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12/3/2009, 08:03 AM
Grandma didn't get run over, but she did blow a .415
By Jennifer Baker and Kimball Perry
A grandmother who police said was driving at more than five times the legal limit for alcohol was ordered jailed on a $32,000 bond Wednesday.
“I think she’s where she needs to be (in jail) at this time of year, so we don’t get her back on an aggravated vehicular homicide charge,” Charlie Rubenstein, a Cincinnati prosecutor, said.
Maria Krull, 46, of West Price Hill was charged Tuesday with driving drunk, registering a blood-alcohol content of .415 percent, more than five times Ohio’s legal limit to drive of .08 percent.:eek:
“I’ve never seen one that high before,” Hamilton County Municipal Court Magistrate Melissa West noted in ordering Krull jailed on the $32,000 bond.
Rubenstein said Krull was arrested for drunk driving while her 5-year-old granddaughter was in the vehicle.
Krull was pulled over by Cincinnati police for speeding just after 4 p.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of West Third Street downtown.
“That’s crazy high,” said Blue Ash Police Officer Mark Ziegler, who oversees the Hamilton County OVI Task Force. “That’s probably one of the top five tests that I’ve seen in my 23-year career.”
According to blood alcohol statistics, someone at her weight – 180 pounds, according to her ticket – would have to consume at least a dozen drinks to register that high. There is a possibility of coma and death due to respiratory arrest.
“When you see someone who’s in the mid .2s, they are unable to perform any remedial task,’’ Ziegler said. "For her to be a .415, she’s definitely got some kind of alcohol problem.”
It wasn’t Krull’s first drunk driving arrest. She was charged Sept. 27 by Cincinnati police in a case that remains pending. When she was pulled over again this week, she was driving her 2000 Ford Windstar minivan on a suspended license, records show.
In addition to a second OVI offense in two months, Krull also faces charges of child endangering and driving with a high blood alcohol level. Her vehicle also did not have proper license plates.
Children’s case workers plan to launch an investigation into the incident, said Brian Gregg, spokesman for the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091125/NEWS0107/311250031/1055/NEWS/Grandma+didn+t+get+run+over++but+she+did+blow+a+.4 15
By Jennifer Baker and Kimball Perry
A grandmother who police said was driving at more than five times the legal limit for alcohol was ordered jailed on a $32,000 bond Wednesday.
“I think she’s where she needs to be (in jail) at this time of year, so we don’t get her back on an aggravated vehicular homicide charge,” Charlie Rubenstein, a Cincinnati prosecutor, said.
Maria Krull, 46, of West Price Hill was charged Tuesday with driving drunk, registering a blood-alcohol content of .415 percent, more than five times Ohio’s legal limit to drive of .08 percent.:eek:
“I’ve never seen one that high before,” Hamilton County Municipal Court Magistrate Melissa West noted in ordering Krull jailed on the $32,000 bond.
Rubenstein said Krull was arrested for drunk driving while her 5-year-old granddaughter was in the vehicle.
Krull was pulled over by Cincinnati police for speeding just after 4 p.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of West Third Street downtown.
“That’s crazy high,” said Blue Ash Police Officer Mark Ziegler, who oversees the Hamilton County OVI Task Force. “That’s probably one of the top five tests that I’ve seen in my 23-year career.”
According to blood alcohol statistics, someone at her weight – 180 pounds, according to her ticket – would have to consume at least a dozen drinks to register that high. There is a possibility of coma and death due to respiratory arrest.
“When you see someone who’s in the mid .2s, they are unable to perform any remedial task,’’ Ziegler said. "For her to be a .415, she’s definitely got some kind of alcohol problem.”
It wasn’t Krull’s first drunk driving arrest. She was charged Sept. 27 by Cincinnati police in a case that remains pending. When she was pulled over again this week, she was driving her 2000 Ford Windstar minivan on a suspended license, records show.
In addition to a second OVI offense in two months, Krull also faces charges of child endangering and driving with a high blood alcohol level. Her vehicle also did not have proper license plates.
Children’s case workers plan to launch an investigation into the incident, said Brian Gregg, spokesman for the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091125/NEWS0107/311250031/1055/NEWS/Grandma+didn+t+get+run+over++but+she+did+blow+a+.4 15