Woman enters not-guilty plea on charge she threatened deputy

WARREN — Jacqueline Metheny, 27, who listed addresses in Champion and Garrettsville, pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol and or drugs and menacing Wednesday after purportedly threatening a law-enforcement officer Tuesday night.

Police were alerted to a vehicle traveling erratically north on Mahoning Avenue at 9:08 p.m. Tuesday. A deputy with the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office stopped the vehicle in the parking lot of a Mahoning Avenue day care business.

Metheny, the driver, used a lot of profanity when she was questioned. She threatened to kill the deputy when she gets out of jail, Warren police said.

Police later tested her blood-alcohol level at .216, which is more than double the legal limit of 0.08.

Metheny had gone to the day care to pick up her daughter, but another relative was contacted to take her daughter home.

Metheny was released from the Trumbull County Jail on Wednesday after posting $1,500 bond.