Man Charged For DWI With Child in Car

Bob Joseph/WNBF News [file][/caption]New York State Police say a Cortland man is charged with felony aggravated driving while intoxicated with a child less than 16 years old in the vehicle, driving while impaired by drugs, criminal possession of marijuana, criminal possession of a controlled substance, endangering the welfare of a child and several traffic violations.

29 year old James Platt was arrested at 8:54 p.m. August 20 after he was seen failing to keep right as he drove on State Route 38 in the Town of Harford.

Troopers say he had a four year old child in the vehicle and they smelled marijuana inside his vehicle.  He allegedly was in possession of about 35 grams of pot and a small amount of Suboxone.

Platt was sent to the Cortland County Jail on $5,000 bail.