Winters police find couple passed out in running car, child in back seat

A Madison couple face child endangerment and alcohol-related charges after being found passed out in a running vehicle in Winters, according to the Winters Police Department. It was the report of a two unresponsive people in the drive-through area of a Matsumoto Lane restaurant that sent police and fire personnel to the Sunday evening incident, police said in a recent Facebook post. “Upon arrival, officers located a female seated in the driver’s seat of the vehicle unconscious, holding an open bottle of tequila, and a male in the front passenger seat unconscious. The vehicle was running and in park,” the post said. Also in the car: an unrestrained 4-year-old child in the back seat, police said. As the child was taken into protective custody, police arrested the car’s adult occupants: Monica Cook, 33, on suspicion of driving under the influence and child endangerment; and Thomas Oliver, 34, on public intoxication and child endangerment charges. Both were booked into the Yolo County Jail. “Please remember that driving under the influence of anything that impairs your driving is illegal. Be responsible and have plans set for a designated driver if you plan on partaking in alcohol,” the Facebook post said.