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Shiny, unmistakable and a little strange, the custom wire wheels of choice on some of Houston's toughest streets are the star attraction of whatever they're beneath, be it Benz or Bentley, certified slab or laughable junker. No doubt they demand attention. They are the stuff of local legend and lore, of lust and commerce at its most American, and most dangerous. Poking out 6 inches or more from the hub like a chrome tepee frame, they sing a siren's song, and young men hear it droning. For more than two decades these unconventional rims, going by nicknames like swangers, elbows...

Woman Sentenced for High-Speed Nursing RAVENNA, Ohio - A woman who nursed her infant while driving 65 mph on the Ohio Turnpike was sentenced to three months of house arrest for violating child-restraint laws. Catherine Nicole Donkers, 29, was also fined $300 Thursday. The judge delayed the sentence for one month so she can pursue her appeal. Donkers was found guilty in August of three traffic-related charges. She was found innocent of child endangering. Donkers said her husband ordered her by cell phone to breast-feed their 7-month-old daughter to save time while she drove on the turnpike May 8. Police...

<p>A woman who belonged to an obscure religious sect was found innocent Friday of child endangerment for breast-feeding her baby while driving, but was convicted of three lesser charges.</p> <p>Catherine Nicole Donkers, 29, was found guilty of violating child-restraint laws, driving without a valid driver's license and fleeing police while on the Ohio Turnpike in May.</p>

RAVENNA, Ohio (Aug. 9) - A woman who belonged to an obscure religious sect was found innocent Friday of child endangerment for breast-feeding her baby while driving, but was convicted of three lesser charges. Catherine Nicole Donkers, 29, was found guilty of violating child-restraint laws, driving without a valid driver's license and fleeing police while on the Ohio Turnpike in May. Prosecutors recommended Donkers be sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine instead of the maximum one year in jail and $2,000. Judge Donald Martell said he would postpone sentencing to investigate Donkers ``because I feel I...

Woman caught breastfeeding while driving on turnpikePOSTED: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:31:00 AM UPDATED: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:18:56 PM OHIO TURNPIKE -- A woman who claims she was breast-feeding while driving on the turnpike, has plead not guilty to multiple charges. The Ohio highway patrol received a call that 29-year old Catherine Donkers, was driving with an infant in her lap. A trooper tried to pull her over, but she ignored him and then exited the turnpike. "The stop didn't occur until she exited at the 187th and then became caught up in the toll booth and that's where...

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Strict faith is no defense(Breast-feeding driver loses bid to have husband..) By Ed Meyer Beacon Journal staff writer RAVENNA - At best, the misdemeanor trial of 29-year-old Catherine Nicole Donkers is likely to go down in history as a little out of the ordinary. It began in a packed courtroom Wednesday morning when Portage County Municipal Judge Donald H. Martell ruled that the woman's husband, Brad L. Barnhill, 46, cannot act as her lawyer or substitute for her as the defendant in the case. Donkers, who was arrested May 8 after she admitted breast-feeding her infant daughter while driving on...

Police charged an Ohio mother because she was breast-feeding while driving. Catherine Donkers, 29, was charged with child endangerment for breast-feeding her 7-month-old daughter while driving on the Ohio Turnpike. A passing trucker saw Donkers nursing her child at the wheel, thought it was dangerous and called the Ohio Highway Patrol. Donkers insisted that she did nothing wrong, and said she didn't feel that she was putting her child in any excess danger. "I think there's lots of things that we do where we put ourselves at risk, just by the very fact that I'm in a car and there's...

Friday, June 20, 2003 Breast-feeding driver to contest charges -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Associated Press RAVENNA, Ohio - A woman charged with child endangering after troopers saw her breast-feeding her daughter while driving on the Ohio Turnpike claims the prosecutor has harassed her by piling on more charges. Catherine Donkers, 29, of Pittsburgh, was arrested May 8 and faces a court appearance in Ravenna on Aug. 6 on charges of failing to comply with a lawful order, obstructing official business, driving while under suspension, improper child restraint and child endangering. Donkers has said she understood there was a risk in breast-feeding while...

<p>RAVENNA, Ohio — A woman who was breast-feeding her baby while driving had what appeared to be a homemade Pennsylvania identification card instead of a driver's license when she was pulled over, a state trooper testified Thursday.</p> <p>Catherine Nicole Donkers — a member of an obscure religious sect who maintains that driver's licenses should not be required — described the card as an affidavit, Sgt. Michael A. Harmon said.</p>

Trucker Calls Police Police charged an Ohio mother because she was breast-feeding while driving. Catherine Donkers, 29, was charged with child endangerment for breast-feeding her 7-month-old daughter while driving on the Ohio Turnpike. A passing trucker saw Donkers nursing her child at the wheel, thought it was dangerous and called the Ohio Highway Patrol. Donkers insisted that she did nothing wrong, and said she didn't feel that she was putting her child in any excess danger. "I think there's lots of things that we do where we put ourselves at risk, just by the very fact that I'm in a...

<p>PORTAGE COUNTY -- A mother traveling from Detroit to Pittsburgh got into trouble in Portage County while trying to drive and breastfeed her baby at the same time.</p> <p>Twenty-nine-year-old Catherine Donkers had fed the baby before she left Detroit but said her seven-month-old daughter was hungry again.</p> <p>"I knew I was doing nothing wrong when I was breastfeeding her," Donkers said.</p> <p>Donkers doesn't consider her actions excessively dangerous.</p>

Breast-Feeding Driver Appeals To Higher Authority Husband Says Only He Can Punish Wife POSTED: 8:55 a.m. EDT August 6, 2003 UPDATED: 12:35 p.m. EDT August 6, 2003 RAVENNA, Ohio -- A woman arrested for breast-feeding while driving is appealing to a higher authority. Catherine Nicole Donkers says she wants the Bible to be the law, when she goes on trial Wednesday. She was busted in May when a truck driver called 911 to report that he had seen a woman driving her car with a baby in her lap on the Ohio Turnpike. Donkers doesn't deny she was nursing...

Ravenna - A woman who was arrested after she was seen breast-feeding while driving on the Ohio Turnpike in May is preparing for trial here Wednesday. Catherine Nicole Donkers - who speaks publicly only after getting permission to do so from the man she calls her husband - said in a phone interview last week she should not have been arrested. "How can you prosecute someone for violating a law that doesn't exist?" Donkers said. "There is no law that has been violated." Donkers supports her argument with a mix of legal interpretations and a deep skepticism of government. She...