Linton driver scheduled into court after arrest for drunk driving
A report of a driver traveling all over the roadway and possibly intoxicated in the late hours of Dec 12 resulted in the arrest of a 28-year-old Linton woman.
candAce raye walker
During the late hours of Dec. 12, Greene County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Kelly Hutchens was in the Switz City area when a call came in regarding a possible intoxicated driver. Hutchens, according to the probable cause affidavit, believed she had passed the vehicle at the intersection of State Roads 67 and 54 moments before the attempt to locate was sent out. The vehicle was headed toward Linton, so Deputy Hutchens alerted the Linton Police Department of a possible reckless driver headed into town.
Hutchens turned her police cruiser around and shortly into the morning hours of Dec. 13 believed she had caught up with the vehicle in question, although she was three vehicles back. When in Linton, Hutchens observed a white Chevrolet Cruze, driven by Candice Raye Walker, leave the roadway on the north side, go up onto the sidewalk, and back onto the road.
Hutchens initiated a traffic stop while Linton Police Department Officers Janzen Franklin and Alan Jackson.
A portion of a standard field sobriety test was performed at the scene by Hutchens; however, due to a previous medical condition, the remainder of the test was performed in a controlled environment at the Linton Police Department. Walker failed the field sobriety test.
Walker voluntarily submitted to a chemical breath test, which was performed by Deputy Hutchens, a certified breath test operator. At 12:47 a.m. on Dec. 13, Walker failed, testing 0.217.
She was transported to Greene County Jail where a bond of $4,000 surety with 10 percent cash allowed was set.
She is scheduled to appear in Greene Superior Court on Jan. 9 when she will be formally charged with:
Operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, a Class A Misdemeanor
Operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C Misdemeanor
Operating a vehicle while an alcohol concentration equivalent to .15 or more, a Class A Misdemeanor