AUBURN HILLS, MI State Rep. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, was super drunk when she crashed into a freeway barrier in Auburn Hills a month ago, records show.
Warren was arraigned Thursday, Jan. 30, on one misdemeanor count of operating while intoxicated with blood alcohol content greater than 0.17 percent, according to Oakland County District Court records.
Her blood alcohol content was 0.212 percent, almost three times over the legal limit, according to blood analysis by the Michigan State Police.
Police received several calls regarding an apparently impaired driver at about 11 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26 on northbound I-75 near Baldwin Road, Auburn Hills Police Lt. Ryan Gagnon said previously.
State Rep. Rebekah Warren arrested for suspected drunken driving on I-75
An officer spotted the suspect vehicle, a black Jeep Grand Cherokee, and saw it swerve across two lanes and hit the barrier along I-75, according to the Auburn Hills Police Department report obtained by MLive/The Ann Arbor News through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The officer turned on his lights and stopped the driver who was later identified as Warren, the report states.
Warren told the officer she was heading back to Ann Arbor after attending an event at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, the report states. She admitting to having a few glasses of wine while at the event, the report states.
The officer asked her to do several field sobriety tests, which she failed. He then asked her to take a preliminary breath test, which she refused, the report states.
Police obtained a warrant for her blood and took her McLaren Hospital where nurses took blood samples.
After being checked for injuries associate with the crash, Warren was taken to the Oakland County Jail.
Warren did not return a phone call seeking comment on Friday.
She is free on a $500 personal recognizance bond. Her next court hearing is scheduled for Feb. 19.
Warren was elected in 2018 to serve a third and final term in the House after serving two terms in the state Senate. Warren represents the 55th District, one of four state House districts in Washtenaw County. It includes parts of Ann Arbor and Milan, as well as Augusta, Pittsfield, Ann Arbor, and York townships.
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