JEKYLL ISLAND, Tenn. (WVLT) - Tennessee Sen. Ken Yager (R - Kingston) pleaded no contest in his 2024 Georgia driving under the influence and hit-and-run case Monday.

A representative from the Georgia state court system confirmed the plea.

It comes after Yager was charged in December of last year. At the time, the Georgia Department of Public Safety said state troopers found Yager in a parking lot, where he admitted to crashing his car.

“Troopers detected a distinct odor of alcohol on his breath, and he admitted to being involved in a crash earlier but did not know law enforcement was en route,” Georgia Department of Public Safety officials said.

WVLT News reached out to Yager in December for a statement, and he provided the following over email. He has not replied to requests for a sta

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