A Lincoln County driver faces six charges following his arrest in late February by a state trooper and Chandler police.
Chance Don Goodman, 35, of Chandler, faces two felonies and four misdemeanors. He was formally charged on March 12 of this year in Lincoln County District Court with child endangerment by driving while under the influence of alcohol. He also was charged with escape from felony arrest or detention.
Both of those are felony counts. He also was charged with furnishing alcoholic beverage to a person under 21; carrying firearm while under the influence of alcohol; transporting opened container of alcoholic beverage; and leaving the scene of accident involving damage.
All of those are misdemeanors. A $15,000 bond was set for Goodman and he made his initial appearance last Thursday, March 18 before Special Judge Emily Mueller. She set a pre-preliminary hearing for Goodman at 1:30 p.m. on May 6.
Count 1 accuses Goodman of operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .21 percent on a public roadway in Lincoln County on Feb. 20, of this year with three minors in the vehicle with him endangering them.
Count 2 states Goodman fled from an Oklahoma Highway Patrol cruiser after being arrested for child endangerment by driving while under the influence of alcohol on that same date.
In count 3 he is charged with furnishing alcoholic beverage to a person under 21 by furnishing alcohol to B.S. who is 14 years old.
Count 4 accuses him of transporting a loaded pistol while intoxicated by alcohol on that date.
In count 5 he is said to have transported an open bottle of whiskey in a motor vehicle on public roadways in Lincoln County that same date.
He is also charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to a vehicle owned by Vance Easley on that date in Lincoln County.
In a probable cause affidavit signed by State Trooper Eric Smith, he states he was conducting a traffic stop shortly after 9 p.m. on Feb. 20 at the intersection of SH 66 and 3420 Road. During that stop, he observed a white Dodge pickup with a flatbed, cube feeder and hay forks make an improper turn from 3420 Road onto SH 66 by entering the oncoming traffic.
Smith said he proceeded with his traffic stop until he heard Lincoln County Communication Center report a vehicle matching the truck’s description he just observed, leaving the scene of an injury collision on 3420 Road headed north towards SH 66.
The trooper stated he released the subject of his traffic stop and proceeded east toward Chandler to look for that pickup truck.
Smith reported he observed the pickup again leaving a gas station at the corner of SH 66 and 1st Street in Chandler and he turned around, activating his emergency equipment and conducted a traffic stop on the pickup on SH 66 just south of 1st Street in Lincoln County.
He said Chandler Police Officers Shane Mustard and Tammi Batman arrived on the scene with him as he initiated the traffic stop. The trooper instructed the driver, later identified as Goodman, to leave the vehicle and he noticed Goodman was unsteady on his feet.
When asked by the trooper how much he had to drink, Goodman told Smith a few. Goodman had a seat in the patrol unit’s front passenger seat.
Officers Mustard and Batman approached Goodman’s pickup and observed two other children between the ages of 7 and 10 in the truck’s rear seat and a 14-year-old was in the front passenger seat. None of the children were wearing seat belts, the affidavit states.
Mustard and Batman noticed the 14-year-old was under the influence. They moved the children into marked Chandler police vehicles.
Goodman consented to a field sobriety test but didn’t comply with instructions and the trooper placed him under arrest for DUI, according to the affidavit.
When Smith began his investigation into the minor under the influence, the minor’s father had arrived and advised his son not to provide any information about his identity. The trooper told the father he intended to place the child into custody for public intoxication and Smith said the father began to obstruct him from performing his duties.
The father was arrested after a struggle to get him in handcuffs.
Once the father was under arrest, the trooper observed Goodman, who had been in his patrol car, leaving the scene on foot and he pursued him on foot and placed him back into custody.
Mustard transported Goodman to the Lincoln County Jail as the trooper issued the 14-year-old a citation for public intoxication.