Posted on 11/07/2025 8:56:40 AM PST by DFG
She did more than just pass the Bar!
A powerful Iowa judge was busted driving intoxicated after allegedly zonking out behind the wheel and drifting into oncoming traffic on a major highway, according to police and witnesses.
State judge Adria Kester, 55, landed on the wrong side of the law after another motorist reported she “looked unconscious” and was “slumped over the steering wheel” on US Highway 30 in Boone Tuesday night, the Des Moines Register reported.
As her new pickup truck veered across the highway’s median, a witness climbed into it through the back window and put it in park, according to a Boone County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
Kester — who is chief judge of Iowa’s largest district, the Second Judicial — was “unsteady and could not walk on her own,” according to police.
Cops allegedly found “a cup with a liquid that smelled like alcohol” in her 2026 GMC Canyon Denali and saw that she had “bloodshot watery eyes and slurred speech,” according to the arrest report.
She was charged with operating while intoxicated and booked into jail at 4 a.m. Wednesday.
She has pleaded not guilty.
“Judge Kester recognizes the seriousness of the situation and is fully cooperating with law enforcement and the judicial process,” her lawyer, Matt Lindholm, said in a statement. “She is committed to addressing this matter responsibly and in accordance with the law.”
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Is this heaven? No, it’s Iowa.
Judge Kester got her keister arrested.
People should have a serious talk with themselves about hiring a driver.
I just don’t drink and drive, because I don’t wish to donate 10-20 grand to the legal system.
The answer to •What’s worse than a female judge urinating in bushes by the sidewalk?”
Kester — who is chief judge of Iowa’s largest district, the Second Judicial
Stylish!
Busted one for crapping in the bushes, another for DWI, and several for trying to imprison Trump. The average mental institution patient has more sense and honor.
Busted one for crapping in the bushes, another for DWI, and several for trying to imprison Trump. The average mental institution patient has more sense and honor.
Did she say to the police,”Do you know who I am?”
Largest district by area. These are all rural counties in north central Iowa. Ames, home of Iowa State, is largest city. Judge Kester lives in a rural area.
https://www.kcci.com/article/adria-kester-iowa-judge-charged-owi-highway-wrong-way/69265637
Not awake to talk.
“The complaint said a witness got out of their vehicle to check on the driver but could not open the door, and the vehicle was still slowly moving in the median. The witness told police she had to climb in the back window to put the 2026 GMC Canyon Denali truck in park and shut it off.”
Republican Governor Kim Reynolds appointed her. But she could still be a Democrat who was acceptable to him, and the Iowa republican establishment. You know, as in deal making and horse-trading.
Looks like she still has some fuel in her tank.
Sounds like she couldn’t pass any bar!
“White educated progressive women”. Shameful people.
They are indoctrinated, not educated.
Episode #2 of “Judges Behaving Badly!”
“… Ames, home of Iowa State…”
This AWFUL is from Boone, and any Ames resident would expect no better behavior from a Boony (except Mamie Eisenhower).
For the win.
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