Lisa Wells, 37, of West Chester, was scheduled to go on trial in the case this month. The case was dismissed earlier this week in Miami County Common Pleas Court.
Prosecutor Tony Kendell said the case will be presented again to a county grand jury.
A state trooper stopped Wells Jan. 25 on Interstate 75 near Piqua. A trooper reported seeing pills on the front seat after the stop and said assorted pills were found in her purse during a search.
Wells pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of possession of drugs identified as amphetamine and Oxycodone. A jury trial was scheduled after Wells’ attempt to participate in a court treatment in lieu of conviction program was denied by Judge Jeannine Pratt in September.
Wells is a defense lawyer and served as a guest and legal analyst on WLW Radio.
UPDATE @ 7:20 p.m. (Oct. 26):
The attorney for a defense lawyer and Cincinnati radio personality facing felony drug possession charges from a traffic stop wants a judge to throw out evidence taken from her vehicle along with her statements.
The lawyer for Lisa Wells, 37, of West Chester Twp. argues in a motion to suppress filed in Miami County Common Pleas Court that the evidence and statements were obtained illegally.
A state trooper stopped Wells on Jan. 25 on Interstate 75 near Piqua. A trooper reported seeing pills on the front seat after the stop and said assorted pills were found in her purse during a search.
Wells pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of possession of drugs identified as amphetamine and Oxycodone. A jury trial is scheduled for December after Wells’ attempt to participate in a court treatment in lieu of conviction program was denied in September by Judge Jeannine Pratt.
In the motion, Dayton lawyer Bryan Penick claims there was no cause to stop the car; no reason to arrest Wells without a warrant; that statements obtained from her violated her right against self incrimination; and the trooper lacked the legal basis to ask her to undergo field sobriety and/or a chemical test.
Wells is a defense lawyer and served as a guest and legal analyst on WLW Radio.
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EARLIER (Sept. 19):
A Miami County judge today denied a defense lawyer and Cincinnati radio personality’s request for intervention in lieu of conviction on felony drug possession charges following a Jan. 25 traffic stop on Interstate 75 near Piqua.
State troopers who stopped Lisa Wells, 37, of West Chester reported seeing pills on the front seat of the vehicle after the stop. Also found in a search was a baggie of assorted pills in her purse, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol report.
Common Pleas Judge Jeannine Pratt said Wells did not meet the intervention/treatment program requirements because she used opioids in violation of her bail conditions and notes on her treatment showed failure to make progress, attend all counseling and participate as required in groups.
Pratt told Wells she found she had “no genuine investment in your treatment.”
With the ruling, the criminal case will proceed through the court process.
Wells is a defense lawyer and served as a guest and legal analyst on WLW Radio.
A not guilty plea on her behalf was made in June on four felony counts of possession of drugs identified as amphetamine and Oxycodone.
A request for intervention in lieu of conviction on the drug charges was filed in June. Wells was ordered to undergo a comprehensive drug and alcohol evaluation and provide Pratt with a detailed treatment plan. Pratt continued a hearing on the evaluation and plan in August after finding information submitted was only “skeletal.”
In court, Pratt engaged in extensive back and forth with Wells’ lawyer, Bryan Penick, over details of reports from the center where Wells received inpatient treatment in August followed by enrollment in an intensive outpatient program.
Penick said Wells was concerned by some information contained in reports, including notes from doctors that she said she had not met with during treatment.
He said Wells was undergoing treatment while continuing to work in both Kentucky and Ohio. He said Wells was “taking it (treatment) seriously” although “there may have been some delays getting it off the ground.”