Prosecutor: Inkster State Rep. tazed, pepper-sprayed for being combative after drunk crash

FOX 2 - State Rep. Jewell Jones (D-Inkster) was arraigned Friday via a Zoom conference in Livingston County accused of driving drunk and resisting arrest after a crash on I-96 on April 6.

State Rep. Jewell Jones accused of driving drunk twice the legal limit

Rep. Jewell Jones' impaired driving is alleged to have spanned from Southfield to Fowlerville, where his SUV was found in a ditch off I-96.

It is alleged that Jones drove drunk, more than twice the legal limit for at least 50 miles with his Glock pistol in the cupholder. And when he eventually crashed his SUV he allegedly became combative with police and even a paramedic who tried to help. 

Jones' impaired driving is alleged to have spanned from Southfield to Fowlerville, where his SUV was found in a ditch off I-96, said the Livingston County Prosecutor's Office.

FOX 2 received a release from Jones' attorney that said: State Rep. Jewell Jones is presumed innocent and remains so unless he is proven guilty.

On April 6, FOX 2 is told that calls came into 911 with reports of an erratic driver. One witness claims, it was the 26-year-old state rep with a license plate "elected." 
 
"It was reported that the defendant drove his vehicle into the ditch off of I-96, where he and his passenger was located," said Ca