“A Bowie, Md., city council member was charged with drunken driving after a reported hit-and-run crash involving a motorcycle, police said.
Councilwoman Courtney D. Glass, 34, received multiple driving-related citations from Bowie police when officers tracked her back to the parking lot of her home hours after the reported collision, according to police and court records.
The incident stemmed from a May 18 crash in which police responded to the report of a vehicle leaving the scene after striking a motorcycle near Route 450 and Grenville Lane shortly before midnight, said Bowie Police Chief John Nesky.
The motorcyclist, who was not injured, recorded the vehicle’s license plate number, which officers traced back to Glass, Nesky said.
When officers arrived at Glass’s address they found her in the parking lot by her personal vehicle, which had sustained some damage, Nesky said.
“As they talked to her they smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage,” Nesky said.
Officers performed a field sobriety test and then advised her of her rights and charged her, Nesky said. She refused to take a breathalyzer test, he said.
Officers charged her with drunken driving and failure to remain at the scene of an accident, according to court records.
An attorney listed for Glass did not return requests for comment. The incident was first reported by the Bowie Blade-News.
Glass is one of a number of public officials charged with drunken driving in Prince George’s recently.
Last month council member Mel Franklin (D-Upper Marlboro) and former county liquor board chairman Charles Caldwell III pleaded guilty to driving while impaired in separate incidents.
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Caldwell struck drivers outside the MGM National Harbor on the opening night of the casino in December.
Both were sentenced last month to probation before judgment and ordered to pay fines.”