After crashing his automobile and immediately driving to an Indiana car dealership to sell it, the son of Yankees icon and Marlins manager Don Mattingly was arrested for drunk driving.
Jordon William Mattingly, 30, the son of Yankees icon and Marlins manager Don Mattingly, was detained by Evansville police on Monday night for driving while 3.5 times the legal alcohol limit.
According to an arrest affidavit, officers received up to five complaints regarding a silver Honda driving recklessly prior to his arrest.
One witness told police they saw Mattingly crash his SUV into a median at 70 mph causing the car to smoke and get a flat tire.
Witnesses told police that despite wrecking the vehicle, Mattingly continued driving until he pulled into the D-Patrick Honda dealership, where he appeared ‘super drunk.’
Dealership employees told police that Mattingly had actually tried to sell his wrecked car to the car dealership.
When officers arrived they observed that the 30-year-old had scratches all over his face, smelled of alcohol and almost fell over multiple times, courierandpress.com reported.
Mattingly told police he only had one drink and that the damage to his car was caused by a pothole days earlier.
After failing a breathalyzer test he admitted to having ‘a lot’ to drink, but claimed he didn’t hit anything on his way to sell his car, police said.
The 30-year-old was then transported to a local hospital to treat his injuries but refused a blood-alcohol test.
When officers searched his SUV they later found cans of Four Loko and White Claws in his car.
Police charged Mattingly with two counts of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated, one count of public drunkenness and refusal to submit to a chemical test.