Several admitted into ARD program
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WAYNESBURG – Greene County Court of Common Pleas Judge Farley Toothman admitted several criminal defendants to the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program Monday.
Those accepted into the program must serve at least one year of probation and pay all fines and costs.
Defendants who enter the program charged with driving under the influence of alcohol also may have their driving privileges suspended and be required to refrain from the use or possession of alcohol.
Those who successfully complete the program can petition the court to have their criminal records expunged. Admitted were:
Del A. Hillberry, 32, of 510 Madison Drive, Smithfield, charged with driving under the influence and two summary traffic violations. State police saw Hillberry driving an all-terrain vehicle east on Route 21 toward Masontown Oct. 4. They followed him after he turned onto Hartley Road and found that he overturned the ATV. Hillberry’s blood-alcohol level was 0.162 percent. He was ordered to perform 90 hours community service and received a 60-day driver’s license suspension.
Alexander Okinski Jr., 25, of 53 S. West St., Waynesburg, charged with DUI, DUI incapable of safe driving, accidents involving damage to attended vehicle or property and two summary traffic violations. Okinski left the scene of an accident on Aug. 17 in Waynesburg Borough. Okinski’s BAC was 0.130 percent. He was ordered to perform 90 hours community service and received a 60-day driver’s license suspension.
Shelly Lynn Davis, 47, of 581 Pettit Road, Sycamore, charged with DUI, DUI incapable of safe driving, and two summary traffic violations. On Nov. 2, Davis told police she lost control of her vehicle when she swerved to miss a deer. Police said Davis rolled her vehicle onto the driver’s side and into a ditch along Pettit Road. Her BAC was 0.127 percent. Davis was ordered to perform 90 hours community service and received a 60-day driver’s license suspension.
Douglas Andrew King, 22, of 139 WW Railroad Road, Sycamore, charged with accidents resulting in death or injury, accidents involving death or personal injury and 10 summary traffic violations. King was driving without a license when he lost control of his vehicle on Route 18 in Morris Township. King and two passengers fled on foot. King later turned himself in and said he fled because he did not want to get into trouble. He received an additional two-year suspension of his driver’s license.