Saturday, March 18, 2006
YO QUIERO TEQUILA!
from www.nwherald.com in Crystal Lake Illinois. This is hilarious!(outside of the drunken driving and child endangerment.....read on) I love ILLINOIS!
ISLAND LAKE – Police say a 49-year-old Island Lake woman wasn't the only one drunk in the car when she drove this week to pick her son up from elementary school.
Her 4-month-old Chihuahua, named Chico, also might have been intoxicated, police said.
"It's definitely not something you see every day," Island Lake Police Chief John Fellmann said.
Diane Marcotte,of 803 Plymouth Lane, has been charged with driving under the influence and two counts of endangering children.
Police say Marcotte had her 3-year-old daughter in the car and was picking up her 10-year-old son on Monday from the Cotton Creek School, 545 Newport Court, Island Lake.
McHenry County Animal Control likely will file animal-cruelty charges against Marcotte, McHenry County prosecutors said Wednesday. If convicted on the drunken-driving and child endangerment charges, she could be fined a maximum $2,500 and be sentenced to one year in jail.
Marcotte drove to the school about 3:40 p.m. Monday, and drove onto the school's sidewalk, Fellmann said.
"She was saying that her dog was having a seizure and that is why she needed to park there," Fellmann said. "But it wasn't having a seizure. It was drunk."
Dr. Edin Mehanovic, animal control administrator, said that animal control officials could not say definitively whether the animal was intoxicated until after blood results are returned. It is suspected that the dog was drunk, Mehanovic said.
After police said they smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from Marcotte, they conducted field sobriety tests on her, and she failed them, Fellmann said. Marcotte refused to submit to a breathalyzer test, Fellmann said.
"[The officer] could also smell alcohol coming from the dog," Fellmann said. "It seemed to be pretty evident that it was drunk."
Fellmann said the dog also got sick while they were waiting for animal control to arrive at the scene.
"Its equilibrium was gone, and it was acting erratically," said Jerry Rivard, manager of McHenry County Animal Control.
The county took Chico to an emergency veterinarian clinic, and it was acting normal the next day.
Marcotte will be served a notice of impoundment, which she will have to fight to get Chico back, McHenry County Assistant State's Attorney Jamie Rein said.
Marcotte was released after posting $100 bond, Fellmann said. She is expected in court April 17.
they impound the dog but return the kids. is this a great state or what?
ISLAND LAKE – Police say a 49-year-old Island Lake woman wasn't the only one drunk in the car when she drove this week to pick her son up from elementary school.
Her 4-month-old Chihuahua, named Chico, also might have been intoxicated, police said.
"It's definitely not something you see every day," Island Lake Police Chief John Fellmann said.
Diane Marcotte,of 803 Plymouth Lane, has been charged with driving under the influence and two counts of endangering children.
Police say Marcotte had her 3-year-old daughter in the car and was picking up her 10-year-old son on Monday from the Cotton Creek School, 545 Newport Court, Island Lake.
McHenry County Animal Control likely will file animal-cruelty charges against Marcotte, McHenry County prosecutors said Wednesday. If convicted on the drunken-driving and child endangerment charges, she could be fined a maximum $2,500 and be sentenced to one year in jail.
Marcotte drove to the school about 3:40 p.m. Monday, and drove onto the school's sidewalk, Fellmann said.
"She was saying that her dog was having a seizure and that is why she needed to park there," Fellmann said. "But it wasn't having a seizure. It was drunk."
Dr. Edin Mehanovic, animal control administrator, said that animal control officials could not say definitively whether the animal was intoxicated until after blood results are returned. It is suspected that the dog was drunk, Mehanovic said.
After police said they smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from Marcotte, they conducted field sobriety tests on her, and she failed them, Fellmann said. Marcotte refused to submit to a breathalyzer test, Fellmann said.
"[The officer] could also smell alcohol coming from the dog," Fellmann said. "It seemed to be pretty evident that it was drunk."
Fellmann said the dog also got sick while they were waiting for animal control to arrive at the scene.
"Its equilibrium was gone, and it was acting erratically," said Jerry Rivard, manager of McHenry County Animal Control.
The county took Chico to an emergency veterinarian clinic, and it was acting normal the next day.
Marcotte will be served a notice of impoundment, which she will have to fight to get Chico back, McHenry County Assistant State's Attorney Jamie Rein said.
Marcotte was released after posting $100 bond, Fellmann said. She is expected in court April 17.
they impound the dog but return the kids. is this a great state or what?
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Hmmm, it does say something about our society when they'll take the dog away but not the kids!
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