A Jefferson City woman, who was a repeat DWI offender, was sentenced to two years in prison after a Cole County jury found her guilty of DWI and assault on a law enforcement officer following a trial in February.
Cole County Prosecutor Mark Richardson said Lisa Loesch, 53, was a persistent DWI offender having pleaded guilty or been found guilty of two prior DWI offenses, which makes the persistent offense a felony.
The two prior DWIs were from Cole County in 2003 and Branson in 1999.
The jury found Loesch guilty for an incident in January 2015, at a parking lot at 2101 Schotthill Woods Drive where Loesch bumped into another car.
Loesch became belligerent with the Jefferson City police officer who arrested her and she refused to give a blood sample under Missouri law.
The arresting officer applied for an received a search warrant to get the blood sample drawn and results of the blood by the Missouri Highway Patrol lab found Loesch had a blood alcohol content of .16 percent, which is more than two times the legal limit of .08 percent.
The jury found Loesch guilty of misdemeanor assault of a law officer for kicking the arresting officer in the leg.