Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police arrest a man after falling asleep at the wheel on Chapman Highway with a baby in his truck.
Knoxville Police Department officials say 38 year-old Ryan Helms was stopped by a KPD officer after sleeping through two light cycles while stopped at a traffic light.
Helms was unable to provide the truck’s registration or an ID, failed a sobriety test, and his four-month-old daughter was found beside him in a car seat that was not secured inside the vehicle. Police also found
a plastic baggy filled with fentanyl, along with a syringe and other drug paraphernalia.
Helms was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center to have blood drawn. He was charged with child abuse, driving on a revoked license, driving under the influence and drug charges.
The child was given to Helms’ father for care.
