LAKEWOOD, Wash. – More details are coming to light in the case of a police officer in Lakewood who was arrested for driving under the influence.

Officer Eric Bell was arrested in September with a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit after crashing his patrol car in Gig Harbor.

There are conflicting reports about whether Bell tried to stop a witness from calling police to report the crash.

The 46-year-old officer told State Patrol investigators that he urged an elderly woman to call police after she found him crashed into the trees near her property, while the woman said that he told her not to report it.