LAKEWOOD – Lorain Law Director Mark Provenza pleaded no contest this afternoon in Lakewood Municipal Court to charges stemming from a drunken driving crash in August.

Provenza was found guilty of the DUI, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to control and no seat belt. He could get up to a year in jail when he is sentenced Dec. 1. He will also lose his driver’s license for at least a year.

Provenza was arrested at 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 20 when police pulled his wife’s minivan over after receiving a call that a vehicle matching that description had rammed the front porch of a Lakewood home and fled the scene.

Provenza, who was alone in the vehicle, was not wearing a seat belt and sustained minor injuries when his head hit the minivan’s windshield, according to police. He was treated and released from a nearby hospital before being taken to jail.

Despite this latest arrest on DUI charges – he has two previous DUI convictions and one DUI charge that was plea bargained down to a reckless operation – Provenza has continued to work.

He declined comment after the hearing, but said he would have a statement after he is sentenced later this year.

For more details on this story, see Wednesday’s Chronicle.

 

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