Allison, a Kroger grocery store supervisor, has been charged with driving under the influence three times since 1995, most recently in 2006.
Allison is not the only candidate who has faced a charge. Incumbent Frank Spolrich pleaded no contest to driving under the influence, following a three-car accident in December 1986 that injured two people.
Spolrich could not be reached for comment.
The Dayton Daily News conducted background checks on the six candidates for the Kettering City Council in common pleas and municipal courts across Montgomery and Greene counties. No similar charges were found for any of the other candidates: Ashley Webb, Debbie Waker, Ed Smith and Amy Schrimpf.
The convictions would not prevent any candidate for running for office.
In 1995, Allison pleaded guilty to driving under the influence after he was arrested in Moraine. He was fined $1,000 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, though 177 of those days were suspended. He was given credit for three days for attending a weekend intervention program, according to Kettering Municipal Court records.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol arrested Allison in Greene County in December 1998. He pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, according to Xenia Municipal Court records.
The court fined him $600 and sentenced him to 60 days in jail but suspended 10, according to court records.
Allison was driving on Wilmington Pike on Nov. 4, 2006, when another driver reported his car was weaving and had almost struck other cars, according to a police report.
A Kettering police officer attempted a traffic stop near the McDonald’s by East Dorothy Lane, but Allison ignored his emergency lights and pulled into the restaurant’s drive-through, where he attempted to order food, even as the officer sounded the siren, the report said.
Allison did not listen to the officer until the officer got out of the cruiser and approached Allison’s car, the report said.
When the officer asked for Allison’s insurance, Allison leafed through cards in his wallet, passing the insurance card three times before the officer stopped him, the report said.
Allison pleaded guilty to a reduced charge, having control of a vehicle while intoxicated, and was fined $600, though $300 was suspended. The court suspended 27 of his 30 days in jail and gave him credit for three days spent at a weekend intervention program, according to Kettering Municipal Court records.
Allison also pleaded guilty to a public intoxication in 2006, according to Dayton Municipal Court records.
Allison said Monday, Oct. 26, that he had stopped drinking “about a year ago,” because “I just like to enjoy my life and waking up and feeling good.”
He said he considered himself an occasional drinker, not an alcoholic. At one point, he was ordered by a court to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, but he said he stopped when the court-ordered time was up.
Right now, he is hoping the community will look past his mistakes when they go to the voting polls next week.
“I did it,” Allison said. “I’m sorry. I never will do it again.”
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2057 or lgrieco@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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