School teacher arrested for DUI threatens to have her lawyer dad sue all the deputies involved in her takedown
On Monday, Florida’s Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) reported on the arrest of a woman who was taken into custody, for her own good, after deputies stopped her for driving while impaired. That arrest occurred on Friday night, October 20. The woman told deputies she was a third-grade teacher at Sky View Elementary School in the city of Pinellas Park and threatened to have her lawyer dad sue all the law enforcement personnel involved in her takedown.
The 52-year-old self-proclaimed elementary school teacher, Leslie Spence of Tampa, was transported to the PCSO Sheriff’s Processing Center where she was charged with Driving under the Influence with a Breath Alcohol Content of .15 or Higher (M1).
“Children learn from adults and educators, so if you fall under both of those categories, it is imperative that you’re setting a good example. Since Ms. Spence failed to do that, we’re going to use this as a teaching moment—don’t drive drunk. It’s dangerous and you’ll end up in detention at the Polk County Jail.” – Grady Judd, Sheriff
The Sheriff went on to say that on October 20 around 10:44 p.m., a concerned citizen, “saw something, and said something.” The witness reported a vehicle traveling east on State Road 60 at about 25mph and swerving across lanes.
A PCSO deputy caught up to the silver Ford SUV and conducted a traffic stop on SR 60, just west of US 27 in Lake Wales. The deputy noted that Spence had slurred speech with a strong odor of alcohol coming from her vehicle, “and her eyes were bloodshot and watery.”
After a field sobriety test, Spence was placed under arrest for DUI. At one point, Spence said to the deputy “my father is a lawyer and he will sue every single one of you.”
Spence provided two breath samples; one measured 0.213 G/210L and the other 0.214 G/210L. Both samples were well over twice the legal threshold of 0.08 G/210L. In addition to the criminal charge of DUI, Ms. Spence was also given a citation for failing to maintain a single lane.
For more on the story, see the video accompanying this article.
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(Source: Polk County Sheriff’s Office)
Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today
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