Mitchell Schmidt

Iowa City Press-Citizen

An Iowa City woman has been charged with public intoxication after she allegedly posted a blood alcohol content of .439 and urinated on herself at an Iowa City gas station.

The incident marks the second time in less than one year that the Iowa City woman was charged with having a blood alcohol content of more than .4.

Iowa City police responded at 2:43 p.m. Tuesday to Gasby's, 2303 Muscatine Ave., for a report that 30-year-old Patricia Hunley, of H Street, was intoxicated and refused to leave the convenience store, according to an Iowa City police complaint.

Police say, when asked by the store clerk to leave the property, Hunley allegedly replied, "On my momma's life I will beat your (expletive)."

Police arrived on the scene to find Hunley in the parking lot, leaning against a car to keep her balance, according to police.

Hunley had slurred speech, poor balance, admitted to drinking two bottles of Black Velvet whiskey and had urinated on herself, according to police.

Hunley had a blood alcohol content of .439 and was taken to the hospital, where she urinated on herself again, according to police. She was charged with public intoxication, a simple misdemeanor, and was being held Thursday on a $1,000 bond in the Johnson County Jail.

Hunley was charged in August of last year with public intoxication after she posted a blood alcohol content of .462. Police said they found Hunley at 2724 Wayne Ave., banging on doors and later sitting in the apartment complex stairwell.

All told, Hunley has been charged with six counts of public intoxication over the last nine months, according to online court records.