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Navassa police chief suspended
A police chief in a Brunswick County town was suspended Tuesday after being charged with driving drunk in his patrol car.
Police said Navassa Police Chief Ricky Junior Thorpe crossed the center line early Saturday and hit a speed limit sign on a rural road, landing in a ditch.
Thorpe, 44, was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving left of the center line at 4:46 a.m. Saturday, according to a ticket filed in the Brunswick County Courthouse. Thorpe’s blood-alcohol content was 0.27, more than three times the legal limit of 0.08, according to the citation.
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