Menifee woman arrested twice on DUI charges in five days

A Menifee woman was released on bail Monday while awaiting a July court date for a felony DUI charge -- her second DUI arrest within five days.

Suzanne Wersbe, 55, was first booked on a misdemeanor DUI charge May 17, after police say she drove a vehicle into the back yard of a residence on El Rancho Road near Griffith Drive in the Sun City community in Menifee. An investigation revealed she was impaired by alcohol and drove through the back yard of a residential property, colliding with the back of the house. No one inside the house was injured. Wersbe was cited and released.

Then on Sunday, May 21, police say Wersbe drove a white 2009 Chevy Malibu into a parked Nissan Versa into which a 50-year-old male was loading groceries in the Stater Bros. parking lot at 27160 Sun City Blvd. The impact forced the Nissan backward and the open hatchback door struck the male, causing minor injury.

Wersbe was booked for felony DUI in that case because of the injury related collision, said Captain Brandon Ford of the Riverside Sheriff's Department.

"Generally speaking, DUI is a misdemeanor," Ford said. "However, if the offender has had three prior convictions within 10 years or if the DUI results in an injury traffic collision, then DUI is a felony."

Wersbe was booked into Southwest Detention Center for felony DUI on Sunday, with bail set at $250,000. She posted bail on Monday and was released, pending a July 14 court date at the Riverside Hall of Justice.