Traffic stop for crossing center line in Linton leads to arrest

A Linton woman pulled over for crossing a center line was arrested and is now facing charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Beth Ann Stanley

Beth Ann Stanley, 49, Linton, was arrested by Officer Adam King of the Linton Police Department late Saturday night, July 13.

Officer King stopped a 2015 Chevrolet Cruze in the area of A Street NW and 8th Street NW in Linton at 9:52 p.m. The officer reported the vehicle had driven left of center. Stanley was the driver.

Officer King said during the stop, he observed signs of intoxication and he reported Stanley failed standard field sobriety testing.

Stanley was first transported to the Linton Police Department where she consented to a chemical test. Officer King, a certified chemical test operator, conducted the test at 10:48 p.m. and reported it showed Stanley had an alcohol concentration equivalent to .220. The legal limit is .08.

She was then transported and booked in around 11:30 p.m. at the Greene County Jail where her bond was set at $4,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed. She posted $400 cash and was released.

Stanley is scheduled to appear in Greene Superior Court on July 30 for an initial hearing when she will be formally charged with operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to .15 or more, a Class A misdemeanor, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, a Class A misdemeanor.