{"id":1680630,"date":"2022-10-09T15:19:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T19:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1680630"},"modified":"2022-10-09T15:20:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T19:20:57","slug":"democratic-mayor-apologizes-for-drinking-and-driving-after-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-mayor-apologizes-for-drinking-and-driving-after-car-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Mayor Apologizes For Drinking And Driving After Car Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-mayor-apologizes-for-drinking-and-driving-after-car-accident%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1680630&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An Indiana mayor has admitted to drinking and driving following a car accident on Saturday night, according to a statement from his office.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne Democratic Mayor Tom Henry\u2019s office issued the statement on Twitter after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wane.com\/top-stories\/fort-wayne-mayor-tom-henry-arrested-for-owi-sunday-jail-staff-says\/\">reportedly<\/a> being booked in the Allen County Jail. He was released Sunday morning on his own recognizance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to apologize to the residents of Fort Wayne and my family for the poor decision I made to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after drinking at a local function. I accept full responsibility for my actions,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m relieved that no one was hurt in this incident. The Fort Wayne Police Department handled this situation with professionalism and followed all of the correct procedures and protocols,\u201d Henry added.<\/p>\n<p>Henry also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wane.com\/top-stories\/fort-wayne-mayor-tom-henry-arrested-for-owi-sunday-jail-staff-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">addressed media<\/a> on Sunday to express his sorrow and embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am terribly embarrassed by the poor decision making that occurred last evening,\u201d Henry said in a media briefing. \u201cI am sorry that I put our police department in that situation last evening. I knew better\u2026 I will be held accountable for those actions in future legal proceedings. I respect our legal process, and I will adhere to decisions made by our court, and I will accept those consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor noted he would not address additional details due to the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs your mayor, I will not hide from my actions, nor will I make excuses. But today I ask that you please respect my inability to speak to the facts of the matter until I am fairly and appropriately adjudicated,\u201d Henry said.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne Police Department Information Officer Sergeant Jeremy Webb noted that no police records would be shared for the ongoing investigation, according to a WANE-TV report.<\/p>\n<p>John Perlich, a spokesman for Henry, also released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/indiana-mayor-admits-drinking-driving-involved-car-crash-rcna51394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> to NBC News regarding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor Tom Henry was involved in a motor vehicle crash late Saturday,\u201d Perlich told the outlet. \u201cUpon arrival, officers determined that the Mayor appeared to be impaired. After tests were conducted, that was confirmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Henry is currently running for a fifth mayoral term in 2023 against Republican Tom Didier, a current Fort Wayne city council member.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have known the Henry family for much of my life,\u201d Didier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wane.com\/top-stories\/fort-wayne-mayor-tom-henry-arrested-for-owi-sunday-jail-staff-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> in a statement following the mayor\u2019s apology. \u201cCindy Henry actually was one of the first people to encourage me to run for public office. These relationships go beyond politics. I would encourage everyone to pray for them and all those involved in this accident and I hope that no one was seriously harmed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indiana mayor has admitted to drinking and driving following a car accident on Saturday night, according to a statement from his office. Fort Wayne Democratic Mayor Tom Henry\u2019s office issued the statement on Twitter after reportedly being booked in the Allen County Jail. He was released Sunday morning on his own recognizance. \u201cI want &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1680632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1680630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1680630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1680632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1680630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1680630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1680630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}