A Lascassas woman was arrested recently and charged with Driving Under The Influence. According to Sheriff’s Department Reports, Deputies were dispatched out to Wood Church off of Short Mountain Road concerning a person driving recklessly and yelling out the window of her car. Upon arrival the person had already left the premises heading in the direction of the Dekalb and Cannon County Line. After Deputies caught up with her, the suspect 52 year old Ms.Christy Carlene Wimberly of Lascassas had blocked the roadway of Gunter Hollow Road. Then once the deputy activated his blue lights, Wimberly put her vehicle in drive headed towards the county line. Finally she stopped in a church parking lot. As the deputy approached, Wimberly stuck a hat out of the window that showed a Navy emblem. She made sure several times to point out that her father was in the Navy. Wimberly failed the field sobriety tests and was arrested and charged with DUI 1st offense. She will answer to the charge November 1st in Cannon County General Sessions Court.
