Kansas City, MO

Platte County authorities have charged a Kansas City police sergeant with driving while intoxicated.

Sgt. Jay P. Pruetting, 46, who has worked for more than 20 years with the department, faces one DWI charge and one count of failing to drive on the right side of the road.

Pruetting remains on the job while the criminal matter is pending. Capt. Rich Lockhart, police spokesman, declined to comment.

According to court records, on Feb. 7, Pruetting was northbound on Interstate 29 near Northwest 64th Street when he was pulled over by a Platte County sheriff’s deputy who noticed Pruetting’s vehicle swerve.

The deputy said Pruetting staggered after he got out of his vehicle. Pruetting failed a sobriety test and later refused to take a breath test, court records stated.

The charges were filed Thursday.

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Platte County MO

Carl G. Lickteig, 37, of Belton, was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for his fifth conviction in seven years on a charge of driving while intoxicated (DWI), said Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd.

Lickteig was the first Platte County DWI defendant charged as a chronic DWI offender under a state law that Zahnd urged the Missouri General Assembly to pass in 2005.

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