Duo Accused Of Drunken Driving, Fighting With Kids In The Car

Mentor Police arrested a woman is accused of drunken driving with two children in the back seat and a man is accused of hitting her while she drove Monday evening, Mentor Police Lt. Ken Zbiegien said.

An officer was parked on a driveway along Center Street just south of the State Route 2 exit when he saw a car pass by with a fight happening inside, Zbiegien said.

Jamie Dunn, 29, of Mentor, was driving and Isaac Reynolds, 34, of Mentor, was the front-seat passenger.

The officer could see Reynolds hitting Dunn so he pulled his cruiser out behind them and signalled for them to stop.

They pulled onto Station Street and stopped. The officer got out of his cruiser and could still hear Reynolds yelling and saw him punch her in the head, Zbiegien said.

Reynolds did not stop yelling until he saw the police officer approach, Zbiegien added.

When the officer reached the car, he saw an open can of Labatt Blue beer in Dunn's hand and two kids in the back seat, Zbiegien said. The children were four and five years old, respectively. Neither was in a car seat.

The officer asked Dunn to get out of the car and she stumbled as she did, Zbiegien said. She had minor visible injuries.

The policeman gave Dunn field sobriety tests, which she failed, Zbiegien said. When he asked her to take a blood test, she refused.

In addition to the open beer can, Dunn had a marijuana pipe in her purse and she admitted to smoking marijuana before driving, Zbiegien said.

The officer arrested both Dunn and Reynolds. The two children were turned over to a family member.

Reynolds, who lives with Dunn, was charged with domestic violence.

Meanwhile, Dunn faces a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and two counts of child endangerment.

All of those charges are felonies because of previous convictions. Dunn has been convicted of drunken driving four times in the last six years.

She was also previously convicted of child endangerment in Cuyahoga County, Zbiegien said.

Finally, Reynolds also has a warrant out for his arrest from Willoughby Hills Police Department. He failed to appear in court on a marijuana charge.

Both Dunn and Reynolds are scheduled to appear today in .