Washington City Councilman Matt Staniszewski attended his preliminary hearing Friday morning over DUI charges from an incident on August 26th. District Justice Ethan Ward continued the hearing at the district attorney’s request and issued a $25,000 straight cash bond to Staniszewski. Defense Attorney Sean Logue says he was disappointed in the bond. He stated that it is Justice Ward’s blanket policy to issue that bond for multiple DUI offenses. Logue argued that technically it is Staniszewski’s first offense since the last DUI occurred over 10 years ago. Staniszewski was led away in handcuffs. Logue stated that Staniszewski and his father were immediately posting bond at the end of the hearing. Logue went on to explain that the District Attorney’s office asked for a continuance to the case because they wanted to review all that Staniszewski has been doing since he enrolled in a rehabilitation program immediately after his arrest. Staniszewski’ s next hearing is scheduled for December 6.