A Millbrook woman found herself in the Elmore County Jail for driving under the influence less than five years after a DUI-manslaughter conviction.
On Feb. 22, the Millbrook Police Department was alerted to a white SUV that forced a driver off the road on Highway 143 while traveling at a high speed. Millbrook police chief P.K. Johnson said an officer noticed the vehicle with its headlights off on Chapman Road near Magnolia Estates and attempted a traffic stop.
“The driver refused to stop and continued to a residence on Magnolia Loop before stopping,” Johnson said. “The driver refused to get out and the officers removed her at which time they detected an odor of alcoholic beverage about the driver’s breath and person.”Â
Officers started to perform field sobriety tests and the driver later stopped performing the tests.
Alexis Wright, 26, of Millbrook, was arrested and charged with attempting to elude, driving under the influence and reckless endangerment. Â
While running information on Wright through law enforcement databases and as part of the booking process, it was discovered Wright was on probation for a March 2022 reckless manslaughter conviction surrounding a DUI case. Wright was arrested in April 2020 and charged with DUI and manslaughter after she was driving a vehicle that crashed east of Wetumpka and killed Kevin Mara, 31, of McMinnville, Oregon.
Wright pled guilty in March 2022 to DUI and reckless manslaughter and was sentenced to 60 months in prison and served 20 months.
Since the Feb. 22 arrest, the 19th Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office has filed a motion seeking the remainder of Wright’s 60 month sentence from March 2022.
Wright is currently in the Elmore County Jail.
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