Holly Springs police officer loses job, gets arrested on same day
Hours after losing his job as a Holly Springs police officer, Jimmy Earl Price Jr. was charged Tuesday night with driving while impaired.
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Price, 47, of 187 Hunters Way in Angier, was arrested by one of his former colleagues at about 10:20 p.m. following a crash on N.C. Highway 55. According to the citation, his Ford pickup drifted into a turn lane at Vinewood Place and rear-ended two vehicles, injuring at least one person.
Officers noted a strong odor of alcohol on him and bloodshot, glassy eyes. He refused a field sobriety test and had to be taken to a nearby hospital to have blood drawn to measure his blood-alcohol content.
Holly Springs spokesman Mark Andrews said Price's last day as a police officer was Tuesday. He didn't say how long he had worked with the Holly Springs Police Department.
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