LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. -- An Indiana man has filed a lawsuit claiming that police forcibly withdrew urine from his body during a drunken driving arrest. According to the suit, police pulled over Jamie Lockard, 53, on suspicion of drunk driving in March. Police said he had driven through two stop signs. A Breathalyzer test showed Lockard was under the legal limit, but Officer Brian Miller doubted the findings. Lockard and his attorney claimed in the suit that police took him to Dearborn County Hospital and forced him to submit to a urine test. Police said they obtained a warrant to obtain a blood and urine sample. They said Lockard refused to provide either voluntarily, saying he could not urinate and declining to drinks fluids to help him urinate. Lockard's attorney said his client was shackled to a gurney and had a catheter inserted against his will. "It has to be executed reasonably," said attorney Doug Garner. "No one would say this is reasonable behavior. It's reprehensible that anyone could think that this is appropriate." The test showed that Lockard's blood-alcohol level did not exceed Indiana's legal limit, police said. However, police said subsequent tests of the samples obtained tested positive for six drugs including MDMA, also known as ecstasy. Lockard was charged with obstruction of justice. He was angry that the officer didn't apologize. "He took it too far. He thought he could do whatever to me," Lockard said. Lockard's lawsuit names the Lawrenceburg police department and Dearborn County Hospital, in addition to Miller and Dr. Ronald Cheek. "I would hate for this to happen to someone else," Lockard said. "It was the most humiliating thing that has ever happened to me, ever.
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