Sara Polston, previously released as part of an electronic monitoring program, has been arrested in Cleveland County, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond confirmed.

Polston was arrested Thursday in Cleveland County and is in DOC custody. Per a release from the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office, Polston was arrested on accusation of illegally voting in statewide elections on June 16 and Aug. 25.

In a release from the District 21 District Attorney’s Office, covering Cleveland, Garvin, and McClain Counties, DA Jennifer P. Austin stated that two criminal charges of Illegal Voting were filed against Polston.

“I received information that Sara Polston had illegally voted in two elections this year. I referred the information to OSBI to conduct an investigation which resulted in the filing of these two charges. Voting laws exist to protect integrity of our elections and apply equally to everyone. When evidence of a violation is presented to our office, we have a responsibility to review and file the appropriate charges. I objected to Defendant Polston being released from DOC on the GPS monitoring program earlier this year, and commend DOC’s decision to terminate her from that program at this time.

We would also like to thank OSBI and the Cleveland County Election Board for their assistance in this investigation,” said the statement from DA Austin.

In 2025, Polston pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and causing great bodily injury after a 2023 drunk driving incident involving Polston disabled a 20-year-old woman in Norman. She was sentenced to eight years in prison followed by seven years on probation.

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She was later released as part of EMP, a program in which nonviolent offenders are permitted to serve their sentence from home.

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Due to the arrest, Polston has been removed from the GPS monitoring program as of Oct. 1 at 5:00 p.m. Court documents confirm this change is not related to the altered state law. SB 137 does not take effect until Nov. 1.

Attorney General Drummond released the following statement on Polston’s arrest:

“Sara Polston has again shown Oklahomans that she believes she does not have to be held accountable for her 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. Now, she has used her highly controversial and inappropriate release to the Department of Corrections GPS surveillance program to again flout the law. The reality is that no one, including Sara Polston, is above the law.”

News 9 also spoke with the attorney of Micaela Borrego, the young woman critically injured by Polston.

“To vote when they knew or should have known that she was ineligible to do so, which would have resulted in a parole violation, it’s pretty shocking. It’s really pretty shocking that they would make such a basic, basic mistake,” said attorney Noble McIntyre.

McIntyre explained that Polston’s return to prison is delayed justice. He spoke with Borrego’s mother about the latest developments.

“I think that she was very, very surprised, but very, very relieved. I think relieved– from a mother’s standpoint– that finally, at least there will be justice — that the person that put her daughter in a prison of a broken body and a broken mind, for which there will never be parole, is going back to prison, at least for a little while.”

McIntyre stressed that Polston’s return to custody can’t undo all the harm Borrego and her family have suffered. He said the situation has no winners.