While driving a 2013 Hyundai Elantra about 1 a.m. on Dec. 30, Sheri Coppola suddenly pulled out onto Market Street in the city, directly in front of a state trooper who was forced to hit his brakes in order to avoid a collision, according to an affidavit. The trooper stopped Coppola, 49, of 365 Percy St., South Williamsport, who admitted that she “had consumed alcohol” at a friend’s house and was on her way home. Her BAC was .16, police said. Charged with DUI and a summary violation, Coppola has waived her preliminary hearing and is free on $5,000 bail.

In another case, when South Williamsport police officer stopped him in the 500 block of West Southern Avenue about 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 9 because he failed to use his turn signal, borough resident Michael Luke Daniel “displayed a sufficient number of clues of impairment” while undergoing a series of field sobriety tests, according to an affidavit. “How much have you had to drink tonight,” the officer asked him. Daniel, 36, of 1521 W. Southern Ave., replied he “did not want to say anything because it could be used against him,” police said in the court document. He did admit that there was alcohol in his system, and he submitted a blood sample that revealed that he had a BAC of .13, police added. Charged with DUI and one summary violation, Daniel has waived his preliminary hearing and is also free on $5,000 bail.

In another case, James T. Brooks Jr., 39, of 709 Wyoming St., blurted out “You got me. I’m drunk,” as he struggled to perform field sobriety tests shortly after a city police officer stopped his 2002 Chevrolet Malibu because he was speeding in the 1500 block of West Third Street about 9:40 p.m. on July 15, according to an affidavit. His BAC was .24, police said. Charged with DUI and two summary violations, Brooks was released on $5,000 bail after waiving his preliminary hearing.

In another case, Jasmine Angela Aurand, 41, of 17 West Creek Road, Cogan Station, was charged with DUI of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and a summary violation after the Trout Run fire chief found her unresponsive and slumped over the center console of her 2022 Nissan Kicks on Route 14 near Slacks Run Road in Lewis Township about 6:30 p.m. on March 30, according to a state police affidavit. The chief had to knock on the window several times and blow his vehicle’s horn several times before she woke up, police said. She started “rocking back and forth, and complained of stomach pain and nausea,” police added. Police believed she was too impaired to drive. Aurand refused to do any and all testing. “I’m going to refuse because I told the medical staff (at UPMC Williamsport) that I did cocaine yesterday,” the trooper wrote in the affidavit. “I know that I will get a DUI because it is still in my system,” she told the trooper. Police obtained a search warrant for her medical records that showed five different drugs in her system, including cocaine and marijuana, the affidavit stated. She has been sent a summons to appear before a district judge.

In another case, within minutes after city police arrived on the scene of a two-vehicle crash at West Fourth Street and Wayne Avenue about 4:20 p.m. on Dec. 23, Robert D. Lewis, 57, of 86 Stewart St., Linden, told an officer “You’re going to book me for a DUI,” according to an affidavit. He admitted that he had one beer at work and two more at a bar before his pickup truck struck the back of another, police said. “Very unsteady on his feet,” Lewis was unable to complete a portion of a field sobriety test, which an officer stopped out of safety concerns, court documents stated. His BAC was .19, police said. Charged with DUI and one summary violation, Lewis is free on $5,000 bail.

In another case, after Lycoming Regional police stopped Thomas Barnfield, 56, of 2022 W. Mountain Avenue, South Williamsport, in the 3000 block of Lycoming Creek Road about 6:30 p.m. on March 24 because of careless driving with his 1997 Subaru Legacy, he “displayed multiple clues of impairment” during a series of field sobriety tests, court records stated. A blood test revealed there were three different drugs in his system, including marijuana, that made it impossible for him to drive safely, police said. Charged with DUI of controlled substances and two summary violations, Barnfield has been sent a summons to appear before a district judge. This was his second DUI arrest in 10 years, police said.

In another case, when Darrin Laru Houseknecht was stopped about 11:45 p.m. last Aug. 26 near route 442 and 405 in Muncy Creek Township for speeding and running a stop sign while driving a 2010 Nissan Altima, he admitted that he had smoked marijuana 30 minutes before getting behind the wheel, according to a state police affidavit. The troopers had detected an odor of marijuana from inside the car. A blood test confirmed that the controlled substance was in his system, police said. Charged with DUI of a controlled substance and three summary violations, Houseknecht, 20, of 199 Race St., Hughesville, has waived his preliminary hearing and is free on $2,500 bail.

In another case, shortly after she crashed her 2003 Chevrolet Blazer in the 1500 block of Wallis Run Road in Gamble Township about 9 p.m. on Jan. 7, Almenda Becki Phillips, 49, of 841 Butternut Grove, Montoursville, admitted to a state trooper that she “had a lot to drink,” according to an affidavit. Her BAC was .26, which “is over three times the legal limit” that the commonwealth presumes one to be impaired to operate a vehicle safely, police said. Phillips, who was not injured in the crash, has been charged with DUI and three summary violations. She has waived her preliminary hearing and is free on $5,000 bail.

In another case, James E. Schneider, 63, of 239 Gordon St., DuBoistown, has been charged with DUI and one summary violation after South Williamsport police stopped his 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier in the 300 block of Maynard Street for a traffic violation about 10:10 p.m. on Jan. 14, according to an affidavit. Schneider, who has a BAC of .15, admitted to drinking two beers at a club, police said, adding that the officer “detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on the man’s breath.” He has waived his hearing and is free on $5,000 bail.

In another case, Areema Nicole Williams, 29, 647 Beeber St., apartment 4, also had a BAC of .15 when state police stopped her 2010 Chevrolet Malibu after seeing it cross the centerline three times and because is had an inoperable brake light on Route 15 in the city about 2:30 a.m. on March 26, 2022, according to an affidavit. “I detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from inside the car,” the trooper wrote in the court document. Williams, who admitted to having a beer at a bar, has waived her preliminary hearing and is free on $5,000 bail.

In another case, a witness notified Lycoming Regional police after seeing a motorist, identified as Leah Fannick, 33, of Altoona, driving a 2014 Jeep Compass, who was “swerving on the roadway and almost caused several crashes” on Route 15 in Lycoming Township about 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, according to an affidavit. An officer soon spotted the vehicle and stopped the driver, who admitted that she “just started a new medication” that makes her “very tired and that she probably should not be driving,” court records stated. She then admitted that she “was on multiple medications,” police said. After displaying “multiple clues of impairment” during field sobriety tests, Fannick submitted a blood sample that revealed there were four different drugs in her system, including fentanyl. Charged with DUI of controlled substances and two summary violations, Fannick has been sent a summons to appear before a district judge.