Driver Charged With Skipping Court, Violating Probation In Prior DUI Cases Arrested For DUI In Tolland

TOLLAND, CT — A man who skipped court in a drunken driving case was also arrested last week in Tolland for drunken driving, state police and judicial system records show.

According to a state police arrest report, Jessi Clark, 44, of Tolland, was charged with driving under the influence, driving while under suspension, making an improper turn and failure to obey a stop sign following a Dec. 15 crash near the Merrow Road-Baxter Street intersection in Tolland.

At the scene of the crash, he refused to submit to field sobriety tests and his bond was set at $100,000, state police said. Judicial system records also show he failed to post that amount and he remained in custody with a court date of Jan. 6.

That day, he was also charged with second-degree failure to appear in connection with a DUI charge from a hit-and-run cash in Middletown in February. He failed to post a $15,000 in that case and has a court date of Jan. 15, judicial system records show.

He was also charged with violating probation in the Middletown case with records showing he was convicted of driving under the influence out of Haddam in 2022 with a probationary review this year.