Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office Lt. Brian Filipiak is shown in a booking photo after his arrest for drunken driving on Nov. 13, 2016, in Montmorency County, Michigan.

RUST TOWNSHIP, MI - A lieutenant from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office has pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated in connection with a drunken-driving arrest in northern Michigan.

Lt. Brian Filipiak, 47, was charged with misdemeanor operating while intoxicated with a blood-alcohol level of 0.17 or more for an incident on Nov. 13, 2016, but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge on Friday, Jan. 27, according to Montmorency County's 88-2 District Court office.

Filipiak was found to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.28 and 0.27 percent - more than three times the legal limit for driving - during breath tests after his November arrest, a police report showed.

Body camera footage of the arrest showed Filipiak resisted arrest that day and his arresting officer stated in his report that "Brian would try and use that he is a Lieutenant for the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office to try and persuade me by letting him go (sic)."

Michigan's legal limit for blood-alcohol content while driving is 0.08 percent, and stiffer penalties are in place for those with a blood-alcohol level of 0.17 or more under the state's so-called "super drunk" driving law.

No information on Filipiak's scheduled sentencing was immediately available and his attorney and the Montmorency County prosecutor could not be reached for comment Monday.

Filipiak remains on unpaid leave as an internal investigation takes place, said Derrick Jackson of the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office.

The department has declined to comment further on the matter while it remains under investigation. Jackson said the time frame of the investigation is dictated by the department's labor contract.

Misdemeanor operating while intoxicated is punishable by up to 93 days in jail and a $500 fine. Conviction under the "super drunk" law is punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $700 fine.