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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Motion filed to pull driver’s license in judge’s drunken driving case"
Rebecca S. Green reports this evening in a story posted on the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette website that begins:
Marion County prosecutors filed paperwork Tuesday to take away an Allen County judge's driver's license after he was arrested for drunken driving.In a motion filed Tuesday, prosecutors asked a judge to suspend Allen Circuit Judge Thomas Felts' driving privileges while his misdemeanor criminal case progresses. Last week, blood test results revealed Felts' blood-alcohol content measured at more than twice the legal limit when he was arrested in downtown Indianapolis in the early morning of July 18.
Under Indiana law, a positive blood-alcohol test allows prosecutors to seek a license suspension, officials said.
The Marion County judge can merely sign the order without a hearing, said Matthew Symons, spokesman for the Marion County Prosecutor's Office.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 12, 2008 08:29 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts