Tuesday, February 01, 2000
Councilman charged with DUI after crash
BY RACHEL MELCER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LOVELAND — Councilman Lee Skierkiewicz was arrested over the weekend after allegedly hitting a neighbor's car, driving through a front lawn, swerving back onto Lakeview Court and heading home, police said. No one was injured.
The former mayor was arrested shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday — about an hour after the crash — and was later charged with driving under the influence of alcohol as well as leaving the scene of an accident, said Loveland Police Chief Dennis Rees.
He was “fully cooperative,” Chief Rees said.
Mr. Skierkiewicz, who served as mayor from Decem ber 1995 to December 1999, could not be reached for comment.
According to a police report, Mr. Skierkiewicz, 45, was westbound in his 1998 Buick Park Avenue when he hit a 1995 Ford Explorer parked at the curb in front of 112 Lakeview Circle. He drove onto the front lawn of that house. The owner of the Explorer, which had “heavy” damage, called police.
The sight of Mr. Skierkiewicz's “moderately” damaged car parked in his driveway at 184 Lakeview Court led them to make the arrest, the report said. He was tested for alcohol use, but the results of that test were not available Monday, police said.
Chief Rees said his depart ment “had nothing on (Mr. Skierkiewicz) previously” to indicate a history of drunken driving.
Mr. Skierkiewicz was appointed to the city council in 1992, after having been a member of the city's recreation and finance commissions. He was elected in 1993 and 1997.
City council could take action against Mr. Skierkiewicz if he is found guilty of the alleged misdemeanors, but nothing had been officially discussed Monday.
“Today was business day No. 1, and I haven't heard anything from anybody” in the city government, Chief Rees said.
Mayor Donna Lajcak declined to comment.
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