I never knew you could be cited for "driving with inappropriate alertness"

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but this lady should be locked up for a looooong time and the cop should get extra pay... (maybe NSFW)

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Police: Driver distracted by sex toy

By Steve Kemme • skemme@enquirer.com • August 25, 2010

ELMWOOD PLACE - An Elmwood Place police officer who stopped a car because it had illegally tinted windows received a bit of a shock when he looked inside.

Officer Ross Gilbert said the driver, Colondra Hamilton, a 36-year-old Downtown resident, was sitting with her pants unzipped and a sex toy in her lap.

He said Hamilton told him she was using the toy while watching a sex video on a laptop computer that a passenger in the front seat held up so she could see it.

Gilbert charged her with "driving with inappropriate alertness" and having illegal tinted windows, according to the traffic ticket.

The incident occurred at 7 p.m., Aug. 17, on Township Avenue in Elmwood Place, a small village in central Hamilton County.

Gilbert admitted he had never encountered a traffic case quite like this one.

"It's very unusual," he said. "This is a first for me."

Hamilton was released on her own recognizance soon after her arrest.

She is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Hamilton County Municipal Court.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100825/NEWS010701/8260303/Police-Driver-distracted-by-sex-toy
 
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I think they call it driving without due care and attention where I live.
 
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"Distracted driving" is what they call it here I believe.


And man what I would have given to be that sex toy.
 
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As long as the cop didn't see her doing it, can he really charge her with a criminal offense (she's going to be arraigned)? This is a good example of why you shouldn't talk to police. If they are asking you questions, they don't have enough evidence.
 
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Xyclone said:
As long as the cop didn't see her doing it, can he really charge her with a criminal offense (she's going to be arraigned)? This is a good example of why you shouldn't talk to police. If they are asking you questions, they don't have enough evidence.
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You can be charged with anything. How it plays out depends on your representation.

If you can afford a lawyer who will argue the fine points of your defense, such as "Nobody actually saw me do what you are accusing me of", you will get the charges dropped.

If you are poor and have a public pretender...err...defender, you will take the first plea the ADA throws your way.
 
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