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FILE - Indiana Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, listens during the start of the General Assembly session at the Statehouse, Jan. 3, 2018, in Indianapolis. A police report says the lawmaker’s pickup truck veered down a hill, across traffic lanes and through a guardrail on an interstate highway before he was arrested on a drunken driving charge. The prosecutor in southern Indiana’s Jackson County said Monday, June 5, 2023, that he had not yet decided about criminal charges against Lucas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
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Republican Rep. Jim Lucas of Seymour signed an agreement with the prosecutor in southern Indiana’s Jackson County in which he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident.
In a Facebook post, Republican state Rep. Jim Lucas of Seymour said he accepts responsibility and is getting professional help.
Republican Rep. Jim Lucas of Seymour asked Jackson Superior Court Judge Bruce MacTavish earlier this month to end his probation after six months, stating in court filings that he “performed very well on probation with no violations” and “all fees and financial obligations have been satisfied.”