Friday, February 25, 2000
Driver accused of murdering school teacher
BY TERRY FLYNN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
NEWPORT — A Campbell County grand jury Thursday indicted Fort Thomas resident Jill Ott, 32, on a charge of murder in the traffic death of schoolteacher and mother of four Susan Schlarman on Dec. 26 in front of Ms. Schlarman's home.
Ms. Ott, who is being held in the Campbell County jail under $500,000 bond, also was indicted on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident.
Police said Ms. Ott, a domestic who lived on Brentwood Place two houses from Ms. Schlarman, 40, struck the Holy Cross High School teacher as she was loading boxes into her van in preparation for a move to a new home.
Fort Thomas Police Sgt. Wayne Turner said tests showed Ms. Ott's blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit.
Police said Ms. Ott told them she had been drinking at a Fort Thomas bar. She also was taking prescription medication that carried warnings that it was not to be taken with alcohol.
After her car struck Ms. Schlarman and then a second vehicle, Ms. Ott got out of her car and walked to her apartment, witnesses said.
Sgt. Turner, the first officer on the scene, said he could not immediately find Ms. Ott.
Ms. Ott will be arraigned before Campbell Circuit Court Judge William Wehr at 11:30 a.m. March 3.
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