Paris Police stopped a vehicle bearing an Oklahoma license plate in the 800 block of SW 1st Street due to a report of a possible intoxicated driver.
The officer stopped the vehicle for driving left of the center stripe on the roadway after it had been reported that the vehicle had earlier ran a red light.
As the driver attempted to turn into a driveway, the officer observed the vehicle jump the curb, cross the front yard and nearly strike a tree.
Arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated was 42 year old Jerry Edward Harris of Paris.
Harris admitted to officers that he recently had surgery and had taken a narcotic for pain. Harris was later transferred to the Lamar County Jail.