08-12-2012, 03:01 PM
throw away the damn key! 
Gainesville Sun
A Gainesville woman who was driving to a bar with eight children in her van was arrested on DUI and child neglect charges after a minor traffic crash at 1100 W. University Ave. on Friday night, according to arrest reports.
Lawanda Lowery-Gale, 32, of 1939 NW 31st Ave., was charged with DUI, eight counts of child neglect and driving with a suspended license by the Gainesville Police Department.
The incident occurred about 9:50 p.m. when Lowery-Gale side-swiped another car on University Avenue with her Kia van, police reported.
In the van were eight children!! aged 10 months to 14 years. Police said six of the youngsters were her children and two were nieces.
Lowery-Gale appeared to be intoxicated and had bloodshot and watery eyes, slurred speech and an odor of alcohol, police said. An arrest report indicates that she performed poorly on sobriety exercises.
She was arrested and given a breath test at the Alachua County Jail. The DUI arrest report states Lowery-Gale registered a blood alcohol level of .166. Florida's legal standard for DUI is .08.
she is being held on $275,000 bail,
Reports state that Lowery-Gale told police she was trying to get to Fubar, a nightclub at 225 W. University Ave, when the accident occurred. Records indicate that Lowery-Gale's license has been suspended five times and that she was cited for failure to submit to an alcohol test in January 2011.
No injuries were reported from the crash, which caused damages estimated at more than $1,000.
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Gainesville Sun
A Gainesville woman who was driving to a bar with eight children in her van was arrested on DUI and child neglect charges after a minor traffic crash at 1100 W. University Ave. on Friday night, according to arrest reports.
Lawanda Lowery-Gale, 32, of 1939 NW 31st Ave., was charged with DUI, eight counts of child neglect and driving with a suspended license by the Gainesville Police Department.
The incident occurred about 9:50 p.m. when Lowery-Gale side-swiped another car on University Avenue with her Kia van, police reported.
In the van were eight children!! aged 10 months to 14 years. Police said six of the youngsters were her children and two were nieces.
Lowery-Gale appeared to be intoxicated and had bloodshot and watery eyes, slurred speech and an odor of alcohol, police said. An arrest report indicates that she performed poorly on sobriety exercises.
She was arrested and given a breath test at the Alachua County Jail. The DUI arrest report states Lowery-Gale registered a blood alcohol level of .166. Florida's legal standard for DUI is .08.
she is being held on $275,000 bail,
Reports state that Lowery-Gale told police she was trying to get to Fubar, a nightclub at 225 W. University Ave, when the accident occurred. Records indicate that Lowery-Gale's license has been suspended five times and that she was cited for failure to submit to an alcohol test in January 2011.
No injuries were reported from the crash, which caused damages estimated at more than $1,000.