BUCYRUS—Crawford County Now has confirmed that Interim Law Director Brian Gernert is in custody at the Crawford County Jail facing his second OVI charge.
Gernert was charged with disorderly conduct in August of 2021 when officers were called to his office and found him intoxicated. In May, he was charged with OVI and refusal to take a breathalyzer. Gernert has a failure to control conviction stemming back to 2014.
If convicted, Gernert could spend a mandatory ten days in jail with a maximum of six months in jail. He could also pay fines and receiver a driver’s license suspension of between one and five years.
Crawford County Now will continue to cover this developing news story.