GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) — A West Michigan lady is heading again to jail after taking a plea deal for her ninth drunk driving arrest.
Court docket information present 56-year-old Karen Robert was sentenced to a minimal of three years and 10 months behind bars, with a most punishment of seven.5 years. She acquired credit score for 155 days already served in jail.
Robert was arrested on Jan. 13 by Ottawa County deputies for working a car whereas intoxicated. She in the end took a plea deal, pleading responsible to working a car whereas intoxicated in alternate for having a separate cost dropped.
Robert’s first alcohol-related driving offense dates again to 2002, when she was arrested in Emmet County. In between jail and jail stints, she racked up 4 OWI fees between 2002 and 2008, all in northern Michigan.
She moved to West Michigan someday after that and was pulled over in Ottawa County in 2012 for her fifth OWI, leading to practically 16 months in jail.
Robert was caught once more in 2014 and in 2017 and despatched again to jail. Information from the Michigan Division of Corrections present she was launched on June 11, 2020, and arrested 38 days later in Muskegon for her eighth OWI cost. Robert was launched from jail once more final July.
(Courtesy Michigan Division of Corrections)
Decide Jon Hulsing’s sentence is above the everyday authorized tips. The Grand Haven Tribune reported the choose stated Robert’s lengthy historical past should play a task in her sentence.
“This is the range that is appropriate for this conduct because the court views you as a clear, present and continued danger to the public,” Hulsing reportedly stated. “The court shall impose the maximum sentence under this grid in order to protect the public.”
