Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater today (Tuesday), reports 29-year old William Albert Bethke the 4th, of Orient, was arrested last Thursday night for Public Intoxication. Bethke was taken into custody at around 11:35-p.m. in Orient, after the Sheriff’s Office received a call about a suspicious, possibly intoxicated male. The caller said also, the subject (Identified as Bethke), had been in a bar in Orient with another man. Together, they broke a couple of glasses and were asked to leave. Bethke and the other man left and walked down the road before standing there and eventually throwing rocks at passing vehicles.

When a deputy arrived on the scene, Bethke was in the 100 block of W. Tuttle Drive, in Orient. In speaking with the man, the deputy noticed Bethke had an odor of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes. He also had trouble keeping his balance. Bethke admitted to the deputy that he had consumed too much alcohol. He also thought he was in Creston, and that his friend left him there. The deputy noted Bethke had wounds on his head, which he said occurred when he fell down while walking. The deputy speculated the wounds instead came from rocks thrown at Bethke. The man was checked out by Orient Rescue, and released.

He was transported to the Adair County Jail and released early Friday morning on a $300 bond.