A Florida woman who was arrested Friday and charged with drunken driving while on her way to a bar with eight children in her van remained in jail Tuesday on $325,000 bond, according to public records.
Lawanda Lowery-Gale of Gainesville also is charged with eight counts of child neglect, property damage and driving with a suspended license, Alachua County Jail records state.
Lowery-Gale, 32, told police she was trying to get to a nightclub when she allegedly sideswiped another car about 9:50 p.m. Friday, according to the Gainesville Sun.
No injuries were reported but damages from the wreck were estimated at more than $1,000, the Gainesville Sun reported.
The eight children were ages 10 months to 14 years. Six were Lowery-Gale’s and the other two were her nieces, police told the Sun.
In a breath test at the jail, Lowery-Gale registered a blood alcohol content of .166, more than twice Florida’s legal limit of 0.08, the Sun said.
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