Lake County detention deputy drives over fire hydrant, arrested for DUI, officials say

A Lake County sheriff's deputy is facing a DUI charge.Patricia Schuck works at the Lake County Jail, but she was put in a cell Friday morning after driving over a fire hydrant and flooding a neighborhood street, officials said.Investigators said the crash disrupted the water supply in the neighborhood. Crews replaced the fire hydrant, but a piece of a car was lying there.Schuck worked at the jail for three years as a detention deputy. She told state troopers she was on her way to work Friday morning when she cut a corner in the Scottish Highlands Subdivision in Leesburg and hit a fire hydrant, officials said.The crash did not just flood the area; neighbors say it knocked out the water supply.George Hudak says he woke up Friday morning, turned on his faucet and nothing came out."We had no water this morning. I rode my bike up here to see what was going on and evidently, one of the residents here hit the fire hydrant," Hudak said.Dash cam footage shows a trooper taking Schuck into his car to do a sobriety test somewhere else.At a new location, the trooper showed Schuck how to do the heel-to-toe sobriety test.She struggled to do it properly, stumbling.A few minutes later, she was put in handcuffs and arrested.The video shows her admitting to a trooper she had four glasses of wine. Troopers say Schuck later did a breath test which showed her blood-alcohol-concentration level was at .2. The legal limit is .08.Schuck is now facing two DUI charges.

A Lake County sheriff's deputy is facing a DUI charge.

Patricia Schuck works at the Lake County Jail, but she was put in a cell Friday morning after driving over a fire hydrant and flooding a neighborhood street, officials said.


Investigators said the crash disrupted the water supply in the neighborhood. Crews replaced the fire hydrant, but a piece of a car was lying there.

Schuck worked at the jail for three years as a detention deputy.

She told state troopers she was on her way to work Friday morning when she cut a corner in the Scottish Highlands Subdivision in Leesburg and hit a fire hydrant, officials said.

The crash did not just flood the area; neighbors say it knocked out the water supply.

George Hudak says he woke up Friday morning, turned on his faucet and nothing came out.

"We had no water this morning. I rode my bike up here to see what was going on and evidently, one of the residents here hit the fire hydrant," Hudak said.

Dash cam footage shows a trooper taking Schuck into his car to do a sobriety test somewhere else.

At a new location, the trooper showed Schuck how to do the heel-to-toe sobriety test.

She struggled to do it properly, stumbling.

A few minutes later, she was put in handcuffs and arrested.

The video shows her admitting to a trooper she had four glasses of wine. Troopers say Schuck later did a breath test which showed her blood-alcohol-concentration level was at .2. The legal limit is .08.

Schuck is now facing two DUI charges.