(La Porte, IN) - A La Porte woman more than a week after sentenced for operating while intoxicated allegedly backed into a police car while impaired.

 

Sarah Ferris, 42, was still being held this morning in the La Porte County Jail on $1,055 bond.

 

She was arrested about 5 p.m. on Sunday in the parking lot of Al’s Supermarket on E. Lincolnway in La Porte.

 

According to La Porte Police, Ferris was in her vehicle when an officer pulled behind her to investigate a report she had been drinking and driving.

 

Police said the officer tried to avoid a collision after noticing Ferris had placed her vehicle in reverse and started backing up but he wasn’t able to get out of the way fast enough.

 

There was just minor damage in the collision. 

 

Her alleged blood alcohol level was .195 percent.  The OWI charge against Ferris was upgraded to a Level 6 felony due to her prior conviction.

 

According to court documents, she was placed on one year probation when sentenced on May 7.

 

In that case, police said her blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit when stopped with an eight year old child in the back seat of the vehicle.