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Today's Poll!Ex-policewoman pleads guilty after traffic accident
Friday, July 20, 2012
A former Jefferson City police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor charges in connection with an October 2011 traffic accident.
Rachael Barnard, 36, was charged with driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident, and careless and imprudent driving.
As part of a plea agreement, she was placed on two years unsupervised probation and ordered to complete 50 hours of community service and pay $850 in fines and court costs.
She also was ordered to pay restitution, which Associate Circuit Judge Thomas L. Sodergren said was $568.50 and was paid before Barnard’s Thursday afternoon court appearance and guilty plea.
“Police officers are held to a high standard; however they’re human beings,” Bogdan Susan, Barnard’s Columbia attorney, said late Thursday afternoon. “Rachael regrets this incident and is extremely remorseful and accepted full responsibility for it today.”
She was not on duty when the accident happened, and resigned from the police department afterward.
Police reported the accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 24, a Monday, in the 1600 block of Tanner Bridge Road.
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eileen10 10 months ago
For everything we do in life theres a price to pay and this woman is but one example though I highly respect how she handled the situation. I can only imagine how she's feeling .My personal feeling is I wish she had a second chance as I feel that due to how she reacted nothing like it would ever happen again but there are pros and cons to it from how the police look at it. No one is perfect and I wish her well.
FarCry 10 months ago
She did have a "second chance" but chose to leave the scene of the accident instead. Once again the JC area good ol' boy network strikes again.
Any of us transplants surely wouldn't have gotten off so lightly.
eileen10 10 months ago
I am a transplant from Minnesota.I simply tried to put myself in her shoes and yes she made some bad decisions due to being under the influence and there are pros and cons in this situation but I don't like to kick someone when their already down and thers nothing wrong with being nice as long as you don't get your teeth knocked out.
wow 10 months ago
Ok....she get's punished, yet that freakin guy who fall's asleep for no apparent reason walks free and has never been convicted for any of the stuff he's done. Higher standard my ARSH! People seem to love a trashing as long as it's not them or their friend, campaign contributor or party member. We need to start applying the law as it was intended....you mess up, you pay the price. I don't care, if your name is Kennedy, Regan, Obama, Carey, Romney or what ever....you do the crime, you deal with the system and pay off's ain't gonna cut it!
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