By SHERMAN SMITH
Kansas Reflector
TOPEKA — Rep. Suzi Carlson was arrested late Monday and booked into Shawnee County Jail with citations for drunk driving and failing to maintain a single lane.
Tim Phelps, deputy director of the jail, said Topeka police stopped Carlson at 10:08 p.m. Monday at S.W. 14th and Topeka Blvd., about four blocks south of the Statehouse.
Online jail records indicate Carlson, a Republican from Clay Center, was booked into jail at 11 p.m. and released at 2:15 a.m. after posting $1,000 cash bond. The citations indicate she had greater than .08 blood alcohol level and that she made an unsafe lane change. A court date was set for March 1.
Carlson has served in the House since 2019. Before that, she served as a municipal judge in Clay Center for 22 years.
“We do not have any additional information right now, but we expect local law enforcement to provide more details once they’ve completed their review,” said House Speaker Ron Ryckman, R-Olathe.