CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A couple has been charged after police discovered both the driver and passenger were under the influence of alcohol with a child in the vehicle.
According to a press release, police responded to a call on July 2 around 10 p.m. regarding a possibly intoxicated driver. An officer spotted the pickup truck with a pontoon boat attached and began following it. He noticed the truck drifting in and out of its lane and said at one point the truck went off the right shoulder of the road.
He stopped the vehicle, driven by Jonathan Matthews, on Riverside Drive. The officer gave Matthews field sobriety tests and took him into custody.
Police said the passenger, Patricia Matthews, was also intoxicated and unable to drive the pickup or reasonably provide care for the four-year-old child in the vehicle and was also taken into custody.
Jonathan Matthews, 34, was charged with DUI and child abuse and neglect. His bond was set at $4,000. Patricia Matthews, 26, was charged with child abuse and neglect. Her bond was set at $2,500.