lav-chan Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Here's another one from the Quad-Cities. Surely the big city life is infesting our lovely hamlet. :( Davenport officers arrested a pregnant woman on Mother’s Day for child endangerment after her blood-alcohol level tested at more than three times the legal limit to drive, police said in court records.But Scott County Attorney Bill Davis said he will request that the charge be dropped against Rebecca Mann, 23, of Maquoketa, Iowa, because the case involves a fetus, and not a child. She told officers she is 7? months pregnant. “Under Iowa law, a fetus is not a person until it has been separated and been born from the mother and taken a breath independent of the mother, period,” Davis said. However, Davis said, “I certainly agree with the police officer who made the arrest.” Davenport police spokesman Lt. Don Gano said the arrest on that charge “was a mistake in the interpretation in the statute by the officers.” Mann told officers “she has four other children and drank while she was pregnant with them, and they turned out fine,” police said in court records. She still faces charges of prostitution and public intoxication from Sunday’s incidents, beginning in the 1000 block of West 3rd Street shortly before 9:30 p.m., police said in court records. She fell while getting into the front passenger seat of an unmarked car driven by an undercover officer, then agreed to have sexual intercourse with him for a fee of $100, police said. A preliminary breath test measured her blood alcohol content at .256, while the legal limit in Iowa is .08, police said. She told officers she had six beers and one mixed drink in the four hours prior to her arrest in the 1500 block of West Locust Street, police said. Police stopped the undercover officer’s car after he made the prostitution case, police said. (source) Maquoketa>. Figures. Happy Mother's Day, you idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xylene Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Heh, that just might be worse than my aunt just getting arrested this Mothers Day for buying drugs.. WITH HER SON! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Heard about this on the local news here...Iowa sure is going down the drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lav-chan Posted May 11, 2005 Author Share Posted May 11, 2005 If we just gave Maquoketa to some other state, things would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Heard about this on the local news here...Iowa sure is going down the drain. 585905924[/snapback] It didn't really have a good reputation to start with. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 LOL^ here we go again, another "is it a fetus or is it a baby?" *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InternetExplorer Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Iowa? What's that, a popsicle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_I am Reptar Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Iowa is a state.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doli Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 being drunk makes you do things you cant control, her blood-alcohol level was 3 time the limit to drive, but it doesnt say she was driving. She should get the public intoxication being at that level, but the prostitution change? im just saying if she is that drunk she could have little control over her actions. Who knows, maybe the undercover officer could be very good at getting his way, pushy even to make the bust . But being pregnant i would say child endangerment also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny1810 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 being 3 times the legal limit to drink is a pointless thing to say as she was in the passenger seat drinking while pregnant is stupid but i dunno if it should be illegal, maybe just have social workers pay her a visit. she could havebeen joking too about the sex, we dont know, she was ****ed after all. Sex with a stranger when drunk for $0 is legal so why the bother over $100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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