UPDATE: DUI charges against former Grundy deputy dropped
A Grundy County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been terminated after being charged Wednesday with driving drunk.
Sheriff Clint Shrum said Joseph L. Greenwell had missed three shifts of work, including his shift on Wednesday, when the sheriff decided to check on Greenwell and sent a deputy to find out what was happening.
The deputy spotted Greenwell in a vehicle and pulled him over, Shrum said.
“He wasn’t able to maintain his lane. They stopped him and when they approached him they could smell alcohol,” he said. Greenwell did poorly on a field sobriety test and submitted to a blood-alcohol test, said Shrum.