DeKalb County corrections officer charged with DUI

A corrections officer in DeKalb County, Ala., was charged with driving under the influence and placed on paid administrative leave.

Lucas Nathaniel Yancey, 21, was arrested about 1 a.m. Friday after the 2007 Ford Ranger he was driving left the road and caused damage to a house along County Road 72 in Fyffe, according to a news release from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office.

Yancey taken by ambulance to DeKalb Regional Medical Center, where he was treated and released with no serious injuries, the release said.

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