Jefferson City woman gets probation for chronic DWI

Kimberly Ferrin
Kimberly Ferrin

A Jefferson City woman was placed on five years of supervised probation for pleading guilty to felony chronic DWI.

Kimberly Ferrin, 47, also pleaded guilty to driving while revoked and careless and imprudent driving, both misdemeanors.

Cole County Judge Dan Green also ordered Ferrin to complete a treatment program and serve a 60-day shock detention sentence in the Cole County Jail, with credit for time served.

Ferrin has four prior alcohol convictions from Cole, Boone and Osage counties and two previous driving while revoked convictions in Cole County, according to court documents.

Officers spotted Ferrin driving erratically in August in the 700 block of Clark Avenue, according to a Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statement.

She went onto a sidewalk as she was finishing a turn and almost hit a stop sign, officers reported. She then went north on Clark Avenue with half of her vehicle traveling on the sidewalk and the car horn blasting.

When she stopped, she refused to take a sobriety test, but officers said there was a strong smell of alcohol coming from the vehicle and she was unsure of her balance and had bloodshot, glassy eyes.

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