Cincy Radio: Judge Denies Intervention In Lisa Wells Drug Case

Lisa Wells

A Miami County, Ohio judge on Monday denied a defense lawyer and Cincinnati radio personality’s request for intervention in lieu of conviction on felony drug possession charges following a Jan. 25 traffic stop on Interstate 75 near Piqua.

State troopers who stopped Lisa Wells, 37, of West Chester reported seeing pills on the front seat of the vehicle after the stop. Also found in a search was a baggie of assorted pills in her purse, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol report.

Common Pleas Judge Jeannine Pratt said Wells did not meet the intervention/treatment program requirements because she used opioids in violation of her bail conditions and notes on her treatment showed failure to make progress, attend all counseling and participate as required in groups.

Pratt told Wells she found she had “no genuine investment in your treatment.”

With the ruling, the criminal case will proceed through the court process.

Wells is a defense lawyer and served as a guest and legal analyst on WLW 700 AM.

A not guilty plea on her behalf was made in June on four felony counts of possession of drugs identified as amphetamine and Oxycodone.

A request for intervention in lieu of conviction on the drug charges was filed in June. Wells was ordered to undergo a comprehensive drug and alcohol evaluation and provide Pratt with a detailed treatment plan. Pratt continued a hearing on the evaluation and plan in August after finding information submitted was only “skeletal.”