Yager, a Republican from Kingston, is chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus. Yager is said to have been driving a Ford Edge at the time of his arrest. Finance records show Yager regularly uses his campaign accounts to make lease payments on a Ford.

Kingston, was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday on charges of DUI, hit and run, and failure to stop at a stop sign, authorities confirmed. Yager, who serves as the Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus chairman,

Yager was arrested in their county on Tuesday for charges of DUI, hit and run, and failure to stop at a stop sign. Georgia State Patrol conducted the arrest of the 77-year-old who was released Wednesday.

Yager, 77, was booked for DUI, hit-and-run and failure to stop at a stop sign. The senator posted a more than $2,100 bond.

A prominent Tennessee state Senate Republican leader has been arrested for driving under the influence and hit-and-run in Georgia. According to preliminary information from Georgia law enforcement, troopers were notified to be on the lookout for a Ford Edge with Tennessee license plates that was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run incident on Jekyll Island on the southeastern edge of the state.

Georgia law enforcement has confirmed that Tennessee Sen. Ken Yager is facing a DUI and hit-and-run charge out of Jekyll Island.

Tennessee Senator Ken Yager (R-Kingston) was arrested while vacationing in Georgia this week, according to a report from the Glynn County Sheriff’s Office. Sen. Yager, 77, was booked into the Glynn County Detention Center on Tuesday for charges of DUI,