A 40-year-old St Joseph man with four prior convictions for drunk driving is charged with D.W.I. and driving with a revoked license in connection with a crash April 17 at 28th and Patee in St Joseph.

Police say while at the hospital after the crash, Jotham Hamlin admitted “drinking enough whiskey to pass out.”

In the formal probable cause statement, St. Joseph Police Officer Scott Gary said Mr. Hamlin had bloodshot, glassy eyes and slurred speech at the time. Officer Gary also said the defendant had eight active revocations of his driver’s license.

The complaint notes two convictions for D.W.I. on November 3, 2004 for events in January and September of that year. The complaint also lists convictions for D.W.I. in March of 2002 and October of 1999.

St. Joseph police say Hamlin was driving a stolen Ford F-150 well above the posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour just prior to hitting a parked vehicle. The truck then hit another vehicle in oncoming traffic, before the truck overturned and hit a tree with the undercarriage of the truck.

The driver of the other vehicle, James Walker, was treated and released at Mosaic Life Care. Bail has not been set and no court hearings have been scheduled. Mr. Hamlin remains hospitalized for serious injuries he sustained in the crash.