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Kristie A. Stripe, 43, of 116 S. Park St., was charged Sunday with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs and cited for traffic control device violation after a 7:40 p.m. traffic stop.
She was observed driving southbound from Mary Rutan Urgent Care, 1134 N. Main St., in a vehicle. At Main and Rush Avenue, she failed to stop the vehicle behind the stop bar.
Officers of the Bellefontaine Police Department report Stripe was at times restless and other times euphoric during conversations and field sobriety tests. She also had body tremors, dry mouth and exaggerated reflexes.
They suspected she was under the influence of a stimulant and contacted her husband, Jamie. He informed them she had been abusing her prescription for a stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactive disorders.
Both the motorist and her husband reported she had not been asleep for 48 hours.
A urine sample was collected by Logan County Jail staff for analysis.
• Roger W. Lunce, 52, of Kenton, was charged with having physical control of a motor vehicle under the OVI statute and cited for driving under suspension after he was observed getting into a car in the parking lot of Mary Rutan Hospital, 205 Palmer Ave., around 3:40 a.m. Sunday.
As the officer approached, Lunce started the car.
He followed instructions to shut it off and exit the vehicle. He admitted driving the car to the hospital; that he intended drive home; and that he had consumed alcohol before driving to the MRH.
He declined to take field sobriety tests and was arrested.
• Michael A. Woodruff, 36, of 180 S. Main St., West Mansfield, was charged Saturday with OVI and cited for driving under suspension.
He was found unconscious and bloodied behind the wheel of his car which was stopped but running and in gear in front of 517 S. Madriver St. around 6:20 p.m.
He was visibly intoxicated and had no idea how he was injured.
A Bellefontaine squad responded to transport him to Mary Rutan Hospital for treatment of two cuts to his forehead.
After treatment he was taken into custody and lodged in jail. Officers noted he has three prior OVI convictions.
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