Woman Cited for 7 Offenses, Arrested on Charges of Driving While Intoxicated

Northville Township police arrested a woman April 26 near the intersection of Eight Mile and Haggerty roads on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and never acquiring an operator’s license, according to a police report.

The officer stopped a white 1999 Ford Escort at approximately 1:30 a.m. after seeing the driver stop well past the stop line and into the crosswalk at the Haggerty and Eight Mile road intersection, the report said.

The driver said she did not have a driver’s licence, the report said, and she was unable to provide any proof of insurance. The officer found that the woman had never acquired a driver’s license and had a misdemeanor warrant from Dearborn police, according to the report.

The officer could smell alcohol on her breath when she stepped out of the vehicle, the report said. The woman said she had been drinking, and she agreed to take a preliminary breathalyzer test, which resulted in a .088 percent blood alcohol level, according to the report.

She was taken to the Northville Township Police Department for chemical testing. A passenger in the car was taken home by another officer, the report said. 

Police later found that the vehicle's license plate was registered to a Chevrolet and that the Ford Escort was unregistered, the report said. The registration sticker was found to be issued to another Michigan plate, which was found to be a stolen license plate out of the Detroit Police Department, according to the report.

The report said the officer issued the woman an appearance citation for seven offenses:

• Operating while intoxicated
• Never acquiring an operator's license
• Receiving and concealing stolen property
• Driving an unregistered vehicle
• Using an improper plate
• Unlawful display of license
• No proof of insurance

She has an 8:30 a.m. hearing May 8 at 35th District Court.

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