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MANSFIELD, La. - Mansfield Mayor Thomas Jones, 62, was arrested on a DWI charge early Saturday morning during a traffic stop. "It's a personal legal matter now. It has nothing to do with the operation of the city. I trust in the judicial system, and we'll litigate it in court," Jones said in a statement to KTBS. State police initially stopped Jones for a traffic violation in Mansfield. In addition to DWI, Jones was charged with improper lane use. He was arrested around 2:30 a.m. He has since bonded out of the DeSoto Detention Center with his bond amount set as $3,227. Jones is in his first term as mayor.