A Macon woman is being held on a $10,000 cash-only bond on a felony charge of hindering prosecution.
Jessica R. McKim was charged Nov. 12 with hindering prosecution, a class E felony, and failing to wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt.
The Macon Chronicle reported Oct. 20 that Emil Kristian McKim, 33, of Macon, was charged with driving while intoxicated as a chronic offender, a class C felony, and driving while revoked, a class E felony, after the same Oct. 19 traffic stop.
The Macon County Sheriff's Office served the warrant for Jessica McKim at 4:23 p.m. Nov. 13, according to the docket. The bond is $10,000 cash only and includes a no-contact condition.
Deputy James Ligon wrote in the probable cause statement that he and Deputy Endre Jefferson saw a white and camouflage Mitsubishi Eclipse on Vine Street.
The vehicle stopped as it reached his patrol car, and the male driver and female passenger switched seats, Ligon wrote. The woman then drove down a private driveway. Ligon wrote that he stopped the vehicle and that the passenger appeared to be intoxicated.
Jessica McKim told deputies she had been operating the vehicle at all times, Ligon wrote. She kept saying so despite video footage and two deputies who saw the man driving, according to the statement.
Hindering prosecution is punishable by one to four years in prison, up to one year in the county jail, a fine of up to $10,000, or both imprisonment and a fine, according to the complaint.
A bond appearance hearing is set for 1 p.m. Nov. 16 before Judge Kristen Burks in Macon.
Charges are accusations. All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.