(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Coyle man — whose girlfriend reportedly fell from his pickup in motion and rolled down the pavement on Highway 33 — has been ordered to appear in court Aug. 5 on charges of drunk driving, allowing his passenger to ride outside the passenger compartment of his vehicle, driving on a revoked license and failing to carry insurance.
Mark Edward Williams, 32, who has a prior misdemeanor conviction for drunk driving in Custer County in 2009, could receive a five-year prison term and a $5,000 fine if convicted of his felony drunk driving charge in Payne County.
If convicted of his additional counts that are misdemeanors, Williams could be incarcerated for one year plus 30 days and fined $765, court records show. He remains free on $7,500 bond.
His girlfriend, Christina Jean Ludolph, 24, who was hospitalized and not arrested, has been ordered to appear in court July 24 on charges of possession of marijuana as a second offense and also possession of drug paraphernalia.
Ludolph, who was previously given a six-month deferred sentence for marijuana possession in Payne County in 2011, could receive a 10-year prison term and a $5,000 fine if convicted of her felony marijuana charge. She could be jailed for one year and fined $1,000 if convicted of possessing drug paraphernalia.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Anthony Harper was called at 6:40 p.m. on June 9 about “a person falling out of a vehicle, while the vehicle was in motion on SH 33 in the area of Hackleman Road,” according to his affidavit.
Williams said “they were headed home and he received a phone call from his boss’s daughter and his passenger (girlfriend) got jealous and began to hang out the window while he was driving down the road,” the affidavit alleged.
“He stated that she fell from the vehicle and rolled down the pavement. While speaking to Mr. Williams, I detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath and noticed his eyes were red and glassy,” the trooper alleged in his affidavit.
Trooper Kyle Medcalf said he spoke to Ludolph, who said she had drunk half of a half-pint of tequila and that she was smoking marijuana in the truck, the affidavit alleged.
Williams said “he had taken four shots of tequila,” the affidavit alleged. “He was asked if there was any marijuana in the vehicle and he replied, ‘not that I know of,"” the affidavit alleged.
During a search of the pickup, a small plastic food container believed to have marijuana in it was found on the floorboard and a small metal socket with the odor of burnt marijuana was found in the bed of the pickup, the affidavit alleged.
Williams was unable to complete a roadside sobriety test “because he stated he had burns on his feet,” the affidavit alleged.
“Based on the test administered, I believed it was unsafe for Mr. Williams to operate a motor vehicle and he was subsequently arrested,” Trooper Harper wrote in the affidavit.
When the trooper went to the hospital to talk to Ludolph, “she had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on her breath, and her speech was thick and slurred,” the affidavit alleged.
“Ms. Ludolph stated she had drunk half of a half-pint of tequila prior to the incident and that she was just trying to get the attention of Mr. Williams by hanging out of the vehicle when they hit a bump in the road, which caused her to lose her balance and fall from the vehicle,” the affidavit alleged.
“She indicated that she had been smoking marijuana prior to the incident,” the affidavit alleged.
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