An officer in the Fayette County Sheriff's office has been arrested on a traffic violation.

25 year old Austin Vagts of Fayette, who is a detention officer with the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, was arrested early Sunday morning for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, first offense.

The traffic stop was made in West Union by the local police department, shortly after 2:30am Sunday. Vagts was released from custody about an hour later, on no bond.

Vagts has been with the Fayette County Sheriff office less than a year.

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