Woman Accused Of Driving Intoxicated With Kid In Car, Trafficking Marijuana
Camille Kostal is accused of driving a taxi while intoxicated with a 14-year-old kid in the car
A Painesville woman is accused of trafficking marijuana, as well as driving while intoxicated with her 14-year-old brother in the car.
Camille Kostal, 28, was arrested shortly after midnight Saturday when a policeman spotted her driving a taxi van with a lit sign.
The van had both changed lanes and turned into the parking lot of Studio 6 without signalling so the officer pulled her over, Mentor Police Lt. Ken Zbiegien said.
When the officer approached van, he could smell marijuana and see some on the floorboard. He suspected that Kostal was driving while on a drug so he asked her to take some field sobriety tests, which she failed so he arrested her, Zbiegien said.
She would later refuse to give a blood sample for drug tests, Zbiegien said
Kostal had two people in the van with her -- her 14-year-old brother over who she has custody and Michael Buck, 25, of Painesville.
Buck is wanted on a warrant for failure to appear in Euclid Municipal Court on larceny and receiving stolen property charges, so he was also arrested, Zbiegien said.
Police officers searched the van and found a marijuana pipe, several open alcohol containers, four bags of marijuana and a bag of cocaine, Zbiegien said.
Kostal and Buck were both charged with marijuana trafficking and cocaine possession. Kostal was also charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, endangering children, possession of paraphernalia and a slew of traffic charges.
She was arraigned Monday morning in Mentor Municipal Court.
Judge John Trebets set her bond at $30,500, which has not been posted.
Her next court hearing is scheduled for July 30.
In 2010, Kostal was convicted of trafficking cocaine and counterfeit controlled substances in Lake County Court of Common Pleas. She was sentenced to 60 days in jail and two years of community control.
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CCRady
4:32 pm on Monday, July 23, 2012
I guess the previous 60 days in jail didn't make an impact...I hope the judge throws the book at her on all of these charges or else we'll be reading about her again!
Zachary Shook
1:17 pm on Wednesday, July 25, 2012
This chick seduced and robbed my uncle, only after having gone to him and asking to live there, to sell crack, coke, and marijuana from his home under his nose. At one point, her dad used to be good friends of our family's. Now, it's as shameful that she'd go out of her way to do drugs, drink, do coke, and all in front of her brother she's legally responsible for. I took my lumps in making mistakes in my lifetime, it's good to see that she can exert a feminine side when it comes to the judge's sentencing being brought down. It never stopped her once after when she went right back into the community, tearing households apart with lies, slander, deception, and misdeeds. Take her, and everyone like her, and get them off the streets. They'll only go out of their way to deceive again and again, and end up back in court, just as bulletproof as before, until the judge finds an exploit damaging enough to pierce the ego.
tl;dr - no more slaps on the wrist. Just lock her up already. She'll never learn.
Mary Sams
4:31 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Zachary This is Cami's Aunt the one her brother lived with when you gave him Four Locos weed and pills at the age of 11. I'm thinking ur a poor example. You had to be evicted because of ur actions. Plz take care of ur self mayb u will stand a chance in the future !
BillG
3:18 am on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Stupid is as stupid does.
Concerned citizen
3:06 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
There were no open containers what so ever and cami had been clean for several weeks and befire all she did was smoke weed snd occasionally drink which even some of our nost respected actors, teachers, athletes and even government officials have been known to partake in. She was simply doing her job and made some traffic violations and unfortunatly had the wrong passenger in the cab. Her previous record was unfairly used against her yo assume guilt. This happens everyday everywhere and if you ask me its not only unfair but unconstitutional. Its hard enough trying to get your life backon track without everyone against you.
DL
3:15 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Seriously!!! Maybe a stint in prison(not jail mind you) will get her clean.
Zachary Shook
10:02 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Illegal is illegal. Bags of weed on document, open containers, and actual evidence speak louder than words. There's no innocence in this situation. She denied a breathalyzer test, wouldn't go on record for substance abuse, and still had weed, coke, and open bottles in the vehicle she was driving in.
I don't think the Bill of Rights was a shield against defaming others hiding behind the guise of some righteous form of truth to abscond from guilt or liability, and as for the ideology of anyone else doing it, that's propaganda, at best, because that would be the liability of the lawbreaker to endure the punishment of the laws they break.
As for what I've done in the past, I admitted my guilt where I was responsible for it, I moved out and bought a house, and I moved on. Doesn't stop a 11, 12, 13, or 14 year old from affiliating with everyone else who does it, and, judging from the context of this document as well as the documents on the court dockets, your family doesn't learn and I was right to assume: "I swear to God, I'll never do that again." was totally selfish and untrue. He went back the next day smoking, drinking, and keying cars, which also went on record & is widely known. Also, so you're aware, I also gave him rags to wash up with when he had crap dripping down his legs when no one let him use bathrooms. Don't point at me. You should point at the people that actually influence his life on a daily basis, take accountability, and move on. I washed my hands of it.
Bryan Podojil
10:43 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
Wow are you naive. She was high, in possession of a controlled substance (albeit one that I hardly consider harmful) and driving around with a minor. Those are the charges you moron. You must be a citizen in your own little world, because it's not the real one.