Probable cause- Webb City man drove with BAC nearly four times legal limit- and 2-year-old girl in back seat

A Webb City man was charged with driving while intoxicated and endangering the welfare of a child after being stopped by a Jasper County Sheriff's Office deputy at the intersection of E Main Street and MO 171 Monday with his 2-year-old daughter in the back seat.

An arrest warrant was issued for Ty Dustin Thrasher (DOB 2000) and bond set at $1,000 cash or $5,000 surety.

From the probable cause statement:

On February 3, 2024, I, Deputy Smith #340 conducted a traffic stop at the above intersection. I observed the vehicle make multiple lane violations traveling into the wrong lane of travel while vehicles were approaching and driving off the roadway onto the shoulder. I conducted a traffic stop. I contacted the driver, Ty Thrasher, who appeared to have glassy eyes and was slow to speak. I collected identification and returned to my vehicle. 

Once I returned to the vehicle, I located Ty asleep inside the vehicle. Ty had to be yelled at six times before waking. Ty was unable to perform standard field sobriety test effectively by showing all six clues of intoxication in horizontal gaze nystagmus. 

 During the walk and turn test, Ty was unable to maintain a heel to toe stance multiple times, started before instructed to begin, did not touch heel to toe by more than one half inch multiple times, lost balance while walking and stepped off the line multiple times, and made an improper turn. 

During the one leg stand test, he swayed while balancing, hopped, and put his foot down. While speaking with Ty he was staggering while walking and was swaying while standing. The odor of intoxicants was smelled coming from Ty’s breath during the tests. 

Ty agreed to provide a chemical breath test after being read implied consent. Ty provided a sample of 0.310% BAC. When Ty was initially stopped Victim 1 had been located in the backseat of his vehicle in a car seat. Victim 1 is Ty's 2-year-old daughter.