PHILIPPI, W.Va. — Barbour County sheriff’s deputies charged a state CPS contractor Sunday with DUI. The worker was transporting a child at the time.
Deputies said they stopped a car driven by James Clark, 42, of Shady Spring, after he crossed the centerline on U.S. Route 250.
Deputies said they observed Clark almost strike another vehicle in front of Philip Barbour High School.
Deputies initiated the stop but Clark didn’t pull over immediately, deputies said.
Deputies immediately noted his status as a CPS contractor and noticed slurred speech and a young child in the back seat.
When deputies got Clark out of the vehicle he told then he was on the clock and transporting a juvenile following a supervised visit.
During a conversation with deputies, Clark said earlier in the day he had taken his prescribed Suboxone and Neurontin. Clark was then taken for a blood draw at the Broaddus Hospital.
Clark has also been charged with child neglect, creating risk of serious risk of injury and is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on $13,000 bail.
Clark is employed by Uplifting Families who has a contractual relationship with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services.