Case of body in car 'beyond strange' - Mansfield News Journal
BUCYRUS — During an arraignment in a case that both a judge and an attorney described as “beyond strange,” a Lakewood woman pulled over Monday with a dead man in her vehicle pleaded guilty Tuesday to OVI in exchange for no felony charges being... “I can only deal with the charges before me. ”. But the judge still opted to set a bond of $50,000 for Kristle Kendle, 34, extremely high for an OVI, and put off sentencing until a date to be determined later so further investigation into the case... “This is not a typical OVI case,” the judge said. On Tuesday, Lt. Craig Smith, spokesman for the Ohio Highway Patrol in Columbus, said the patrol would continue to investigate the incident, particularly the death of Michael Collins Jr. , 34, of Lakewood. Collins was found dead in the front passenger’s seat of a Jeep Liberty driven by Kendle during a traffic stop early Monday in Crawford County. Collins died of a gunshot wound to the head, said Lt. Michael Vinson, commander of the Bucyrus post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. Kendle said the man committed suicide. At Tuesday’s arraignment, Kendle’s attorney, Adam Stone, said she had been kidnapped by Collins, who he described as her best friend. Source: www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com
