CINCINNATI — A former Ohio legislator charged with drunken driving in Indiana has pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and was sentenced to probation.

Fifty-nine-year-old Robert Mecklenborg pleaded guilty Thursday in Lawrenceburg, Ind. The former Cincinnati-area legislator was arrested April 23. Court records show he failed sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol level of 0.097 percent. The level for drunk driving in Indiana is 0.08.

He resigned from the Ohio House of Representatives Aug. 2.

A deputy prosecutor says Mecklenborg was ordered not to drink alcohol or take drugs during his probation of about a year and must seek treatment. His driver’s license was suspended for 90 days in Indiana.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Mecklenborg apologized and said he looks forward “to getting on with my life.”

First Published August 25, 2011, 10:40 p.m.