A Casey County man is facing charges after police pulled him over on his lawn mower for drinking an hitting a mail box.

Deputy Jake Atwood responded to the call around 6pm Saturday, about seven miles North of Liberty on Short Town Rd.  Upon arrival, he saw 51 year old Dennis H. Luttrell, of 753 Short Town Rd., Liberty, pulling back and forth on his mower, in a ditch. Deputy Atwood advised Luttrell to stop and shut the mower off, but Luttrell attempted to pull away on the mower, before finally complying and shutting the mower down.

There was an unopend vodka shot on the foot rest of the mower. Luttrell initially denied hitting the mailbox, and drinking. When shown the vodka shot from the foot rest, Luttrell stated he found them up the road, and only drank two. The citation states Luttrell was unsteady on his feet and had to lean against the mower for balance.

When asked to empty his pockets, Luttrell produced two more unopened vodka shots, and some brass knuckles.

Luttrell failed field sobriety tests, and later blew a .129 on the breath test. He was lodged in the Casey County Jail on charges of DUI-3rd Offense (Aggravated Circumstance), & Criminal Littering.

Deputies Tyler Luttrell, & Austin Harris assisted.