Zoom screenshot Houghton County Undersheriff Kevin Coppo (right) pleads not guilty to charges Friday stemming from his arrest for drunk driving in March in Traverse City. Also present on the Zoom call was his attorney Patrick Fragel (center).

TRAVERSE CITY — Houghton County Undersheriff Kevin Coppo pleaded not guilty to charges Friday stemming from his arrest for drunk driving and leaving the scene of a collision in early March.

Coppo appeared with his attorney Patrick Fragel at his arraignment via videoconference in 86th District Court in Grand Traverse County.

A pretrial hearing is scheduled for May 5. Coppo will not be present for the hearing, which will involve Fragel and an assistant prosecutor.

Coppo is out on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond.

Numerous bond conditions were also set. Coppo will not be allowed to drink alcohol, cannot have any mind-altering substances not prescribed to him. He must stay away from any places where alcohol is sold as individual drinks. He must also take personal breath tests twice daily, or upon request from an officer.

Coppo was arrested March 3 at the Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City for drunk driving while at a conference for first responders. A security officer at the hotel had seen Coppo hit a parked vehicle in the lot. Officers arrested Coppo and found numerous empty cans of alcohol in his hotel room and in the county vehicle he was driving. Coppo refused a breath test at the scene, but was later found to have a blood-alcohol level about three times the legal limit.

Coppo faces charges of operating a vehicle with a BAC above .17 and failure to report a vehicular accident. He was also cited for refusing a breathalyzer test.

Coppo is on a leave of absence from the sheriff’s office. Sgt. Jon Giachino was appointed as temporary undersheriff earlier this month.