(Updated w/OWI charge 7:38-a.m.)

A Red Oak man arrested on an OWI/1st offense charge late Wednesday night, was also charged with Possession of Contraband and Possession of Marijuana, after he was brought to the  Montgomery County Jail. Red Oak Police say 63-year old Marvin Craig Otte was originally taken into custody on Suspicion of OWI, after the car he was driving struck two parked vehicles.

Officers were called to the 1000 block of north 4th Street in Red Oak, at around 10:30-p.m., Wednesday, following a report of a person driving a vehicle in an erratic, reckless or careless manner. An investigation revealed Otte’s 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix struck legally parked vehicles registered to Brenda Gaytan, of Griswold, and Kristie Jo Hilding, of Red Oak. Damage to Gaytan’s 2006 Ford Explorer and Hilding’s 1998 Dodge Stratus amounted to $6,600 altogether. Otte’s car sustained $5,000 damage.

Otte was taken into custody at around 10:40-p.m., and subsequently charged with Possession of Contraband and Possession of Marijuana. Otte was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on $5,000 bond.