Bolingbrook Woman Charged With DUI Was Asleep In Car After Hit And Run: Oswego PD

OSWEGO, IL — A Bolingbrook woman found asleep Monday afternoon in the parking lot of Oswego High School was determined to be driving the same car that fled the scene of a hit-and-run crash earlier in the day, police revealed.

Police were notified around 1:12 p.m. Monday of a "suspicious vehicle" in the parking lot of the high school on Route 71, where they found a woman, identified as 51-year-old Michelle Stanton, sleeping in the driver's seat of a car with its ignition on, according to a news release published just after 6 p.m.

Officers said the car matched the description of the one involved in the hit and run near Douglas and Woolley roads earlier Monday.

Stanton, of the 1100 block of Partridge Avenue, is facing eight charges: driving under the influence, two counts of driving with license suspended, obstructing a police officer, leaving the scene of an accident, two counts of operating an uninsured motor vehicle, and disobeying a stop sign. Additional charges may be forthcoming, police said.

The Bolingbrook woman was arrested and charged before she was brought to a local hospital for evaluation. She is due to appear in court on Nov. 14.