The State Attorney's Office on Wednesday released a videotape of the drunken driving arrest last November of Cooper City commissioner Bartlett "Bart" Roper.

Roper, a two-term commissioner, was found Nov. 28 asleep in his Chevrolet truck, which was parked in the 5700 block of South Pine Island Road in Davie. The truck had a flat tire and its keys were in the ignition but the engine wasn't running.

Roper, 69, made an obscene gesture when confronted, said the paramedics who awakened him. The video depicts Officer J.R. Arndt asking Roper to walk a white line in the road. Roper failed and stumbled, and was charged with driving under the influence, a misdemeanor which carries a maximum jail sentence of six months. The case is still pending.



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