Probation officer charged with DUI, endangerment

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Jul 8, 2009 at 7:16 AM MDT

Story Updated: Jul 8, 2009 at 7:16 AM MDT

KALISPELL - An arrest warrant has been issued for a Kalispell probation and parole officer accused of driving drunk on the Fourth of July.

The Flathead County Attorney's Office says 23-year-old Gina Janet Gonstad was charged Tuesday with felony criminal endangerment and misdemeanor DUI.

Police say about 20 motorists called 911 Saturday night to report an SUV traveling in the wrong lanes of U.S. 93 between Kalispell and Somers. Court records say Gonstad was driving very slowly with her headlights off.

Prosecutors say she failed field sobriety tests and refused to take a breath test. Gonstad was booked into the Flathead County Detention Center and was released into the custody of her roommate, a sheriff's deputy.

Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan says she was let go because the jail was crowded and was not able to segregate her from the general population.

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