Man arrested 9th time for DUI
CHICORA — A Clay Township man is facing a charge of driving under the influence. It wasn't the first time for 49-year-old Robert P. Kummer.
It was the ninth.
For Trooper Philip Treadway, the arresting officer, it was the second time he nabbed Kummer for DUI, both times in Center Township.
District Judge Lewis Stoughton, of Chicora, arraigned Kummer by video Tuesday on felony and misdemeanor charges of DUI and driving with a suspended license-DUI related.
It was his fifth offense for the suspended driving charge, authorities said. He also was cited for speeding and not wearing a seat belt.
Kummer is being held in the Butler County Prison on $30,000 bond. He's also being held on a probation violation. His preliminary hearing is set May 19. Online court records did not list an attorney for him.
Trooper Philip Treadway was running a speed check on Mercer Road near Blossom Drive about 10:20 p.m. Friday when his hand-held radar device clocked the defendant's car going 60 mph in a 35 mph zone.
Kummer admitted he had four beers earlier that evening, police said, and he subsequently showed impairment during field sobriety testing.
A breath test at the barracks in Butler Township indicated his blood-alcohol level was 0.118 percent. A level of 0.08 percent is considered intoxicated under state law.
Treadway said Tuesday that he did not immediately remember his prior DUI arrest of Kummer on Dec. 11, 2018. It came to him when he ran the suspect's record. He also found that the latest DUI arrest was number nine for Kummer.
According to court records, he pleaded guilty to DUI number eight on July 12, 2019, and was he sentenced in that case to three months in county prison and five years on the Intermediate Punishment Program
Stoughton in setting bond Tuesday also imposed the condition that the defendant had to be released to the county probation office for pretrial supervision.
Additionally, if released, Kummer is required to wear a Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor, an ankle bracelet that immediately alerts law enforcement and probation and parole officers when the person wearing the device consumes alcohol.
