Tennessee Senator Ken Yager has been charged with DUI, hit-and-run, and failing to stop at a stop sign on Jekyll Island in Georgia.
Yager was booked into the Glynn County Jail on Tuesday night and released Wednesday.
Yager, of Kingston, is the Republican Senate Caucus Chair and serves District 12 which includes, Campbell, Clay Fentress, Macon, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Roane and Scott counties.