Related To Story
|
Police: Deputy Prosecutor Was Drunk, Tried To Leave Crash
Marion County Deputy Prosecutor Pulled Over Saturday Morning
POSTED: 8:39 pm EDT July 11, 2009
UPDATED: 6:52 pm EDT July 12, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS -- A Marion County deputy prosecutor was arrested early Saturday after she was intoxicated when she hit another vehicle and tried to leave the scene, police said.Gillian S. DePrez, 28, was pulled over just after 3 a.m. Saturday in the 6100 block of N. Winthrop Avenue, said Lt. Jeffrey Duhamell.According to the police report, DePrez struck a vehicle on 61st Street between Winthrop and Guilford avenues and attempted to leave the scene, driving at a high rate of speed away from the crash.When she was pulled over by an officer who witnessed the crash, he said that DePrez smelled of alcohol. She later failed a field sobriety test, Duhamell said.DePrez was arrested and preliminarily charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and failing to stop after an accident.DePrez resigned from the prosecutor's office. A special prosecutor will be assigned to the case.
Copyright 2009 by TheIndyChannel.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
The following are comments from our users. Opinions expressed are neither created nor endorsed by TheIndyChannel.com. By posting a comment you agree to accept our Terms of Use. Comments are moderated by the community. To report an offensive or otherwise inappropriate comment, click the "Flag" link that appears beneath that comment. Comments that are flagged by a set number of users will be automatically removed.
