(Johnston, Iowa) — The top enlisted man for the Iowa Air National Guard was arrested Wednesday night on an OWI charge, after he crashed the vehicle he was driving, at Camp Dodge. According to reports, 57-year-old Command Chief Master Sergeant John T.J. Fennell, of Sioux City, was booked into the Polk County Jail a little before 2-a.m. Thursday, on charges of operating while intoxicated, first offense, and leaving the scene of an accident.

Fennell registered a .282 alcohol reading on a preliminary breath test, according to court documents. The first accident occurred at the Camp Dodge Truck Entrance Road gate at Northwest 70th Avenue, the second at Camp Dodge’s main entrance and the third at the camp’s Range S11. A Polk County sheriff’s deputy caught up with Fennell as he was driving away from the scene of the third accident, according to the criminal complaint.

Command Chief Master Sergeant John T.J. Fennell (Polk Co. S/O booking photo)

Fennell’s name is not listed on the National Guard’s leadership team on their website, where it says that page is “under construction.” He was named Command Master Chief in 2017. Fennell enlisted in the Iowa Air National Guard in 1988.

In a statement to the media, the Iowa National Guard said it was working with local law enforcement officials in the investigation. “Isolated incidents of misconduct go against the stated values of the Iowa National Guard. We are working to provide the necessary resources to the individual and his family,” a spokesperson for the Guard said.