A Lady Lake woman will lose her driver’s license as a result of being caught 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.
The bottle of whiskey was open and only a small portion remained in the bottle.
“Upon advising the defendant I saw the bottle of alcohol she attempted to conceal it more and act like she did not know where it was located, subsequently providing me the bottle after I pointed it out several times,” the deputy wrote in the arrest report.
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.
Earlier this month in Sumter County Court, a judgment of guilty was ordered in the case. Timmons will lose her driver’s license for six months, has been placed on probation for one year and has been ordered to perform 80 hours of community service.
