Crime & Safety
20-Year-Old in Dodson Street Crash Arrested for Underage Drinking
Geneva Police Reports: Nicole Wiesner, the 20-year-old Genevan who twice was involved in single-car crashes in recent weeks now faces additional charges of alcohol consumption by a minor.
Nicole K. Wiesner, 20, the young woman involved in two recent single-car crashes, was arrested at around 3:29 a.m. June 22 along with a 19-year-old friend on charges of alcohol consumption by minor.
According to the complaint with the 16th District Circuit Court, Wiesner and Brittany Maberry of Batavia “knowingly consumed an alcoholic liquor” at a residence in the 800 block of Britta Lane, Geneva. Wiesner’s address also is in the 800 block of Britta Lane.
Both have a court date of Aug. 7 at the Kane County Branch Court, 530 S. Randall Road, St. Charles.
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On May 4, Wiesner's Chevrolet Cavalier crashed headlong into trees along the driveway of a home at 224 N. Bennett St. The Cavalier was traveling west down the hill at a high rate of speed when it barreled through the stop sign, crossed Bennett Street (Route 25) and crashed near the driveway of the home.
Wiesner was treated and released from after the crash. Her passenger, 22-year-old Lindsey Vanderheyden of Batavia, was taken by helicopter to Good Samaritan Hospital, where she was treated and released.
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After the May 4 crash, Vanderheyden told police that Wiesner fell asleep at the wheel. As of June 27, the crash was still under investigation.
On May 15, , Geneva police reports said, and was ticketed for driving while license suspended. Wiesner told police she was fixing her shoe when she looked up and drove the Cobalt off the road in the 600 block of North Kirk Road about 100 feet north of Geneva Drive.
Prior police reports indicate that Wiesner had been cited for at a home in the 800 block of Britta Lane and in an apartment parking lot in the 300 block of Brittany Court.
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