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Woman charged with DUI twice

It took a Butler woman less than 90 minutes to rack up two separate drunken driving arrests last week.

City police said they first encountered 47-year-old Amy Ann Lumley about 8:50 p.m. Thursday in the driver's seat of a Nissan Pathfinder in the 200 block of North Monroe Street.

Officers moments earlier had been called there after she had gotten into an argument with a neighbor over parking. Lumley had apparently parked her vehicle in the neighbor's driveway, police said.

When the neighbor, another woman, asked Lumley to move, she believed the suspect was intoxicated. While the two neighbors argued, the defendant allegedly grabbed hold of the other woman's hands and pushed her.

Patrolman Travis Buckshire got the call and he said he smelled alcohol on Lumley's breath while talking with her, according to court documents. He also noticed a plastic bag containing suspected marijuana in the vehicle's console.

Police at 8:59 p.m. arrested Lumley after she failed field sobriety tests. A breath test at 9:29 p.m. showed her blood-alcohol level was 0.086 percent. A level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated under state law.

The defendant was subsequently released to the custody of a friend. She also permitted the friend to take her vehicle.

Police said she also was advised not to drive again that night.

But at 10:14 p.m., it was déjà vu for city police. Officers were called back to the same block of North Monroe Street where Lumley was seen driving her Pathfinder.

Sgt. Ben Spangler said this time police stopped the suspect when they saw her pull out onto North Monroe Street. The traffic stop was made in the parking lot of an apartment building on Howard Street.

“Lumley,” according to Spangler's affidavit, “was still visibly intoxicated, displaying slurred speech, glassy bloodshot eyes and had a strong odor of alcoholic beverages about her person.”

Again, she was arrested for DUI. While her second breath test revealed an under-the-legal-limit reading of 0.06 percent, police believe it was high enough that she was incapable of safe driving.

“Plus,” said Butler police Deputy Chief David Adam, “she had been warned not to drive after the first time.”

This time, she was taken to Butler County Prison. She was booked in at 2:14 a.m. Friday. She was released on her own recognizance at 1:50 p.m. the same day.

For her first arrest, she is charged with DUI, possession of a small amount of marijuana and harassment.

For her second arrest, she is charged with DUI and reckless endangerment and careless driving.

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