Leader Staff
A Beaver Dam attorney who came within a vote of becoming Shawano-Menominee County’s district attorney in 2006 was arrested for drunken driving Monday after allegedly arriving intoxicated at a court hearing for one of her defendants.
Mary A. Harper, 50, was out on bond at the time for an alleged drunken driving incident Oct. 7 in which she was operating while intoxicated with a child in her vehicle, according to court records.
She was released on a $1,000 signature bond after that incident and was due in court for a preliminary hearing Nov. 25.
She appeared for a court hearing on the new charges of third offense OWI and felony bail jumping Wednesday and was released on a $5,000 signature bond. She is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on the new charges on the same day, Nov. 25.
Harper ran twice for district attorney in Shawano-Menominee counties — in 2006 and in 2008. In 2006, she lost to Greg Parker after a recount by just one vote, 1,890-1,889. In 2008, Parker won 2,468-1,676 to clinch the Republican primary race.
Harper is also a former Shawano-Menominee County assistant district attorney.