Decatur Daily Publisher Clint Shelton was arrested Saturday in Decatur and charged with public possession of an open container.
Decatur police arrested Shelton, 47, and another individual at 11:53 p.m. at Well Street and Lafayette Street Northeast. The men were released less than an hour later on $500 bail each.
Shelton issued a public statement Monday, saying he and a friend were walking in the area with plans to go to Waffle House.
“We each had a mixed drink in a plastic cup and it was wrong,” he said. “I apologize to my wife and family and the people I work with for a bad decision that I made.”
Decatur Police Chief Ed Taylor said a patrol officer noticed the men on foot and arrested them after discovering the beverages during an investigative stop. The alleged offense violates city code.
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