Overview
- Police arrested Kim Mathers after a crash earlier this month and released body‑camera footage showing slurred speech during field sobriety tests and a preliminary breath result around .20, about two to three times Michigan’s legal limit of .08.
- Mathers had just entered a no‑contest plea in a separate February hit‑and‑run case that carried misdemeanor counts and a sentencing date set for June 17 in 42‑2 District Court.
- At an arraignment on May 28 prosecutors charged her with operating while intoxicated — third offense, a felony — and filed an emergency motion alleging she violated bond conditions from the earlier case.
- Judge William Hackel III approved immediate Soberlink alcohol monitoring and court‑ordered counseling, set a $5,000 personal recognizance bond, and scheduled a probable cause conference for June 24.
- Prosecutors say the body‑cam footage and high breath readings prompted tougher conditions and raised the stakes for Mathers because a third‑offense OWI can bring prison time and mandatory vehicle penalties, and the monitoring and evaluations could shape outcomes at upcoming hearings.