Bus Driver Arrested for DUI

A veteran Fannin County school bus driver is charged with DUI after overturning his bus in a single vehicle wreck on Mineral Springs Road Wednesday afternoon. Robert Winston Harper, 72, of Mineral Bluff was arrested following the accident and charged with DUI and failure to maintain lane. He was later released from the Fannin County Jail on a $2,300 bond. According to a report filed by Sgt. G.R. Harper of the Georgia State Patrol, Harper’s blood alcohol level at the time of the accident was 0.127 percent.

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Littering Leads to Drug Arrest

A 42 year old male was pulled over on Interstate 85 for tossing trash out of his car window.  When police searched his car officers discovered six pounds of methamphetamine.  The meth has a street value of about $350,000. Covarrubias is also wanted on charges in Louisiana. For now, he’s in the Gwinnett County jail, charged with drug trafficking and littering.