A man allegedly decided to take two children out for a joy ride after drinking Saturday night.
Phillip Wooten faces charges of child abuse, careless and reckless driving and DWI after Shelby Police received a call around 9:50 p.m. of a car doing burnouts around the Cleveland Mall parking lot off of U.S. 74.
When officers arrived, a witness reportedly showed them a video of a black Chevy Tahoe speeding out of the lot. The witness saw the SUV in the Zaxby’s parking lot located just a few hundred feet from where the incident occurred.
Officers found Wooten, 36, of Shelby, behind the wheel with two children in car seats in the back seat, according to reports. The children s ages were not listed.