Tuesday, March 07, 2000
Dayton man faces 17th DUI charge
BY SHEILA McLAUGHLIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — A Dayton, Ohio, man racked up his 17th drunken-driving charge in 20 years when a Warren County grand jury indicted him Monday.
Curtis E. Sears, 41, of Elderberry Drive, was supposed to be banned from driving when Lebanon police found him behind the wheel of an idling car at 10:40 p.m. Feb. 5, Warren County Prosecutor Tim Oliver said.
Officers found him there after responding to a complaint of a car revving its engine on Cherry Street. Mr. Oliver said Mr. Sears failed a field sobriety test, but refused to take a breathalyzer.
The arrest came six weeks after Mr. Sears was convicted of drunk driving in Highland County involving a 1997 case, Mr. Oliver said.
Records indicate that Mr. Sears' driving privileges were suspended indefinitely, Mr. Oliver said.
Because the February incident was his fourth DUI charge in six years, Mr. Sears now faces up to 18 months in jail if convicted. The hefty sentence wasn't possible until 1996, when Ohio legislators stiffened drunken-driving penalties for a fourth offense.
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