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Delegate Ryan Ferns charged with drunken driving

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The Associated Press has reported that Delegate Ryan Ferns, D-Ohio, was charged with drunken driving early Friday morning in Wheeling.

Police arrested the 29-year-old after stopping his vehicle at about 3:15 a.m. Friday. Ferns was charged at Wheeling's police headquarters and was released to another person. He was first elected in 2010 and is running for re-election next month.

Ferns is a physical therapist and owns rental properties as Ryan's Rentals LLC. He is an associate member of the Fraternal Order of Police, according to his biography from the West Virginia Legislature. He is a member of the Legislature's banking and insurance committee as well as the health and human resources committee and government organization committee.

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