showing nothing.
If Webster’s blood-alcohol content at the time is found to below the legal level, Davis said both charges should be dismissed because the unlawful weapon charge is contingent upon Webster’s alleged intoxication.
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