DWI charge levied after pedestrian hit

After hitting and injuring a pedestrian with her vehicle, a central Arkansas woman has been arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge for the fifth time, police said.

Sharon Rene Shinn, 35, of Jacksonville also faces charges that include a hit-and-run accident with injuries and refusal to submit to chemical testing, records show. She also goes by the alias “Sharon Skaggs,” according to a Jacksonville Police Department report.

Around 7:15 p.m. Monday, an officer was called to Papitos Mexican Grill, 1700 John Harden Drive in Jacksonville, in reference to a hit-and-run with injuries.

There, police found Jaylin Anderson lying face down in the street. A vehicle’s side mirror was laying nearby, a report said.

A witness told officers that a driver ran over Anderson “like a speed bump” with a white vehicle on John Harden Drive and drove away south on U.S. 67/167, the report states.

A short time later, an officer saw a white 2014 Nissan Altima driving past the scene and into the parking lot of a nearby Econo Lodge. At the motel, police found Shinn unsteady on her feet with bloodshot, watery eyes and speaking incoherently, the report noted.

Inside the vehicle, authorities noticed a 32-ounce Sonic Drive-In cup partially filled with a liquid believed to be vodka.

Shinn later told police that she struck Anderson with her driver’s-side mirror, according to the report.

Anderson was taken to North Metro Medical Center, the report states. His condition was not known Tuesday.

Shinn’s latest arrest was her fifth on a DWI charge, records show. She was also arrested Jan. 23 in Cabot.

Police wrote that she had three previous DWI convictions: two out of Cabot and another in Conway.

Shinn remained at the Pulaski County jail as of Tuesday morning, and bail was set at $9,075, according to an online inmate roster. She has a court appearance set for Feb. 15.