A Lady Lake woman was arrested on a drunk driving charge after she was found with a bottle of Black Velvet Canadian whiskey tucked between her legs on New Year’s Eve.
Veronica Lorna Timmons, 56, was at the wheel of a black Ford passenger car shortly before 7 p.m. when she was pulled over at the TA Travel Center on State Road 44 in Wildwood, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. She was found to have a 50 milliliter bottle of whiskey between her legs, though she denied she had been drinking from it. She claimed she’d consumed a single 12-ounce Busch beer over the previous four hours.
Her eyes were red, but Timmons said it was because she had been crying over an argument she’d had with her daughter.
Timmons participated in field sobriety exercises, but had to stop due to “a bad left knee,” the report said. She provided breath samples that indicated she had .163 and .167 blood alcohol content.
Timmons was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence and booked at the Sumter County Detention Center. She was released after posting $1,000 bond.
