Yavapai County judge has cases reassigned after a DUI arrest
Yavapai County judge arrested on suspicion of extreme DUI
Yavapai County Superior Court officials were continuing to gather information Tuesday about Judge Celé Hancock’s arrest on suspicion of extreme DUI last weekend. Prescott police said Hancock was arrested Sunday afternoon after they got a call about a possibly impaired driver.
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that all cases currently assigned to a Yavapai County Superior Court judge recently arrested on suspicion of extreme DUI will be reassigned to other judges.
The high court also said the Commission on Judicial Conduct will conduct any investigation it believes appropriate involving Celé Hancock, who was arrested by Prescott police on March 19.
After getting a call about a possibly impaired driver, police said Hancock was found parked outside a grocery store.
She drove off before being pulled over by a police officer.
According to police, Hancock showed signs of alcohol consumption and she failed several sobriety tests.
Police said breath tests showed Hancock initially had a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.158% with later tests at 0.219% and 0.214% —all far above Arizona’s DUI threshold of 0.08% for drivers.
State law defines extreme DUI for drivers who have a blood-alcohol content of 0.15% or higher.