By JESSIE STENSLAND
WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES
A 41-year-old Oak Harbor woman's wedding night ended badly last November.
According to court records, she was arrested on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine and driving under the influence on the way home from a night in a bridal suite. Her new husband was arrested on a felony warrant from another state.
Laura Lewis' bad luck continued when prosecutors charged her in Island County Superior Court Jan. 19 with possession of meth and DUI. She pleaded not guilty Feb. 1.
Early in the morning of Nov. 1, Washington State Trooper Thomas Arnold made a traffic stop on a vehicle that exited an Oak Harbor hotel and headed north on Highway 20.
Lewis was driving the car while Steven Goddard was in the passenger seat. They told the trooper that they had been married the previous day and were just going home after a night in the hotel.
The trooper, however, suspected that Lewis was high and performed roadside sobriety tests on her, which she didn't do well on, the report shows. He arrested her on suspicion of DUI. Lewis admitted that she had meth in her purse and the trooper seized it, the report states.
Both Goddard and Lewis indicated that they had "shot up" meth that morning at the hotel, the report states.
Goddard originally gave the trooper a false name, but Arnold figured it out from the correct name on the new marriage certificate, the trooper wrote. He was wanted on "an extraditable felony warrant" and was taken into custody, the report states.
If convicted of the charges, Lewis could face up to a year in jail under the standard sentencing range.
This article was originally published in the Whidbey News Times on February 5, 2010.
For information on your Washington State DUI please contact our Snohomish County DUI attorneys, King County DUI attorneys, Island County DUI attorneys, or Skagit County DUI attorneys at 425-493-1115 or check out our website at http://www.washdui.com
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