BY LARRY SOBCZAK
EDITOR
Bruce Township Clerk Susan Brockmann’s pretrial hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 19 at the 42-2 District Court in New Baltimore. The courthouse is located at 35071 23 Mile Road.
A pretrial hearing allows the prosecutor and defendant to discuss legal issues before a case moves towards trial.
Brockmann is accused of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) with a high blood alcohol content (BAC) from an incident that allegedly occurred on Sept. 11 at the Bruce Township Hall parking lot.
Michigan State Troopers said that they were responding to a breaking and entering alarm at the township hall shortly before 3 a.m. where they found Brockmann seated in her vehicle.
According to the state police, as a trooper approached Brockmann’s vehicle, she allegedly placed her Silver Jeep Commander into reverse and allegedly backed into the trooper’s patrol car, causing minor damage but no injuries.
The trooper asked Brockmann to perform field sobriety tests which the trooper alleges she failed.
The trooper said Brockmann refused to perform a preliminary breathalyzer test so she was transported to the New Baltimore police station to administer a breathalyzer test or blood test that would be admissible in court.
At the police station, Haddad said that Brockmann consented to a breath test and the test results indicated she had a blood alcohol content of 0.20 percent at 4:24 a.m. A second test administered at 4:29 a.m. allegedly indicated her blood alcohol content was at 0.18 percent.
Blood alcohol content above 0.08 percent is considered drunk according to Michigan driving laws. A blood alcohol content above 0.18 percent is considered “super drunk” under Michigan law and drivers face stiffer penalties if convicted.
Borckmann said she does not want to speak to the press about the alleged incident.
