(TARKIO, Mo., AP) — The superintendent of a northern Missouri school district faces a drunken driving charge.

Tarkio Superintendent Patrick Martin was arrested Thursday in Tarkio and is charged with one count driving while intoxicated. Online court records don’t list a lawyer for Martin.

The St. Joseph News-Press reports (http://j.mp/2azzA3u ) Martin was previously the principal of Platte County High School.

The Tarkio School District is located about 120 miles north of Kansas City.

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Information from: St. Joseph News-Press/St. Joe, Missouri,http://www.newspressnow.com