Crime & Safety
Man Arrested For DUI With Baby In Car: Newtown Police
Police say the man also violated a full no contact order against a passenger in the car and that the baby was not properly restrained.
NEWTOWN, CT — Police say a man admitted to smoking marijuana before driving with a seven-month-old baby in the vehicle without proper restraints. Sierra Jamir Johnson, 22, of Waterbury was stopped on Mt. Pleasant Rd. on Aug. 8 after police saw him swerving as he traveled southbound.
Police say they smelt a strong odor of marijuana in the car, and that Johnson did not have a driver's license. A woman who was a passenger in the car said she was Johnson's girlfriend, and she also did not have a license.
Johnson later admitted to smoking marijuana before driving with the baby in town, and police found Johnson had a full no contact court order in place against the woman in the car.
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Johnson was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, risk of injury to a minor, violating a protective order, failure to maintain proper lane and driving under the influence.
He was released on a $1,000 bond.
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