Mt. Pleasant’s city manager has been charged with drunken driving, according to the Columbia Daily Herald.
Katherine Suzanne Collier, 54, of 1004 Mill Pond Road, was swerving and not staying in her lane on North Main Street in Mt. Pleasant, according to a Maury County Sheriff’s Department report.
“It’s very embarrassing,” Collier told The Daily Herald on Monday. “My goal is to reduce the amount of drama in Mt. Pleasant, and now I am that drama.”
…Two juveniles, Collier’s son and a friend, were in the back seat of the vehicle. They allegedly told deputies “they could tell she was drunk and they were getting scared,” according to the report.
The friend’s father came to the scene and gave both juveniles a ride home.
Deputies searched the vehicle and allegedly found in the center console a cup containing red wine “that was about 3/4 empty,” the report stated.
…She was charged with driving under the influence, failure to maintain lanes, violating open container law and violation of Tennessee implied consent law…. Mt. Pleasant City Attorney Quinn Brandon Stewart said that according to her contract, Collier must be convicted of the crime for the board to call her position into question.