Luke Duke, Of Dukes of Hazzard Fame, Arrested for DWI

Ricky Bagolie

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Actor Tom Wopat, Luke Duke of the television series the Dukes of Hazzard, has been arrested for drunken driving in Ringwood, New Jersey.

All Headline News reports:

Passaic County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Bill Maer confirms that Wopat, 54, was driving a Ford Bronco when "he struck some orange traffic cones and nearly slammed into a Ringwood police vehicle at the scene of an unrelated accident."

According to Maer, "We feel confident that he was over the state limits [for alcohol] and we followed all protocols of the state and he was treated like anyone else."

Wopat, a resident of West Milford, New Jersey, was released into the custody of his girlfriend.