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Virginia Woman Faces DUI/Child Endangerment Charges

A Hanover County woman has been charged with driving under the influence and two counts of child neglect after being stopped near Lakeside and Dumbarton avenues in Henrico County.

Henrico police said that Ruth C. Donohue, 51, allegedly showed a level of intoxication greater than .2, nearly three times the legal limit after she was stopped about 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Depending on whether she has a prior record, she faces significant mandatory jail time and substantial fines if she is convicted of this charge and he BAC is above 0.02.

The child neglect charges resulted from Donohue having her two children, ages 10 and 12, in the car, police said.  Child endangerment charges are felonies punishable by at least a year in jail. Although the two charges arise from the same incident, the elements of proof required to convict for each are not the same and she can be prosecuted and punished separately for each.

Donohue, released on bond, resides in the Mechanicsville area in the 9100 block of Rouzie Court

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Mr. Stelly regularly appears in the courts of the City of Richmond, Henrico County, Chesterfield County, Goochland County, and Hanover County.

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