A Liberty Township resident was arrested Sunday on charges of operating while intoxicated and five counts of neglect of a dependent, Burns Harbor Police said.

According to police, at 9:40 p.m. Jason Vidal Garcia, 31, of 54 Canterbury Circle, was stopped in the area of U.S. Highway 20 and Burns Blvd. after an officer clocked him at 59 miles per hour in a zone posted at 45. Police said that Garcia showed signs of intoxication, failed several field sobriety tests, and subsequently registered a blood alcohol content of .10 percent on a chemical test.

Motorists in Indiana are considered legally intoxicated when they score a B.A.C. of .08 percent or higher.

Police also said that one young child was riding in the front seat and four young children in the rear seat. Three of the latter were not seatbelted at all, police said, while the fourth was sitting in a safety seat “not secured to the vehicle in anyway nor was (the child) even secured to the safety seat.”

“Garcia stated he was unaware the children were not properly restrained or that his speed was excessive,” police said.

Garcia was charged with OWI and OWI with a minor in the vehicle and five counts of neglect of a dependent, police said. He was also issued five citations, one for speeding and four for child restraint violations, police said.