The New Hanover County District Attorney’s office confirmed this week it will not prosecute a DUI case against Mary Vigue, the deputy city manager of Wilmington.
Vigue was arrested two years ago after she was stopped by a daytime license checkpoint near her home in the Greenfield Lake area. Officers from the Wilmington Police Department and deputies from the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office were both present. According to an NHCSO spokesperson, several officers witnessed Vigue being visibly intoxicated after she got out of her vehicle.
The city placed Vigue on unpaid administrative leave for several weeks, but her criminal case was dropped because the arresting deputy left the sheriff’s office…