By Nolan Clay, Staff Writer
Possibly dozens of drunken-driving suspects were never charged because highway patrol troopers failed to turn in paperwork to prosecutors, The Oklahoman has learned.
Oklahoma County prosecutors uncovered the problem themselves, and they have begun filing charges against those suspects months after their arrests.
The latest to be charged is legislative candidate John Paul Gibbons, who was arrested in Oklahoma City on June 15, 2012.
Gibbons, 51, of Oklahoma City, is one of four Democrats seeking the open District 88 seat in the state House of Representatives.
He was charged Monday with driving under the influence of alcohol, a misdemeanor.
Gibbons said he had had only one beer and was not drunk when he was arrested in 2012.
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