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A Fort Wayne morning news anchor was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of drunken driving.

Mary Collins Frank, who is a news anchor for Indiana's NewsCenter, was booked into the Allen County Lockup at 6:20 p.m.

She was charged with felony operating a vehicle while intoxicated and was being held in lieu of $2,500 bail, according to an Allen County Jail confinement officer.

Collins Frank, 45, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in 2009, according to court records.

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Take a look at the officer's report filed by the Fort Wayne Police Department on June 27, 2012, describing what happened when Indiana's NewsCenter's Mary Collins Frank was approached by police.

Officer Report Part One
Officer Report Part Two