CONWAY, Ark. (AP) - A toxicology report indicates that former state Sen. Gilbert Baker tested positive for methamphetamine after he was stopped for drunken driving in Conway last month.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (https://bit.ly/2dly5Wt ) that Conway City Attorney Chuck Clawson released the report Wednesday after the newspaper submitted a request under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. Clawson says his office received the report earlier Wednesday.
Baker pleaded guilty to a driving-while-intoxicated charge on Tuesday in Faulkner County District Court. A music teacher at the University of Central Arkansas, Baker is a lobbyist and a Conway Republican who fought against allowing alcohol sales in Conway while he was a state legislator.
Baker served as a state senator from 2001 to 2013. He unsuccessfully ran for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2010.
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Information from: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, https://www.arkansasonline.com
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