An Illinois State Police trooper has pleaded guilty for being intoxicated while on duty.

Trooper Paul A. Zurn, 34, on Monday, April 11, 2016, agreed to a sentence of one year of court supervision in exchange for a guilty plea to DUI, a Class A misdemeanor.

Associate Judge Robert J. Morrow accepted the plea.

The afternoon of Aug. 22, 2015, Zurn responded to a call of a minor traffic crash on westbound Interstate 88 in the vicinity of Farnsworth Avenue. At the scene Zurn was observed by other troopers to be unsteady on his feet, and a bottle containing alcoholic liquor was found in his squad car. Zurn refused to submit to a portable breath test and standardized field sobriety tests. Zurn also refused to submit to a Breathalyzer test.

As a result of Zurn’s refusal to submit to the blood-alcohol concentration test, his driver’s license was suspended for one year by the Illinois Secretary of State.

According to Illinois law, first-time misdemeanor DUI offenders are eligible for supervision.

In addition to the supervision sentence, Zurn must undergo alcohol treatment, pay $2,185 in costs and fines and attend a victim impact panel.

The case was prosecuted by Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Sarah Seberger.

SOURCE: Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office news release. To follow news releases directly from the SAO, visit the State’s Attorney’s website and Facebook page.