Trespassing investigation leads to Joplin man's arrest on felony DWI charge

A Joplin Police Department investigation into a trespassing call Sunday resulted in a felony driving while intoxicated charge for a Joplin man.

Bond has been set at $5,000 cash or surety for Evan Weible (DOB 1991).

According to the probable cause statement, the people who lived at the residence where Weible allegedly trespassed did not want to file charges (they just wanted Weible gone), but noting Weible's slurred speech and his having to lean against his truck to be able to stand, the investigating officer asked just how he came to be at the house.

When I asked Mr. Weible how much alcohol he consumed prior to driving his vehicle, he stated he had drank several hours prior to driving.

After the officer told Weible he needed to leave the property, but before he could do so he needed to perform a sobriety test.

Then, I informed Mr. Weible he needed to leave the property, however before doing so, I requested him to preform standardized field sobriety test due to him admitting to me about driving approximately five minutes prior to me contacting him. 

Additionally, because of his behavior and the strong odor of intoxicants emanating from his breath. Mr. Weible refused to perform field sobriety test, and was placed under arrest. 

Inside of Mr. Weibles truck, I located nine, empty 50ML American Honey shots inside his truck in plain view. Additionally, his keys were still in the ignition. 

While at the jail, (Weible) was informed that his drivers licensee could be revoked and he used a large amount of profanity before stating he already knew he was a revoked driver.

Online Jasper County Circuit Court records indicate Weible was arrested December 27, 2017 for DWI, pleaded guilty April 9, 2019, was sentenced to six months in jail, given a suspended sentence, fined $500 and placed on unsupervised probation for one year.