Crime & Safety
Shaker Heights Woman Accused Of Driving Drunk & Causing Crash
According to authorities, Maryjo Prince-Paul had an open bottle of bourbon in her car when she ignored a stop sign and crashed into another car
A Shaker Heights woman is accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that sent a man, woman and their 3-year-old child to the hospital.
Maryjo Prince-Paul, 45, ran a stop sign and struck the driver's side of another occupied vehicle on April 3 near the Lander and South Woodland Road intersection, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office.
The driver of the other car -- a 38-year-old man -- suffered a broken collar bone.
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Police reported that Prince-Paul had a bottle of bourbon in her car when the crash occurred.
She has been charged with four counts of aggravated vehicular assault and one count of driving while under the influence.
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She is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.
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