Michael D. Cotton arrested on DUI, child endangerment charges
Lebanon County police arrested a 42-year-old man after a juvenile passenger woke him up at a Wendy’s drive-thru and officers found him intoxicated with an open container.
The Lebanon County Regional Police Department arrested Michael D. Cotton, 42, on Oct. 22, 2026 after he was apprehended in Harrisburg on a warrant tied to a Sept. 9 incident at the Wendy’s on E. Lehman St. Officers say Cotton had a juvenile passenger who woke him after he fell asleep in the drive-thru; officers found him intoxicated, with an open alcoholic container, and driving with a DUI-suspended license with two prior convictions. He faces charges including DUI (75 3802 A1), endangering the welfare of a child (18 4304 A1), driving with a suspended privilege related to DUI (75 1543 B1III), scattering rubbish (75 6501 A1) and restrictions on alcoholic beverages (75 3809 A).