For all of who who said take her baby away. Well while heather is sitting her time for the next year she wont see her at all.
Does it make you all feel good inside to know that this little girl who loves her mommy wont be with her for the next YEAR?!

hardcoreirish...seriously...grow up.

hey "ihavealife" she didnt flip her car on center ave, she ran into a tree....and I was with her that night, and we werent drinking. Its called an honest CAR ACCIDENT...something that happened because she lost control of the wheel. SO ONCE AGAIN THIS PROVES MY POINT YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!

I know you didnt but Momof5 has some issues with telling people their kids need to be taken away. I just have little respect for her....

Oh I know that it wasn't all directed at just me. And I agree too many people jump to the take the kid agrument. When parents screw up it is just easier for everyone to say take the kid instead of someone working with the parent to correct the flawed thinking that got them into the position they are in. With that being said some situations really do warrant a "get the kid the heck out of there" approach. I took it a little personal and I know it was probably a little premature but one person in particular made the comment in all caps "YEAH I AM POSITIVE YOU ARE ALL WRONG IN EVERY SINGLE WAY. ESPECIALLY YOU!!!" after I said "...not every single one in every single way...". And that was one of my points because that person did what they accused me of doing by assuming what I said had no validity when in fact what I said was based on common sense and personal experience. It just annoys me when someone underestimates someone else's personal experiences. Question me if you must; I will answer them; but DO NOT assume that I make it common practice to assume something about situations that I have never had a dealing in.

I have met her once but I know a few of her close friends and know her ex very well. She is changing yes, and no I dont think she rolled her car. Im not sure but I dont think she did.
I dont think it ws all directed at you though I think they were just saying on this and old storys there are tons of people who say "take her kid away then she will change" From personal experience if you take away soemones reason for doing something or not doing something it dosent end well. I have seen her with her child and she seems to be a great mom.
Now having said that bring on all the if she was such a good mom she wouldnt have done that....blah blah blah.....Yes because no mother has ever made a mistake or a bad decision before. You are all perfect.....yeah yeah yeah.
How about the mom whos 3 year old drowned she didnt even get a ticket at all for it and her daughter died she has the rest of her kids. She clearly wasnt watching her daughter like she should have been.....

ihavealife: No that is not what I am saying. I don't know if she flipped or rolled her car on Center avenue. If that is true I was not aware of it. All I was saying was that I am being told by friends of her's that she is changing and that I have no idea what I am talking about (even though they don't know if I do or not) whether she is or not I do not know because I do not talk to her. I hope she is, you would think that she would after all of this. I am not pretending to know what she is or isn't doing or how she feels about it. That is why I did not make character attacks to her because I am sure there is a lot about her I don't know and I try not to go after people I don't know very well. If I make a comment about them it is their action I am talking about not what kind of person they are outside of the action. If that happened on Center avenue was she drunk or was it just a "regular" accident? Excuse me for saying if but I don't want to sound like I assume it happened if I have never heard about it. And yes if you have one drunk driving accident one would hope you learned a lesson the first time but fact of the matter is some people don't. And once again before anyone tries to jump down my monitor I am not assuming ANYTHING.

I never said any of those things but I was accused of saying something false. I only said what is undeniable fact. I never made judgments on her character or said she should have her kid taken. Never did words of personal attack or unjust sarcasm come from my keyboard on this matter. I also never said anyone should not be her friend.I don't flip flop on my friends but I will write them off if they burn me too many times. But I did have someone tell me I have no clue. I promise you I have been on the other side of her coin. I have been negatively affected by someone who made the same kind of mistake she did. When that happens to you the last thing you care about is how the driver feels (in most cases). Especially if the person that driver hits dies or their quality of life is forever worsened by the accident. I never made assumptions but a lot of you did so check and make sure your not assuming before you accuse everyone else. That's all.

Yes Listening to your lawyer makes you a bad person! Get real

lovebeingmarried and duckduck8504, How are you saying she would take it all back? She plead not guilty so what is there for her to take back?

Yes I am a friend of Heathers also and you are all wrong. No it should have never happened but it did and she is sorry and she would give just about anything to take it back if she could.
For all of you who say she should "have her kid taken away" you dont know how she is with her, and she is the main reason why Heather is changing.
If you want to bash me for being her friend like you all did before go ahead! id rather have a friend like Heather who I know will always be there for me than have friends like you who sound like you flip flop on all yoru friends.

Okay. ;)

YEAH I AM POSITIVE YOU ARE ALL WRONG IN EVERY SINGLE WAY. ESPECIALLY YOU!!!

...not every single one in every single way...

I'm pretty sure you guys all have no idea what you're talking about. As Heather's and Sam's close friend I know every single detail of the accident, and I'm pretty sure every single one of you posting comments on here are absolutely wrong in every way. Glad you have nothing better to do with your time than bash another person for the mistakes they make. Oh and as for Sam, the passenger in Heather's car, she WAS injured, and was out of work for WEEKS. She FRACTURED a vertebrae in her neck. Don't act like you have not made poor choices in life, because I know you all have. Heather IS remorseful, and changing her life around. Its too bad it came to this before she realized what she really has to lose, but she will live with this the rest of her life. The last thing she needs is the city of Janesville bashing her for her mistake. Find something else to do with your time. At least get the facts straight before you go voicing your opinion.

facebooker09: I hope for everyone's sake you are right but unless you are her you cannot make a promise like that. Only she can. I am not trying to be disrespectful or start a fight; defend her if you feel you must but I have seen someone in more remorse than her...the family of the person killed by a drunk driver. Sorry but I am one of those "believe it when I see it" people. Heard too much "I will change it" and nothing happen.

Well since the passanger was back to work within the week after the crash - no it wasnt her neck.
I can promise you - heather will never do it again. That dosent make it right at all but I have never seen someone feel as much remorse as she does. She and her family are in my prayers!

Oh I totally believe she isn't guilty!

What really happened was that the care bears made her drink, then they strapped her in the car, handed her the keys, then made her crash. DUH!

How dare people think SHE did something like that? (sarcasm for those who don't know)

She's sick to think she can get away with this. She needs her child taken away, and to do some time in prison. (She probably won't because this is Wisconsin. She will probably get a fine and a slap on the wrist.)

I heard Sam (heather's passanger) broke her neck; maybe it wasn't her neck but I definately heard she broke something. I hope Heather gets a very lengthy sentence because what she did was stupid but it was absolutely unacceptable when she chose to drink while she was driving around with her baby! I hope this is finally the wake up call she needs!

How can she say she's not guilty? Were the officers at the scene mistaken? Witnesses, too? She is responsible for her actions under the influence. Let me guess, the blood alcohol tests were wrong, too? please...
By the way, my previous post was not offensive or explicative. Why was it removed? Did it hit too close to home for someone on the staff?

gabby06: Thanks for correcting me. I misread "the child or Kosio" as "the child of Kosio".

I hope she gets a lenghty sentence. The fact she thought there was nothing wrong with driving around with her child drunk amazes me. Take that baby away from her

It wasn't the passengers child, it was Heathers.

Wonder if they could have charged the 22-year-old mother who, along with her own toddler, was in the car with the defendant? Isn't it at least neglect to allow your toddler in a car where the driver is obviously intoxicated and has open liquor with her?

Agreed, iworkforme! Abso-frickin-lutely!

We have a neighbor who got his 5th d.w.i. and has the ankle thing, what the heck? He should be sitting in prison. Not jail. Prison.

An yes, another DWI case where she'll be slapped on the wrist if that.