By Pashtana Usufzy
A Henderson police officer was
arrested early Thursday morning on a driving under the influence charge after
he reportedly drove the wrong way on U.S. 95, officials said.
Nevada Highway Patrol received
a report about 1 a.m. of a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction on the
highway near Durango Drive, Trooper Loy Hixson said.
Troopers located that vehicle
just south of Durango Drive and attempted to make a stop, Hixson said.
The driver, later identified as
Henderson officer Joseph Lawrance, didn't immediately pull over but did
eventually stop for a trooper, officials said.
Henderson Police spokeswoman
Kathleen Richards declined to comment on the arrest but said all incidents like
this trigger internal investigations.
Lawrance was taken into custody
and booked into the Clark County Detention Center, Hixson said.
Lawrance has been placed on
paid administrative leave, Henderson spokesman Keith Paul said
