Man Convicted Of Hitting Woman While She Drove Him In Car
Meanwhile, woman still faces charges of driving drunk and endangering children
A man who is accused of attacking a woman as she drove him in her car was convicted of assault Monday.
Isaac Reynolds, 34, of Mentor, pleaded no contest to an assault charge and was found guilty by Mentor Municipal Court Judge John Trebets.
Trebets sentenced Reynolds to 180 days in jail, but he gave him credit for 28 days he already served and suspended the remaining 152. That means Reynolds will face no additional jail time if he stays out of trouble. However, if he violates his community control, he could spend up to five more months in jail.
Trebets also fined Reynolds $100.
Reynolds was arrested in March when a Mentor police officer saw a car pass by on Center Street with a fight happening inside.
Jamie Dunn, 29, of Mentor, was driving and Reynolds was the front-seat passenger.
The officer could see Reynolds hitting Dunn so he pulled his cruiser out behind them and signalled for them to stop, Mentor Police Lt. Ken Zbiegien said at the time of Reynolds' arrest.
They pulled onto Station Street and stopped. The officer got out of his cruiser and could still hear Reynolds yelling and saw him punch her in the head, Zbiegien said.
Reynolds did not stop yelling until he saw the police officer approach, Zbiegien added.
When the officer reached the car, he saw an open can of Labatt Blue beer in Dunn's hand and two kids in the back seat, Zbiegien said. The children were four and five years old, respectively. Neither was in a car seat.
The officer asked Dunn to get out of the car and she stumbled as she did, Zbiegien said. She had minor visible injuries.
The policeman gave Dunn field sobriety tests, which she failed, Zbiegien said. When he asked her to take a blood test, she refused.
In addition to the open beer can, Dunn had a marijuana pipe in her purse and she admitted to smoking marijuana before driving, Zbiegien said.
The officer arrested both Dunn and Reynolds. The two children were turned over to a family member.
Dunn still faces a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and two counts of child endangerment. Those charges are felonies because of previous convictions. Dunn has been convicted of drunken driving four times in the last six years.
She was also previously convicted of child endangerment in Cuyahoga County, Zbiegien said.
Her case will be heard in Lake County Court of Common Pleas.
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CCRady
8:59 am on Tuesday, April 17, 2012
This MUST be a mis-print... The sentance was suspended! AND Dunn has been convicted of drunken driving four times in the last six years.
You see this is WHAT'S wrong with society today! Why are these kids STILL with this 'mother of the year'? What will it take to get these children away from such a distructive, disfunctional family life? Judges MUST get tougher on people who VIOLATE the law! These children already need help! Just being a witness to their mother being physically abused by this loser is devastating. Why won't our justice system stand up for children and refuse to allow 'parents' (and I use the term very loosely here) to physically, mentally and morally destroy not only THEIR lives, but the lives of their children as well? These adults should not even be allowed to be AROUND any childr - let alone their own!!!!
Matthew
9:07 am on Tuesday, April 17, 2012
@CCRady....reading comprehension much? DUNN is the woman that was driving the vehicle, not the one who plead guilty to assault and received the suspended sentence....she has not yet been sentenced for her OVI and Child Endangerment....the male in this case (Reynolds) is the one who had the suspended sentence...I highly doubt she will walk with a suspended sentence on a fifth OVI, especially in Lake County...
CCRady
12:20 pm on Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Matthew, I believe you read my comment incorrectly. I meant that the man's sentence was suspended (talking about Reynolds) AND Dunn has been convicted of drunken driving four times in the last six years (now talking about the woman). Thanks for being more concerned about MY grammar than the actual severity of the STORY.
Jason Lea
12:42 pm on Tuesday, April 17, 2012
For what it counts, CCRady, I misunderstood you at first, as well. Now that you've explained, I see what you meant. I think I was confused because you didn't mention Reynolds by name in your first comment so I thought you were talking about Dunn the entire time.