Eastern Iowa woman charged after asking gas station customers to blow into interlock device
August 26th, 2025 by Ric Hanson
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG) – An Eastern Iowa woman faces multiple charges after asking gas station customers to blow into her interlock device. On July 4, law enforcement were dispatched to a Kwik Star in North Liberty after receiving a report of a woman asking people to blow into her interlock device for her.
When police arrived on scene, they found 34-year-old Kristin State sitting in the driver’s seat of a running vehicle. According to a criminal complaint, State was the only one in the car. Officers made contact with State and noticed a strong smell of ingested alcohol. Police also noted that State had watery and bloodshot eyes, and slurred and delayed speech. State denied consuming any alcohol.
Police conducted standardized field sobriety tests on State. She failed two of them. A criminal complaint reports she showed signs of impairment during the tests she was able to complete. Testing revealed State’s blood alcohol content to be .351.
State is charged with operating while under the influence (OWI), driving while license is denied or revoked, and tampering or circumventing with an ignition interlock device. State also has three prior OWI convictions within the past 12 years.

