A Florida woman was allegedly so drunk behind the wheel that she was pulled over driving the wrong way down the road and then handed a cop a Barnes & Noble gift card instead of her license.
Kami Ellis, 52, was pulled over in Tampa by a deputy with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday at 12:30 a.m. after the officer noticed her vehicle traveling the wrong way and saw her jump a curb, body camera footage posted to the department’s Facebook page shows.
“You feeling okay?” the officer is heard asking Ellis after pulling her over.
“Yeah, I’m good,” Ellis replied.
“You don’t know how to shut your car off?” the deputy asks her.
It appears that Ellis struggles to shut off the car, and the deputy asks if the car belongs to her.
“Yes,” she said.
After finally shutting off the vehicle, the cop tells her he pulled her over because of her erratic driving and asks her to hand over her license — but she hands over her credit card instead.
“That’s your credit card,” the officer tells her.
Realizing her mistake, she tries again, but this time hands him a Barnes & Noble gift card.
“That’s a Barnes & Noble gift card,” the officer tells her.
The video then shows Ellis standing outside her vehicle as the officer asks her to take one step forward — and she can barely manage it. He stops her and tells her to put her glasses back on.
He then told her to place her hands behind her back before cuffing her.
Ellis was charged with driving under the influence, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
An arrest report showed Ellis blew a BAC of 0.204 and 0.209 — more than twice the legal limit — after being pulled over.
She was later released on a $1,000 bond.
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