A West Des Moines attorney previously sanctioned for an attempted-burglary conviction has been issued a public reprimand for a second drunken-driving conviction.
Court records show that in April 2024, attorney James A. Sinclair of West Des Moines was arrested in a parking lot near the Tip Top Lounge in Ames and charged with first-offense drunken driving. In July 2024, Sinclair pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to two days in jail, according to court records.
A month later, in August 2024, Sinclair was arrested by the Iowa State Patrol while stopped on the shoulder of an Interstate 80 on-ramp in Polk County. In that case, he was charged with second-offense drunken driving, driving while revoked, stopping on a roadway, and driving without an ignition interlock device…