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Bradley County Commissioner Arrested for DUI

308 views · Published 10 December 2012 · 1:55 · Indexed 17 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin  Vice Chair of the Bradley County Commission Brian Jeffrey Yarber, spent Thursday night in jail, arrested for D.U.I.We went by the commissioner's home Friday afternoon to ask him about the arrest. He wasn't there, but we were able to reach him by phone.Asked if he was drinking and driving, the Commissioner said, "If you're going to ask those type of questions, I'm going to have to let you talk to my attorney."According to the affadavit, officers went looking for commissioner Brian Jeff Yarber's Dodge Charger Thursday night. It says he was driving the wrong way, then he pulled over along Goldstar drive.  Officers found him in his car asleep. The report claims Yarber had a blood alcohol level of .12 -- well over the legal limit of .08."He should probably lose his job. For me, I'm 150% against drunk drivers," says Bradley county resident Sharon Goode.Goode has a personal frustration with anyone drinking while driving."I was hit by a drunk driver 12 years ago, so for me, I believe it was wrong," says Sharon Goode.The Bradley county mayor told us in a statement, "I'm disappointed to hear about Commissioner Yarber's arrest... elected officials are held to a higher standard.""I think he should go to jail like everyone else if you break the law. If you  break the law, you break the law," says resident Richard Smith.Yarber has been a Bradley county commissioner for 10 years. He's scheduled to go to court in March of 2013.

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