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LEBANON - A Morrow councilman will hire an attorney for a case in which he was accused of walking down a street while drunk.
Bruce C. Miller declined to enter a plea Thursday before Warren County Court Judge Joseph W. Kirby to a charge of being intoxicated pedestrian on the roadway stemming from a May 12 incident near Vic's Bar in Morrow.
Kirby scheduled another arraignment for June 24, when Miller is expected to appear with an attorney.
The crime is a minor misdemeanor and carries a maximum fine of $150.
Miller, 61, declined to comment on the case after the court hearing. He was arrested about 1,000 feet from Vic's Bar by Morrow Police Chief Heath Kilburn. Kilburn said he acted on a tip phoned in to Mayor Michael G. Erwin.
According to Kilburn, Miller blew a 0.051 or 0.052 on a breathalyzer, which would be lower than Ohio's 0.08 legal limit if he were driving a motor vehicle.
However, Kilburn questioned the results, saying he was using an unfamiliar device, and noting he observed Miller had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.
"Sadistic Sadie" of the Cincinnati Rollergirls admitted Tuesday that she skated away with more than $400,000 in airline tickets without paying for them.
Sadie, a roller derby star whose real name is Mercedes Stafford, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Covington to committing wire fraud while she worked for United Airlines.
Federal prosecutors say Stafford, 34, took advantage of the airline's system for issuing tickets when a passenger's flight is cancelled or delayed. They say the Cincinnati woman created phony ticket numbers and then used them to buy real tickets for flights on United and other airlines.
Team spokesman Lee Laney said Tuesday no one on the team knew how Stafford obtained the airline tickets.
"We were saddened to hear today's news," Laney said in a statement. "While we do not condone her actions, of which the rest of the team had no knowledge, we wish her and her family the best as she takes responsibility for them and as her case works its way through the judicial system."