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Texas Driver Faces Charges After Improper Lane Change

Texas man was cited and charged early Friday morning after an Atoka Police officer observed him making an improper turn, leading to the discovery that he did not possess a valid driver's license.

At approximately 1:09 AM on June 6, 2025, Patrolman Grady Blackwood with the Atoka Police Department was on routine patrol near S Mississippi Avenue and W Liberty Road. He observed a black Chevy Trax, bearing a Texas license plate, making an improper turn from the rightmost lane directly into the turn lane to head west on Liberty Road.

Officer Blackwood initiated a traffic stop, and the vehicle pulled over just west of S Mississippi Avenue, near Spring Road on Liberty. After advising Atoka County Dispatch of the stop location, Officer Blackwood made contact with the driver, identified as Dirrick Dotson of DeSoto, Texas.

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