Father drives drunk with child in car

WHEELING -- A local father is taken to jail Saturday afternoon after allegedly driving drunk and carrying drugs all with an infant in the car.

Police reports say Gerald Francis Simpson, 34, was picked up this afternoon driving drunk with his 1-year-old child in the car.


According to police, Simpson was also carrying marijuana and his license had already been suspended for DUI.


Simpson is charged with DUI, driving while suspended from a DUI, and possession of marijuana. He is in the Northern Regional Jail on $3,000 bond.