The Lead
School Board Member Makes a Run for the Border. Stroudsburg Area School District board member Marilyn G. DeVries, 69, of Stroudsburg, has been charged with DUI following a crash back on February 28 at the intersection of Milford Road and Sellersville Drive in Middle Smithfield Township, according to the Pocono Record. State police say DeVries' blood alcohol content measured 0.166%, more than twice the legal limit, and she also picked up citations for careless driving, an improper right turn, and disregarding a traffic lane. Vehicles from the crash were moved to a nearby Taco Bell parking lot.
DeVries waived her preliminary hearing on August 19 before Magisterial District Judge Jamie Levy, sending the case to Monroe County Court of Common Pleas, with formal arraignment set for October 9 before Judge Janet Jackson. The Pocono Record reports it reached out to DeVries for comment; she did not respond, and a phone number believed to be hers was answered by someone who denied being her.
Like our other officials picked up for DUI, she is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. We will follow this one to arraignment.
