Charges filed against mother after accident involving minor injuries to her three children

Their mother, who was allegedly driving, was not injured -- she ended up in the Greene County Jail.

Lacy Ann Huff, 24, Loogootee, was later released on $16,500 bond but she's scheduled to be arraigned in Greene Superior Court on Monday.

The preliminary charges, three felonies and two misdemeanors, filed against her include: Operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, a Class A misdemeanor; operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor; and three counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person with a minor passenger in the vehicle -- all three are Class D felonies.

Police are currently waiting on the results of blood tests to determine what substance might have been in Huff's system.

Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Jeremy Inman was dispatched to the scene of the accident in the Doans area at approximately 10:45 p.m. Monday. The Richland-Taylor Fire Department also responded to the scene.

There had been three children and two adults in the vehicle. Inman reported only the children were injured. The other adult, Huff's fiance, Keith Williams, was determined to be a passenger.

According to a probable cause affidavit written by Inman, when he first walked up to the vehicle, Huff was shaking and was being what he thought was abusive to a child. He also noted that Huff had sores all over her face and mouth.

Huff's movements were reported to be uncontrollable and she was unable to hold still. Later when she was attempting field sobriety testing, several times in one test she had to hold on to a nearby wall to keep from falling down. During another test, she did fall into the wall several times. She was unable to complete another test because she could not hold her head still.

On the scene, Huff allegedly said she was not driving the vehicle, but police said they were able to determine that she was. Later at Bloomington Hospital, she told a state trooper she was driving. Still later, she again told the deputy she was not.

Huff left the scene in an ambulance, accompanying one of the children who was being transported to the Bloomington Hospital emergency room.

Inman requested assistance and Indiana State Police Trooper Mike Adams responded to the hospital to speak with Huff and ask for a blood draw. She refused. When Inman arrived, the trooper was applying for a search warrant to obtain a blood sample. The warrant was granted at 12:55 a.m. Tuesday and the blood draw was completed by 1:20 a.m.

She then agreed to the field sobriety tests and reportedly failed all.

Inman states in the affidavit: "I informed her she was going to be placed under arrest. I told Lacy that I would give her time to tell her kids good-bye. Lacy went back into the hospital room and started to hug her kids, and then stepped on one child while she was playing on the floor and almost knocked another over when she was hugging him. I had to tell Lacy to pay attention and watch out for the safety of her children.

"From my training and experience, I believed that Lacy was intoxicated on some type of a controlled substance and that she was a danger to her family and to the community."

Bloomfield Deputy Marshal Jordan Hasler also assisted in the investigation.