Ohio judge admits to driving drunk after crashing SUV into snowy ditch in arrest caught on bodycam

An Ohio judge accused of drunk driving was caught on camera admitting to police that she was 'absolutely out of her mind' after her SUV drove off an icy ramp and crashed into a ditch.

Authorities say Portage County Common Pleas Judge Becky Doherty was arrested on Sunday around 9.15pm following the crash in Brimfield.

The 55-year-old refused to take a Breathalyzer or field sobriety test, according to theRecord-Courier, but she could be heard in body camera footage admitting to police officers that she had been drinking.

As she was placed in the backseat of the police cruiser, Doherty says: 'I am absolutely out of my mind. I am so intoxicated.'

Video from inside the Brimfield Police Station shows Doherty becoming belligerent with officers booking her on a first-degree misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle under the influence.

She can be heard asking: 'Do you know who I am?'

The judge was locked into a jail cell after getting increasingly loud and refusing to sit down.

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