BEDFORD — A Mitchell woman faces drunk driving charges after Bedford Police officers observed her vehicle swerving and failing to signal late Thursday night.
Alexis B. Krebbs, 31, was arrested by Bedford Police early Friday morning, August 14th, on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and OWI endangerment.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed by Bedford Police Officer Sarah Haluda, the incident began around 1:15 a.m. near the intersection of John Williams Boulevard and James Avenue.
An officer on patrol observed a white Buick passenger car stopped an abnormal distance behind the stop line at the intersection of John Williams Boulevard and State Road 37. The driver, later identified as Krebbs, turned south onto State Road 37 and immediately changed lanes without signaling.
While traveling southbound, the vehicle drifted off the right side of the roadway, crossing completely over the fog line with both passenger-side tires before swerving back toward the center line. As the vehicle approached 16th Street, it again crossed the fog line. When the officer activated overhead emergency lights, Krebbs initially came to a complete stop in the middle of the southbound lane before making an unsignaled turn onto 16th Street and pulling into a nearby gas station parking lot.
Upon making contact at the vehicle window, Krebbs admitted to drinking margaritas and beers earlier in the night.
Krebbs agreed to perform standardized field sobriety tests. According to court records, Krebbs struggled to maintain her balance, failed to perform the walk-and-turn and one-leg stand tests as instructed, and registered a .102% blood alcohol content (BAC) on a preliminary breath test.
When advised of the Indiana Implied Consent law, Krebbs refused to submit to a certified chemical test. Officer Haluda then applied for a search warrant for a blood sample.
Lawrence County Superior Court Judge Plummer granted the search warrant at 1:53 a.m. Krebbs was transported to IU Health Bedford, where medical personnel drew two vials of blood to be sent to the Indiana State Department of Toxicology for formal analysis.
Following the blood draw, Krebbs was transported to the Lawrence County Jail and remanded into the custody of the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office.
All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. This article is based on the information provided in the probable cause affidavit and does not represent a final determination of guilt or innocence.
