February 22, 2019 – A Delaware County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against 29-year-old Kashaunda Akua Betton.
The indictment comes after a call to law enforcement on October 19, 2018. The caller suspected an impaired driver in the area of Viola Drive and Sunbury Meadows.
“A motorist called Sunbury Police to report he’d nearly been struck head-on by a suspected impaired driver who swerved to safety just before impact,” said Delaware County Prosecutor Carol O’Brien. “The motorist then observed the vehicle to travel down a dead end road at a high rate of speed, back up onto a curb and partially into a residential yard before coming to a rest.”
Police located and approached the vehicle. They observed the driver to be outside the vehicle, which still had its motor running.
“The driver presented with slurred speech and glassy eyes,” O’Brien said. “She stated she was in Columbus and police found alcohol inside the vehicle.”
Betton is charged with two counts of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs – a fourth-degree felony, and driving under OVI suspension – a first-degree misdemeanor. The indictment against Betton states that within ten years of this offense, she was previously convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or four similar violations.
An arraignment date for these latest charges has not yet been set.
