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MARION, N.C. — A North Carolina woman has been charged with six DWIs in the past 16 months.

The Asheville Citizen-Times recently published an opinion column which details several incidences involving suspect Barbara Burleson Anderson, 61, of Marion.

Anderson was most recently arrested on Tuesday in Buncombe County, but has five other DWI cases pending against her, four in McDowell County and one in Burke County.

The suspect reportedly got two DWIs back-to-back, one on Oct. 30 and the next on Oct. 31.

She was supposed to have court in April of last year, but it was continued because the district attorney’s office was still waiting on drug testing results. The case was postponed to March.

Anderson reportedly claimed that her most recent DWI charge stemmed from the painkiller Percocet. She said she was taking it because of a leg problem.

In that case, she barely avoided hitting a trooper on the side of the highway, according to the paper. She was jailed under a $30,000 secured bond, which was raided to $60,000 secured.

“If I told you somebody was on the road in Western North Carolina who just got a DWI charge — and had five other recent DWIs pending — you probably wouldn’t believe me,” wrote Citizen-Times writer John Boyle. “Believe me. This case boggles the mind.”

Read more: The Asheville Citizen-Times

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