An Evans teen remains in jail today on charges of drunken driving and striking a Richmond County sheriff’s officer’s car.

Julieann Sommers, 17, of Taft Drive, was driving around 2 a.m. Saturday when she rear-ended an unmarked, stopped sheriff’s vehicle driven by Investigator Paul Godden on Washington Road near the Interstate 20 overpass, said sheriff's Maj.Richard Weaver.

Ms. Sommers drove from the scene but was stopped by another deputy in the 2800 block of Washington Road.

Police charged Ms. Sommers with driving under the influence, driving with an open container, hit and run, attempting to elude police, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, following too closely and driving without a driver's license.

She remains at the Richmond County jail under an $8,560 bond.