An off-duty Lake Charles State Police trooper was arrested Thursday in Atlanta for DWI following a traffic stop.

Officials with the Atlanta Police Department said that shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday morning, 34-year-old Aubin Young of Lake Charles was arrested for DWI and other traffic charges.

According to reports from the Atlanta Police Department, the incident occurred when an officer observed Young traveling in the wrong direction on a city street. Upon conducting a traffic stop and coming into contact with Young, the officer suspected impairment and completed a series of standardized field sobriety tests. Young was placed under arrest for DWI and later transported to the city of Atlanta Jail.

Young, currently assigned to patrol in the Troop D Lake Charles area, has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation with all law enforcement property recovered by the department, said spokesperson Trooper Derek Senegal.

Young has been employed with LSP since 2017.