A Kentucky man was arrested for drunk driving outside a West Des Moines strip club Saturday night and then got pushy with the arresting officers.
Joshua Lee King, 42, of 411 S. 17th St., Paducah, Kentucky, was charged with third-offense OWI, assault on persons in certain occupations and interference with official acts.
The incident began about 10:30 p.m. Saturday at a nude dancing hall in the 6200 block of Raccoon River Drive in West Des Moines, where officers of the West Des Moines Police Department responded to a report of a dispute with an intoxicated male.
Police arrived on scene and observed King “driving in the parking lot” in a 2017 Toyota Camry, according to court records.
The officers made contact with King, who “smelled of alcohol, had watery bloodshot
eyes and admitted to drinking,” according to court records.
King allegedly failed standard field sobriety tests (SFST) and refused a preliminary breath test or a Data Master test.
King allegedly “grabbed a police officer” in the course of his arrest and “became combative and had to be physically placed and removed from the squad car,” according to court records.
King is held in the Dallas County Jail on a $10,000 cash-only bond. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Oct. 12 in Dallas County District Court.
*A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
