OTTUMWA – An Ottumwa man was arrested this week after allegedly passing out in a parked car with his children in the vehicle.

According to court documents, officers with the Ottumwa Police Department were dispatched to the Casey’s on Mary Street on Monday morning at around 12:52am. Employees at the Casey’s told law enforcement that they had observed a car in the parking lot that had been idling for over an hour.

Authorities found a man who was asleep in the car, along with two children. The man was identified as 37-year-old Yoshi Shikiko, and police eventually discovered that the children in the vehicle were four and eight years old.

Court documents state that when Shikiko woke up and was questioned by police, officers noticed an empty liquor bottle in the driver’s side door, and that Shikiko had bloodshot, watery eyes with an odor of alcohol emitting from his person. Shikiko later failed a field sobriety test, and police say he had a blood alcohol content over 0.08.

Following this incident, Shikiko was arrested and transported to the Wapello County Jail. He now faces several criminal charges, including two counts of Neglect or Abandonment of a Dependent Person (class C felonies); Driving while License Denied or Revoked (serious misdemeanor); and Operating while Under the Influence – First Offense (serious misdemeanor). His bond was set at $22,000, and he was ordered to not have any contact with his two children.