Crime & Safety
Crime Report: Sheriff Says Mom in Rollover Crash Involving Kids was Drunk
The following arrest information was supplied by area police agencies. It does not indicate a conviction.
Livingston County Sheriff Bob Bezotte said a 29-year-old woman's blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit following a recent rollover crash on U.S. 23 near Center Road in Tyrone Township, according to an article in the Livingston Daily Press & Argus.
The woman, who Bezotte said appeared intoxicated after the crash and whose preliminary breath test was 0.234, denied that she was driving the vehicle that was found at about 12:30 a.m. Dec. 4, according to the article. The legal limit for alcohol consumption is .08. She and her children, ages 1 and 5, were taken to Genesys Regional Medical Center in Grand Blanc Township. The children were not seriously hurt, the article said.
A couple driving by on the highway stopped, finding the children crying in the back seat and the mother belted in the driver's seat. They pulled the children out before emergency personnel arrived, the article said.
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Drunk driving
Police arrested a 25-year-old Fenton woman for drunken driving around 9:40 p.m. on Dec. 9 after an officer observed the vehicle swerving on North Leroy Street.
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 Chief Rick Aro said an officer saw a 2000 Chevrolet Malibu nearly strike the west curb on North Leroy near North Road and then drift into the left turn lane.
Aro said the officer made a traffic stop and smelled a strong odor of alcohol and the driver admitted to drinking.
A preliminary breath test revealed a blood/alcohol content of .239, nearly three times the legal limit of .08, Aro said.
She was arrested and held at the Fenton Police Department overnight and given a notice to appear in court.
GPS reported swiped from Tyrone Township driveway
A GPS unit worth $140 was recently reported stolen from a vehicle parked in the driveway of a home in the 9400 block of Apple Court in Tyrone Township, according to the Livingston County Sheriff's Department.
A 36-year-old Tyrone Township man told police he thought he left his vehicle locked and the item was taken sometime between 10 p.m. Nov. 25 and 9:30 a.m. Nov. 26, a police report said.
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