Hinesville City Council member arrested for DUI, officials say

HINESVILLE, Ga. (WSAV) — A Hinesville City Council Member was arrested and charged with DUI Thursday evening.

According to Maj. Joshua Heath of the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, Jose Ortiz Jr. was initially stopped for not wearing his seatbelt shortly after 11 p.m. in Hinesville by a Liberty County deputy.

The deputy was in the process of handing Ortiz a citation he detected the odor of alcohol, Heath said…

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