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Troy officer charged under state's super drunk law will face jury trial



By John Turk

Rochester Hills
The Troy police officer accused of drunken driving will soon face jury trial in district court.
Candace LaForest, 34, who is charged with operating a vehicle with a high blood-alcohol content, stood Tuesday in front of 52-3 District Judge Julie A. Nicholson for a pretrial hearing.
The officer, who has been with the Troy Police Department for 12 years, appeared with Farmington Hills attorney Arthur J. Weiss, who requested the case be set for jury trial.
Weiss mentioned that LaForest “has been alcohol free” since her Jan. 18 arrest after a traffic stop on Big Beaver Road near Rochester Road, and that she had “completed an in-patient program at Sacred Heart,” as well.
Nicholson, in a short hearing, set a future hearing for jury selection at 9 a.m. April 11 and continued LaForest’s $1,000 personal bond.
Nicholson also ordered that LaForest verify counseling and disclose “any and all” prescribed substances she may be taking with pretrial services.
LaForest pleaded not-guilty during her early February arraignment in Troy’s 52-4 District Court, and the case was swiftly moved to Rochester Hills when judges in Troy recused themselves.
Her charges, which fall under Michigan’s super drunk laws, come after she was stopped by colleagues while off-duty, driving home from Troy bar “Norm’s Field of Dreams.”
The officer broke down while being taken to the Troy Police Department lockup, and agreed and refuse a Breathalyzer test twice before officers obtained a warrant for a blood sample from her. Her blood-alcohol content was later found to be 0.27 percent.
Weiss, who called the case “a tragedy” out of the courtroom, declined to comment further.