MORROW, Ga.,None — Channel 2 Action News has learned Morrow Police Chief Jeffery Baker has resigned.
Baker was arrested last month on seven different charges including DUI, running a red light, open container violation and disobeying the person directing traffic in Clayton County.
According to the report, one of Baker's own officers observed the chief asleep at the wheel at the intersection of Highway 54 and Southlake Parkway. The officer reported Baker's eyes were red and glassy and his speech was slurred, but when he tried to get him to pull over Baker drove around the officer and left, the report said.
The report said after the arrest police found eight 12-ounce cans of Natural Light beer in Baker's patrol car.
Stay with WSBTV.com and Channel 2 Action News for more on this developing story.
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