Patty A. Vickers, 55, of Bloomville, was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs during an incident early Thursday morning.
Deputies of the Logan County Sheriff’s Office responded about 12:20 a.m. to a 911 call reporting Vickers had left a residence on County Road 37 highly intoxicated.
Deputies were able to locate her vehicle on C.R. 37 near County Road 49 and initiated the stop. She reportedly was not wearing her seat belt and was texting on her phone when deputies began their interaction with her.
While speaking with her, deputies observed an odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle. She had a dog in the vehicle and was asked to step out of the vehicle because she told deputies the dog was “not friendly.”
Deputies observed that she was unsteady on her feet and she also voluntarily told deputies that she had recently consumed a laxative. Two open containers of beer also were located in her vehicle.
Vickers submitted to field sobriety tests and refused to submit to a chemical test. Deputies reported the defendant had five prior OVI convictions, dating from 1997 to 2016. She also was cited for driving under non-compliance suspension, no operator’s license, driving left of center, open container in a motor vehicle and no seat belt.
The defendant was released to a sober party. After Vickers exited the patrol car, deputies observed a large wet stain on the patrol car seat and found that she had defecated herself.