Dakota Co. deputy in court for DWI

A Dakota County deputy arrested on suspicion of DWI, when his license was supposed to be suspended, will make his first court appearance Monday.

Joshua Williams was arrested in November after a fellow deputy clocked him driving 68 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone. He was stopped on County Road 46 in Empire Township, not far from where he had hit and killed a motorcyclist 15 months earlier.

Authorities said Williams failed both a field sobriety and breath test.

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS broke the story and our reporting led to the discovery that Dakota County had not sent hundreds of other convictions to the state for possible suspension. That launched a statewide review in every county.

If convicted, this would be William's second DWI in less than 10 years. He already has a DWI conviction in North Carolina from December 1998.

At last check, Williams was still on paid administrative leave.

Looks like a little corruption there.

Man! Sounds like people were just there to get a paycheck and not do their jobs! That review is going to end up getting that county ( and possibly more counties) in BIG trouble!