When she was arrested, she asked to be let go and asked the officers to take her home.

PANAMA CITY BEACH

A 54-year-old Panama City Beach woman who left her Pontiac stuck in a ditch in the early hours of Sept. 10 asked a Bay County Sheriff’s Office deputy if he would give her his shoes. When he said no, she asked him to carry her instead.

The deputy was on Holly Lane approaching McElvey Road about 3:14 a.m. when he saw the Pontiac with its rear wheels in a ditch. There was fresh damage to the car on the passenger side. While he was checking for occupants, a woman walked up to him — stinking of liquor.

“The smell was so strong I could smell it from over three feet away,” the deputy noted in his report. The woman told him she was not injured, and he asked her what happened. “She looked at me, shrugged her shoulders and made a ‘hmmph’ sound.”

She admitted she was driving the car and told the deputy that she was at the “apartment complex” to pick up a friend two doors down. He explained to her that she was in an industrial area full of closed businesses. “She asked me several times if she could wear my shoes,” the deputy reported. “She also asked if I could carry her.”

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper responded to the scene, conducted a traffic investigation and a field sobriety test. However, the woman was too drunk to complete any of the tests. When she was arrested, she asked to be let go and asked the officers to take her home.

She also claimed to have left her ex-husband’s small grandchild home alone, which the deputy determined to be untrue.