GATLINBURG, Tenn. — A Mississippi police sergeant was arrested after Gatlinburg police said he drove drunk with emergency lights flashing, a gun in the console and an open container of alcohol, including moonshine pickles.

Joseph James Prine Jr., a sergeant with the Gulfport Police Department, was charged with driving under the influence, unlawful possession of a firearm while intoxicated and having an open container of alcohol, according to a Gatlinburg Police Department incident report and bodycam footage.

Around 9 p.m. on Dec. 2, Prine was driving a black Ford Explorer with a passenger, using blue emergency lights and a siren. Police said Prine was passing cars that were yielding to him, briefly drove on the wrong side of the road and switched off his lights as he passed a Gatlinburg

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