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Sep. 6—Holmes being sued in civil court over accident
On July 10, Coal Grove Mayor Andy Holmes pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a hit and run collision that escalated to a fight with Ironton police officers before he was arrested on Saturday, March 1.
Holmes made the plea in Ironton Municipal Court.
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Under a plea agreement, he got 10 days in the Lawrence County Jail but that will be suspended if he completes a 72-hour driver intervention program approved by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction within 90 days.
His driver’s license was suspended for six months and he is on probation for six months.
He was fined $525 on a drunk driving charge and will have to pay $10 a month for a supervision fee while he is on probation.
Holmes was charged with a hit/skip violation, a third-degree misdemeanor which carries a maximum penalty of 60 days in county jail, operating a vehicle while impaired, which carries a maximum penalty of six months in county jail and assured clear distance ahead violation.
The case was handled by a special prosecutor.
In a separate civil case, Holmes is being sued by the woman whose car he hit, Erika Hudson, of Portsmouth, for the amount $25,000.
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According to a court filing, Holmes was negligent when he hit Hudson’s car on March 1 and Hudson sustained injuries and incurred and will continue to incur medical costs and “Said injuries caused, and will continue to cause, pain, suffering, inconvenience, emotional distress, a loss of and interference with their ability to participate in and perform their normal daily activities, a loss of enjoyment of life, and consortium, companionship and services; Plaintiffs suffered economic loss and lost wages; Plaintiffs are, or may be, permanently disabled. Such disability caused, and will continue to cause, a diminution of earning capacity; and as a direct and proximate result of said negligence, Plaintiffs sustained damages to property.”
Holmes denied the allegations in the suit and has asked for the case to be dismissed.
The case is being heard by Lawrence County Common Pleas Judge Christen Finley and will have a case management hearing on Oct. 27.
The case began March 1 just after midnight with a report of a hit-skip accident in the 3600 block of South Third Street.
According to a report from the Ironton Police Department, officers found a sedan with “significant” rear end damage on Third Street in Ironton and a woman standing beside it. They also found several parts of a GMC along the roadway. One officer stayed at the site of the crash and the other went to search for the GMC.
Dispatch called to tell the officer that OnStar had reported a crash in the area and gave the information of the vehicle involved, including an address, which was Holmes’ address in Coal Grove. An officer found a black 2023 GMC Yukon with “severe” damage to the front end at house. Because of the damage, the officer was concerned about the welfare of the driver and called for an additional officer to help locate the driver.
Officers were let into the home and found Holmes in bed with blood coming from a head wound.
According to the police report, the officers explained that they were from Ironton, where the crash occurred. The Ironton officers asked who Holmes was and they were told that he was the mayor of Coal Grove. The Ironton officers said that the fact that he was the mayor of Coal Grove was irrelevant, since the accident happened in Ironton.
According to the police report, Holmes aggressively got out of bed and told them to leave because they didn’t have a warrant and that they were on private property.
At the door, the report said that he shoved one of the officers and grabbed his vest, at which point Holmes was told he was under arrest. The report said Holmes swung at an officer, pulled away and headed toward the kitchen.
The officers followed him to take him into custody, but Holmes continued to aggressively pull away, according to the report.
According to the police report, an officer pulled his Taser and stunned Holmes in the right side of his stomach and tried to handcuff him, the report said. He was stunned twice more, before he was handcuffed and put in the patrol car.
Holmes was examined by EMS for his head wound and then was taken to the Lawrence County Jail.
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