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Pittsburgh fire lieutenant could lose job over 3rd DUI

The 13-year veteran is now in a treatment facility

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

PITSSBURGH — Pittsburgh Fire Chief Darryl Jones wants to fire a department lieutenant who was charged with drunken driving for a third time.

East Pittsburgh police filed the most recent charge against Stephen Jasper, 39, of Lincoln-Lemington after stopping him Saturday for making an illegal turn on Route 30, according to a criminal complaint. He was charged when he failed field sobriety tests and a breath test, the complaint states.

Jasper, a 13-year veteran now in a treatment facility, was under suspension for a DUI charge filed in January, Jones said. That charge violated part of an agreement he signed to abstain from drugs and alcohol for a year after a DUI charge filed last February, Jones said.

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