Teh One Who Knocks
04-02-2021, 12:05 PM
By Mike Smith - The Montana Standard
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A man who was allegedly drunk when he recently followed a Butte school bus to the bus barn had a gallon of Nikolai vodka in the center console and already had at least five DUI convictions, prosecutors say.
They not only charged 60-year-old Ronney Alan Harriman with another felony DUI that carries a possible five-year prison term, but also felony criminal endangerment with a 10-year maximum and fine up to $50,000.
Harriman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to those charges and a misdemeanor count of driving without insurance, and District Judge Robert Whelan set the next hearing for April 7. Harriman, who is listed as homeless in court records, remains jailed with bond set at $6,000.
According to the bus driver, Harriman was tailing him on the afternoon of March 9 in a gold Buick and was all over the road from the 2400 block of Continental Drive to the bus barn on Front Street. At one point, he attempted to pass the bus and almost caused a wreck.
When officers arrived at the bus barn, the bus driver had already taken the keys out of the car's ignition and kept the keys away from Harriman and said he fell down multiple times outside of the car.
At the Butte jail, he urinated on himself and a breathalyzer showed his blood-alcohol level at .298 percent, more than three times the legal limit of .08. He stated that he “drank a lot earlier, about five or six hours ago,” according to charging documents.
Those documents did not list his previous DUI conviction dates, but two were for a fourth or subsequent offense, meaning he faces at least his sixth. He was also charged with criminal endangerment for creating a substantial risk of death or serious injury to others.
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A man who was allegedly drunk when he recently followed a Butte school bus to the bus barn had a gallon of Nikolai vodka in the center console and already had at least five DUI convictions, prosecutors say.
They not only charged 60-year-old Ronney Alan Harriman with another felony DUI that carries a possible five-year prison term, but also felony criminal endangerment with a 10-year maximum and fine up to $50,000.
Harriman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to those charges and a misdemeanor count of driving without insurance, and District Judge Robert Whelan set the next hearing for April 7. Harriman, who is listed as homeless in court records, remains jailed with bond set at $6,000.
According to the bus driver, Harriman was tailing him on the afternoon of March 9 in a gold Buick and was all over the road from the 2400 block of Continental Drive to the bus barn on Front Street. At one point, he attempted to pass the bus and almost caused a wreck.
When officers arrived at the bus barn, the bus driver had already taken the keys out of the car's ignition and kept the keys away from Harriman and said he fell down multiple times outside of the car.
At the Butte jail, he urinated on himself and a breathalyzer showed his blood-alcohol level at .298 percent, more than three times the legal limit of .08. He stated that he “drank a lot earlier, about five or six hours ago,” according to charging documents.
Those documents did not list his previous DUI conviction dates, but two were for a fourth or subsequent offense, meaning he faces at least his sixth. He was also charged with criminal endangerment for creating a substantial risk of death or serious injury to others.