Posted on 10/26/2007 11:17:09 AM PDT by SmithL
The bond for Tamara Mitchell-Ford was increased to $50,000 from $100 this morning by a judge citing her local criminal record, which includes a drunken driving conviction and two pending DUIs.
General Sessions Criminal Court Judge Louis Montesi said he may review the bond further if prosecutors present documentation of DUI convictions in three other states, including Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina.
Mitchell-Ford, the ex-wife of former state senator John Ford, was arrested and jailed Wednesday after police said she caused a three-car traffic accident at Poplar and Yates. Police said there was an open bottle of vodka in her jacket in the front seat.
She was charged with DUI, public intoxication, driving on a suspended license, reckless driving, refusal to submit to a breath-alcohol test and violation of the state open-container law.
The DUI arrest was the third in nine months for Mitchell-Ford, 43, who pleaded guilty in April to drunken driving in Collierville. She was arrested again in September for drunken driving in Collierville and faces violation of probation, which is 11 months and 27 days. The new DUI is pending and a probation violation hearing is set for Nov. 15 in Collierville.
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“I’m not drunk. I’m just drinkin”
Equal treatment! Aint it sweet?
I’m so glad I moved to Piperton....
So are my parents
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