A Village of Bridgeport at Lake Miona woman who went on a wine run in her golf cart has been sentenced on a charge of driving under the influence.
Rosemary Cabral, 71, who lives on Hartford Path, was driving a silver Yamaha golf cart March 20 when she ran a stop sign at Old Camp Road and Old Mill Run at Lake Sumter Landing, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
A deputy activated the emergency lights and siren of his patrol car, but Cabral’s golf cart continued traveling for another half a mile. The deputy had to yell out a window to get Cabral to finally pull over.
It appeared Cabral had been drinking.
The Massachusetts native indicated she had been to Winn-Dixie. She produced a blue bag and showed the deputy a box of Black Box brand wine she had purchased.
Cabral failed field sobriety exercises. As she was being placed under arrest, she kept turning away so handcuffs could not be placed on her wrists. She refused to walk to the deputy’s patrol car. It took two deputies to carry Cabral, who stands five feet tall and weighs 130 pounds, to place her in the squad car. Cabral provided breath samples that registered .150 and .147 blood alcohol content.
This past week in Sumter County Court, she was sentenced to six months probation and ordered to perform 20 hours of community service.