Man Accused of Operating a Ride while Drunk at Yamboree
Posted/updated on: October 22, 2017 at 4:59 pm
GILMER — A Gilmer carnival worker is accused of operating a ride while drunk. KETK reports it happened at the East Texas Yamboree. Gilmer police got a complaint about 63-year-old Darrell Wayne Clayton. He flunked a field sobriety test and blew nearly twice the legal limit on a breathalayzer. Chief Mark Case says Clayton was running the merry-go-round. Case says this is a first for his town. Clayton was booked into jail and charged with assembling or operating an amusement ride while intoxicated.
