Naples, Florida, police arrested Mayor Teresa Heitmann on Aug. 28 for allegedly driving below the affect.
Police initially responded to a residence within the 500 block of sixteenth Avenue South after receiving a name from a person and his spouse saying an unknown lady in a silver automobile had adopted them from twelfth Avenue South and third Road South — a well-liked strip of eating places and retailers in downtown Naples — to their residence.
When the couple arrived at their residence, the unknown lady “stopped her vehicle on the grass in front of their home,” police mentioned in a press launch.
After a “brief exhange” between the callers and the girl, she parked of their entrance yard, at which level the couple determined to contact police.
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Police initially responded to a residence within the 500 block of sixteenth Avenue South after receiving a name from a person and his spouse saying an unknown lady in a silver automobile was following them from twelfth Avenue South and third Road South to their residence. (Google Maps)
“I think the mayor is drunk and she just, she just literally—oh, she just drove over our mailbox,” the caller could be heard saying in a 911 name, in keeping with native information outlet NBC 2.
When the police arrived, they recognized the girl leaning on her automobile as Mayor Heitmann. Police-worn physique digital camera footage obtained by NBC 2 reveals Heitmann showing to distance herself from her personal title whereas interacting with officers.
“Mrs. Mayor, will you come on over for me right here?” an officer could be heard saying to Heitmann within the footage.
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Naples, Florida, police recognized the unknown driver as Mayor Teresa Heitmann. (Collier County)
“No, don’t call me mayor. I am Teresa Heitmann right now, I am not the mayor,” she responds.
Officers imagine Heitmann could have been intoxicated and requested her to finish a discipline sobriety check, which she agreed to. Upon completion of the check, responding officers “found probable cause to arrest Mrs. Heitmann for driving under the influence of an intoxicating substance,” police mentioned.
Authorities transported the mayor to Naples Jail Middle, the place she agreed to take part in a breathalyzer check to find out her blood-alcohol content material. Following the breathalyzer, police decided that she had a BAC of 0.155 and 0.169, whereas the authorized restrict in Florida is 0.08.
Mayor Teresa Heitmann was apprehended within the 500 block of sixteenth Avenue South in Naples, Florida. (Google Maps)
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“City employees were saddened to learn about last week’s incident involving the Mayor,” Naples Metropolis Supervisor Jay Boodheshwar informed Fox Information Digital in a press release. “Naples community should rest assured that our City team is committed and dedicated to serving our residents. I have 100% confidence that our City employees will not let this incident affect service delivery to our community.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to Heitmann’s lawyer, James Derek Verderamo, for remark.
Fox Information Digital’s Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.
