Mindy Montford's friend re-arrested for DWI in Austin
Attorney Mindy Montford, who lost her bid for Travis County, Texas district attorney, was charged with public intoxication earlier this month after the car she was a passenger in was stopped. The driver of the car hit a pipe in an alley and was subsequently pulled over. Ms. Montford got out of the vehicle and began advising her friend of his rights, but was ordered back into the car, where she sat for 20 minutes before her and another passenger were arrested. The driver of the car was arrested for driving while intoxicated, but a judge refused to sign the arrest warrant because there was a lack of probable cause. According to Ms. Montford's attorney and law partner, Ms. Montford "absolutely denies" the charge.
In a recent turn of events, Noel Didear, the driver of the car Ms. Montford was in, has been re-arrested for the Texas DWI charge, much to the outrage of his Austin DWI attorney. Initially Judge Kirk Kirkendall found that there was no probable cause to charge Didear with DWI. Now it appears that Judge Kenneth Vitucci has found that enough probable cause did exist to make the Austin DWI charge. It will be interesting to watch the facts of this Austin, TX DWI arrest, as well as how the public intoxication charge against Ms. Montford is handled.
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