The Sheriff of Breckinridge County was arrested Friday night with his second DUI in 4 years. According to the Kentucky State Police, Sheriff Todd Pate was driving his 2018 Chevrolet pickup on Ky. 259 in Breckinridge County when the truck hit a 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis driven by Jill Lanning of Leitchfield. Lanning was treated and released from Breckenridge County Memorial Hospital. Pate was arrested on suspicion of DUI and taken to the Hardin County Detention Center. Pate’s blood alcohol registered at .159 – nearly twice the legal limit in Kentucky.
