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Karen Huger is no stranger to driving drunk on our public roads, McGann said.
(After the three previous arrests, Huger served no jail time.)
Can we believe she has only driven while intoxicated four times in the last 17 years?
Whats the guarantee she is done driving while drunk?
Unfortunately, there is no guarantee.
The hearing occurred in Montgomery County Circuit Court before a packed courtroom.
Before the sentence was announced, Huger asked the judge for leniency.
I needed to take a hard look at myself, the grande dame said.
There was a sense of entitlement that I could keep on consuming alcohol:I have been successful.
Why should I give up this indulgence?
Huger added she was thankful that she only hit a tree: Thank God I didnt hit a person.
The body cameras definitely proves [sic] that they were right and I was wrong, Huger said.
But Judge McGann was not moved.
She certainly has a record, Hugers attorney David Martella said.
This is not a garden-variety first offense.
He said she has also been participating in AA and has completed a weekend Right Turn recovery program.
I would ask the judge for leniency, Ray said.
This is a pattern, Kramer asserted.
This is not Ms. Hugers second chance, this is Ms. Hugers fourth.
After the sentencing, Martella told the press that Ms. Huger said she is at peace with this.
Martella would not say if he plans to appeal the conviction.
Correction: An earlier version of this story referred to Hugers 2017 Maserati as a Mazda.
