She served just 73 days of an eight-year prison sentence for drunkenly smashing her Cadillac Escalade into a 19-year-old woman's Kia and maiming her.
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She → serve → her
But well-connected lawyer's wife Sara Polston, 44, now finds herself back behind bars after she allegedly voted twice in local elections despite being a convicted felon.
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she → connect → elections
Polston, of Norman in Oklahoma, was on Friday charged with two felony counts of voting illegally.
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Polston → charge → counts
She is said by prosecutors to have cast her ballot once in a Republican primary election in June of this year and again in a runoff primary in August.
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She → say → August
Polston has yet to comment on the charges or enter a plea and is being held in jail ahead of an impending court appearance.
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Polston → have → appearance
Crash victim Micaela Borrego's lawyer Noble McIntyre thinks a petty desire for revenge on an attorney general who humiliated Polston in the wake of her DUI case may be to blame for the alleged acts that landed her back in jail.
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that → think → jail
Polston triggered nationwide outrage in February of this year when she was released after serving a tiny fraction of her sentence for the 2023 crash.
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she → trigger → crash
Sara Polston, pictured in an earlier mugshot, has been returned to jail over claims she voted in two elections despite being a felon
Polston, a close associate of Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, served just 73 days of an eight year prison sentence earlier this year after drunkenly smashing her car into a teenager and maiming her
The drink driver, who lives in an enormous $2.4 million mansion with a huge outdoor swimming pool, was allowed out even after smashing her enormous black SUV into Borrego's tiny Kia Soul at 66mph.
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who → picture → mph
Polston had been downing margaritas and was driving to pick her children up from school when she crashed.
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she → down → school
She survived with barely an injury and was seen moaning on police bodycam about her sore wrist.
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She → survive → wrist
Borrego fared far worse, with the crash causing her to suffer a stroke, which doctors fear may have shortened her life expectancy by up to 10 years.
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doctors → fare → years
Borrego, who is now 22, also endured brain damage, leaving her with permanent disabilities that forced her to relearn how to walk and talk.
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that → endure → her
Polston is pictured in her latest mugshot.
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Polston → picture → mugshot
She remains behind bars and has not yet appeared before a judge on the illegal voting charges
Victim Micaela Borrego is feared to have had 10 years taken off her life by the February 2023 crash
Borrego is pictured before the crash that left her disabled. Her mother Krista is now her full-time carer
Her mother Krista has now become her full-time primary carer and was not given advance warning of Polston's early release.
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mother → remain → release
Polston pleaded guilty to felony causing greater bodily injury while DUI, with anger in Oklahoma reaching boiling point when she was released to a GPS monitor just over two months after she was imprisoned.
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she → plead → monitor
Oklahoma's Republican Governor Kevin Stitt was found by a grand jury to have made multiple calls on Polston's behalf to the top official at Oklahoma's Department of Corrections (DOC).
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Governor → find → Corrections
He went to school with Polston's husband Rod and the pair were fraternity brothers while at college.
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pair → go → college
The Polstons donated $27,000 to Stitt's political campaigns and once hosted a fundraiser for him at their mansion, the grand jury found.
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jury → donate → mansion
Stitt angrily denied meddling in his old friend's wife's criminal case.
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Stitt → deny → case
Noble McIntyre, Borrego's attorney, speculated to the Daily Mail that the seeds of Polston's latest arrest may have been sown in what followed her prison release.
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what → speculate → release
The Republican gubernatorial primary elections she voted in saw Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond face off against businessman Mike Mazzei, who ultimately won the GOP nomination.
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who → vote → nomination
Micaela Borrego was in critical condition - locked in a weeks-long coma that would ultimately rob her of the ability to speak, eat and walk
Polston is married to renowned local tax attorney Rod Polston, with whom she and their children live in Norman
Oklahoma's Governor Kevin Stitt.
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she → lock → Stitt
He went to school with Sara Polston's husband.
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He → go → husband
The pair were fraternity brothers and the Polstons donated tens of thousands of dollars to Stitt's political campaigns
Attorney General Gentner Drummond is seen here in a January 2024 file photo.
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Drummond → donate → photo
Micaela Borrego's lawyer has speculated as to whether a desire to get revenge on Drummond for humiliating her may have prompted Polston to allegedly vote illegally
It was Drummond who empaneled a grand jury to investigate Polston's early release for maiming Borrego.
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who → speculate → Borrego
That grand jury hearing heaped humiliation on Polston.
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hearing → heap → Polston
As well as the aforementioned calls between Governor Stitt and her husband, it also revealed the VIP treatment Polston received while in prison.
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Polston → reveal → prison
Polston was allowed to move to a different cell because she wanted to watch TV and was permitted a second move after moaning that her new accommodation was too noisy.
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accommodation → allow → move
Her husband couriered Chick-Fil-A to her to give her a break from prison gruel and Polston was given a tablet computer 'in a manner outside of normal procedure,' the grand jury found.
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jury → couriere → procedure
McIntyre has now questioned whether Polston may have wanted to get revenge on Drummond for that grand jury probe – and potentially voted for his rival to do so.
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rival → question → probe
He said: 'What I know is a felon out on parole cannot vote.
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felon → say → parole
She chose to.
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She → choose → ?
My guess is she chose to vote for Mazzei because of her hatred for Genter Drummond who was the other candidate, and who was the attorney general who led the investigation into her parole in the first place.
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who → choose → place
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Polston lives in this $2.4 million mansion in Norman, Oklahoma
The aftermath of the crash that almost killed Borrego with Kia Soul car caved in by the impact
Polston is seen on the ground moaning about a sore wrist after drunkenly crashing her Cadillac Escalade
Micaela Borrego (right) and her mother, Krista Borrego, on May 6, outside of the attorney general's office in Oklahoma City after appearing before the multicounty grand jury
It is unclear who Polston voted for in the primary and run-off.
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Polston → live → primary
The Daily Mail has sought to contact the Polstons for comment.
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Mail → seek → comment
Attorney General Drummond has since chimed in on her most recent arrest, saying in a statement: 'Sara Polston has again shown Oklahomans that she believes she does not have to be held accountable for her actions.
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she → chime → actions
She belongs in prison for causing an accident while driving under the influence of alcohol that resulted in great bodily injury to an innocent young woman.
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that → belong → woman
'Now, she has used her highly controversial and inappropriate release to the Department of Corrections GPS surveillance program to again flout the law.
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she → use → law
The reality is that no one, including Sara Polston, is above the law.'
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one → include → law
Cleveland County District Attorney Jennifer Austin, who will try Polston's latest charges, said in a statement: 'I received information that Sara Polston had illegally voted in two elections this year.
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Polston → try → elections
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