70 Year Old Woman Charged with DUI for 7th Time
Posted on Jun 26, 2009 2:01pm PDT
According to police in Manatee County, a 70 year old woman by the name of Carol Jean May was arrested and charged with
driving under the influence (DUI) for the 7th time. Police arrested the woman outside of DeSoto Square mall after finding her passed out in her car. Since 1971, the 70 year old has been charged with driving under the influence on 7 separate occasions.
Police say that when they noticed May in her vehicle, she was sleeping. They approached the vehicle to wake May up and immediately noticed that her vehicle smelled of alcohol. Once they woke May up, she was unable to stand on her own and also reeked of alcohol. Police then looked up her record and discovered that she had 6 prior DUI arrests and 5 DUI convictions. In 2002, her driver's license had been suspended by a Florida judge.
May was placed under arrest and escorted to the Manatee County jail. There, she said she would not perform the required breath alcohol test because her license, "was already suspended for life." May could barely sit in her chair, which prohibited police from being able to read her Miranda Rights to her. Yesterday, a judge ordered for May to be held on an $80,000 bond.
Court records reveal that May was arrested in 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978, two times in 1998 and once in 2002. In 1998, May had to serve two months of jail time and was ordered to pay over $2,000 in fines.
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