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Marion County deputy gets week in jail for DUI

The Columbian
Published: March 15, 2011, 12:00am

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A Marion County Jail deputy involved in a drunken driving crash was sentenced Monday to a week in jail and 90 days of house arrest.

The Statesman Journal reports 62-year-old Dennis John Parson was convicted of drunken driving and assault for the October collision in which the other driver suffered minor injuries.

Police said Parson had a blood alcohol content of .227 percent. He resigned from the sheriff’s office in December.

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Information from: Statesman Journal, http://www.statesmanjournal.com

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