(Stillwater, Okla.) – A Stillwater woman with a history of alcohol and drug offenses has admitted drunk driving at Highway 177 North and 92nd Street in rural Perkins on a revoked license.
Teresa Dee Holder, 56, was ordered into the Payne County Drug Court program last week by Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler, who stayed her sentencing until Oct. 1, 2019.
In her latest case, Holder was arrested by Perkins Police Officer Billy Laster, who was advised of “a reckless driver going eastbound on State Highway 33,” about 9 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2017, according to his affidavit.
“I was told the suspect vehicle was alternating speed between approximately 45 and 80 mph,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
“Just west of U.S. 177 North, the Beetle pulled into a private driveway and stopped,” the affidavit said.
“Based on my observations of Teresa Holder’s behavior, I asked if she consumed any alcoholic beverages and she advised she had been drinking beer this evening. She also told me she takes Tramadol, which is prescribed to her,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
“While checking Holder’s record, “I saw she has other DUI arrests dating back to 1990,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
At the time, Holder was free on bond on a charge of actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol in the Ampride parking lot in Perkins on March 16, 2016, to which she also pleaded guilty last week.
According to court records, seven years ago Holder was convicted of aggravated drunk driving in Stillwater in 2010 and placed on a five-year probationary term with an order to enroll in the Payne County Drug Court program, which she completed in 2012.
Holder had also been charged with misdemeanor drunk driving in Oklahoma County, for which she was placed on one year’s probation in 2009, court records show.
Holder had also been convicted of maintaining a place for keeping or selling methamphetamine in Oklahoma County in 2003 and given a five-year prison sentence, the balance of which was suspended when she completed treatment nine months later, state Department of Corrections records show.
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