Former AG Kathleen Kane surrenders for alleged DUI-related probation violation

Montgomery County officers stated Friday morning that Kane was in custody on the county’s correction facility.

No additional particulars had been launched.

Kane is accused of driving underneath the affect and crashing her automobile in Scranton final month.

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Police stated Kane, 55, advised officers she was a chosen driver, however surveillance video confirmed Kane herself had been ingesting alcohol at a Scranton restaurant shortly earlier than the crash, in keeping with an affidavit.

Scranton police had been known as to the scene of a two-car crash and stated they discovered Kane behind the wheel of an Audi. Requested if she’d been ingesting, Kane denied it, pointed to her passenger and stated, “It’s very not me,” an affidavit stated.

She advised officers she had simply picked her sister up and was giving her a trip, police stated.

The opposite driver advised police Kane drove into his automobile at an intersection, in keeping with the affidavit. He stated he smelled alcohol as quickly as she opened her door. Kane sprayed fragrance on herself earlier than officers’ arrival and provided to pay to repair the opposite motorist’s automobile, the affidavit stated. As a substitute, he known as police.

Police stated Kane refused a blood take a look at.

It occurred whereas Kane was on probation following her perjury conviction in 2016.

She spent greater than eight months in jail and misplaced her legislation license.

A date for the probation listening to has not but been set.