Parole Violation seen in Facebook Photos

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

To a lot of college students, posting their pictures on Facebook while partying and drinking with friends may not be a big deal. However, those pictures bore serious consequences for a woman in Campton Hills charged with a DUI-related fatal crash.

The 20-year-old Erika Scoliere was outfitted with alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet under a Kane County judge’s orders. According to a police report, officers found online photos of Scoliere on Facebook consuming alcohol.

The woman was charged with aggravated DUI and reckless homicide after a collision in South Elgin on July 2007 that killed a motorcyclist. She’s awaiting trial but the condition of her bail is to refrain from consuming alcohol or even be at the presence of people who are drinking. Unfortunately, the South Elgin police found her online photos drinking with friends who attend college in Ohio.

“The defendant appeared to be having good time drinking tequila,” says Judge Thomas Mueller during a court hearing on Wednesday as he leafed through the picture copies. As a result, Atty. Steve Sims (Assistant State Attorney) argued that Scoliere put on an ankle monitor since she has violated her bail.

“Secure Continues Remote Alcohol Monitor” or SCRAM detects alcohol through perspiration and then alert authorities. Scoliere will wear the device and be charged with $15 a day for it.

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