SECOND PENALTY

SECOND PENALTY

Maureen A. Cronin

Maureen A. Cronin, a retired Mahoning County Common Pleas judge, pleaded guilty to Operating Vehicle Impaired. In a plea agreement, she pleaded to her second OVI within six years — not second refusal to have her blood-alcohol concentration tested. She was also convicted of OVI in 2005. The penalty handed down Wednesday would have been stiffer had she been convicted of a second refusal, with mandatory 20 days in jail, for example. Her penalty:

Driver’s license suspended for one year, with occupational driving privileges.

Her car will be immobilized for three months.

Yellow-red “restricted” license plates that signify a multiple drunken-driving conviction. The plates stay on her car one year, during the period of restricted driving.

180 days in jail, with 157 suspended. She must serve five days in jail and 18 days on electronically monitored house arrest.

Ignition interlock — a dashboard device that tests for alcohol by having the driver blow into a small sensor. The car won’t start if the blood-alcohol concentration registers above a preset limit. The device will stay on the car for one year.

One year’s probation.

Fine of $350.

Alcohol assessment.

Source: Judge Scott D. Hunter, Mahoning County Area Court, Canfield