April 3, 2016 - A vehicle nearly collided with a church building in Center on Friday, March 25, 2016 and following an investigation the driver was arrested.
According to the Center Police Department, at 5:44pm a 2000 silver Cadillac driven by Cedric Goodwin, 40, of Center was stopped on Noble Street at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive (MLK). A pickup truck was parked in a parking space in Mt. Zion church across from Noble Street. The Cadillac left from the stop sign on Noble Street, crossed MLK and went into the parking lot of the church striking the pickup truck.
No injuries were reported to have resulted to Goodwin or his child passenger.
It was determined Goodwin had been driving while intoxicated and he was arrested at the scene by Center Police Officer Steve Thornburgh for driving while intoxicated with child under the age of 15.
