{"id":392251,"date":"2026-07-30T17:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392251\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:34:12","slug":"fort-worth-officer-arrested-friday-on-drunk-driving-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392251\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth officer arrested Friday on drunk driving charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Fort Worth police badge.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A Fort Worth police officer was arrested July 24 in Springtown on a driving while intoxicated charge, officials say.\" alt=\"A Fort Worth police officer was arrested July 24 in Springtown on a driving while intoxicated charge, officials say.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A Fort Worth police officer was arrested July 24 in Springtown on a driving while intoxicated charge, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>            Star-Telegram archives<\/p>\n<p>A Fort Worth police officer is under investigation after being arrested in Springtown on Friday, July 24, on a drunk driving charge.<\/p>\n<p>Officer K. Blasingame will remain on restricted duty during the ongoing criminal and administrative investigations, Fort Worth police confirmed in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Blasingame joined the department in 2016 and was most recently assigned to the Patrol Bureau, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>More details about the arrest and the driving while intoxicated charge were not immediately available. The Star-Telegram has contacted Springtown police for further information.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785258309_276_Headshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Harriet Ramos\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harriet Ramos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Harriet Ramos covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fort Worth police officer was arrested July 24 in Springtown on a driving while intoxicated charge, officials&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-392251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}