Email This Story
Print This StoryNew Law Requires Jail Time For Multiple DUI Convictions
Police: Woman Drunk Behind Wheel 11 Times
POSTED: 9:14 am EST January 19,
2005
CLEVELAND -- According to police, a Hudson woman has been drunk behind the wheel 11 times, and she will now have to serve jail time because of a new law, NewsChannel5 reported.Police believe Jane Senne was driving while intoxicated when she struck another vehicle, injuring the driver.Police charged Senne under a new law that calls for mandatory jail time for habitual offenders.Summit County prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh helped write the new law.The law adds a mandatory one- to five-year prison term for people convicted of five or more DUIs.The victim in the crash is recovering from injuries at Akron's St. Thomas Hospital.
Copyright 2005 by NewsNet5. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
