Tag: dui
Woman allegedly drove on car rim with margarita in cup holder
Tequila makes her tires fall off!
Police say an Oklahoma driver was busted Sunday morning driving with a margarita in her cup holder — but no tire on a rim of her car.
Two officers pulled over Amy Ann Dillon, 28, after they heard the metal rim grinding on the asphalt from the approaching vehicle, according to the Tulsa Police Department.
“We could hear her coming from a block away,” police said in a social media post.
Dillon — who a breathalyzer later determined had a .21 blood-alcohol level — drove past the officers on the rim and was arrested after she turned into an apartment complex, authorities said.
When asked how much alcohol she had to drink, the woman — who police say “could barely stand upright” — told officers she had two shots of tequila.
The cops then discovered a full margarita in the cup holder of Dillon’s car.
Police said they believe she “wrecked her car on something” prior to the arrest and “assume she was driving on [the metal rim] for some time.”
Dillon was booked at David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center, where she grinned for a mugshot.
She faces charges for DUI, operating a motorized vehicle with defective tires, transport of an open container, and driving without a license in possession.
More charges could be filed against Dillon if authorities discover she was involved in a collision.
Dillon works as a waitress to put herself through school, according to social media, where one of her patrons defended her.
“She’s been a server at restaurants my husband and I have frequented for years,” a local resident — identified as Brooke Nicole — commented on the police Facebook page. “She’s not a bad person, she made a mistake… I look forward to (hopefully) seeing her back at work soon and pursuing her education.”
Driver dies after cops take him for DUI test instead of hospital
The death of a South Carolina dad is marked by questions as officials try to piece together why he was brought to a police station for a Breathalyzer test instead of a hospital.
Nathaniel Rhodes, a 58-year-old father, collapsed on Aug. 12, 2018, at Charleston Police Headquarters following a traffic accident and died four days later, according to his family’s attorney.
His relatives are now demanding authorities investigate whether protocol was followed when Rhodes was taken off a stretcher and taken to the police department.
The police report stated Rhodes claimed to have “no injuries that would stop him from completing tests” — but the law firm representing his family told The Post that he never signed a form refusing treatment.
The release was provided to The Post and showed an officer’s signature on the line for the patient.
“After he was put on a stretcher and put in an ambulance for transport to the hospital for medical treatment, a CPD officer fraudulently signed a ‘Refusal to Transport’ form on Rhodes’ behalf so the officer could conduct a field sobriety test,” Ryan Julison with Bamberg Legal said Monday.
“The officer then ordered that Rhodes be removed from the stretcher, taken off the ambulance and transported to the police station rather than the hospital,” attorneys said.
Rhodes’ family alleges he had eight broken ribs, internal injuries and a ruptured liver while he was being booked. Surveillance footage from the police station showed the dad in distress.
“While at the station Rhodes complained that he was in severe pain,” the law firm said. “His pleas apparently weren’t taken seriously as video captured one of the EMT’s who was supposed to be caring for Rhodes doing a dance and commenting how he (the EMT) ‘looked good on camera.’ ”
His loved ones claim the delay taking him to the hospital proved to be fatal.
“The family alleges that poisonous toxins could have been flooding his bloodstream while he sat at the police station,” attorneys said. “By the time Rhodes was actually transported to the hospital, it was too late.”
Photo Credit: Nathaniel Rhodes – Courtesy of Bamberg Legal
‘I’m a white, clean girl’: DUI suspect is the picture of entitlement
A boozed-up South Carolina woman pulled over for blowing past a stop sign at 60 mph told cops she shouldn’t be arrested because she’s a “very clean, thoroughbred, white girl,” according to a police report.
But Lauren Elizabeth Cutshaw’s lecture didn’t convince officers from the Bluffton Police Department — who arrested her on charges of speeding, disregarding a stop sign, simple possession of marijuana, driving under the influence and possession of drug paraphernalia, a police spokesman confirmed to The Post.
After getting pulled over at about 1:45 a.m. Saturday near Bluffton and May River roads, where she was spotted speeding through a four-way stop sign, Cutshaw told cops she had had just two glasses of wine, according to the police report obtained by the Island Packet.
“I mean I was celebrating my birthday,” Cutshaw, who turns 33 on Thursday, told the cops when they asked her how big the glasses were for her alleged two drinks, according to the report.
But she didn’t stop there. Cutshaw gave the officers a litany of other reasons why she deserved to be let off the hook: She maintained perfect grades during all of her school years, was a cheerleader and a member of a sorority. Her partner is also a cop, Cutshaw said.
“I’m a white, clean girl,” Cutshaw said, according to the report.
When the officers asked what exactly that meant, she replied, “You’re a cop, you should know what that means.”
The police report indicated how surprised the officers were by the comments.
“Making statements such as these as a means to justify not being arrested are unusual in my experience as a law enforcement officer and I believe further demonstrate the suspect’s level of intoxication,” according to the report.
The officer also noted that Cutshaw, who had a blood alcohol level of 0.18, failed sobriety tests and had bloodshot eyes. She was also slurring her words, according to the report.
Cutshaw was later booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center. She was no longer in custody as of Tuesday, according to online jail records. Attempts to reach her were unsuccessful.