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A Florida woman accused of drunk driving reportedly broke down in tears after police arrested her for allegedly slamming into a parked car, striking the vehicle’s owner and then complaining that officers were being unfair because she believed they “were all friends.”
Elizabeth Boucher is facing suspicion of driving under the influence after the Aug. 30 crash in Daytona Beach, Florida, according to Daytona Beach police.
“Please don’t take me to jail over this,” Boucher cried during the arrest, according to police. “I thought we were all friends.”
Home security video released by authorities allegedly shows the 24-year-old, described by police as intoxicated, steering her Ford Bronco through a roundabout moments before crashing into the victim’s parked Honda outside the woman’s home.
The force of the impact sent shards of glass into the air, as Boucher’s decked-out Bronco pushed the smaller sedan across the front lawn.
Boucher kept her foot on the gas, spinning her back tires and sending dirt flying into the air — despite the wrecked car stopping the Bronco in its path.
The victim, who wasn’t in the car at the time of the crash, was told by a neighbor about the crash and ran out front to see what happened when the two got into a physical altercation.
“She came at me and she was like in my face. She smacked me right here,” the unidentified woman said, showing police officers where she was hit.
The woman allegedly struck Boucher back, sending the driver falling to the ground, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime.
Boucher is accused of following the woman back to her front door where she was shoved again before police arrived.
Boucher, who was wearing a black bra and leggings, had shown signs of intoxication from the moment officers arrived.
She had “difficulty standing” and handed one cop a passport instead of the requested driver’s license.
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When asked again for her license, Boucher allegedly handed over her purse before saying “she was hot” as she tried to get into a police car, the outlet reported.
The alleged driver also pleaded to cops that she was “never going to get pulled over again” but “appeared surprised” when she was told she was in a car crash and in fact not at a traffic stop.
She also didn’t seem aware of where she was and gave a vague recollection of the crash when asked.
“I guess I hit the front right of their car,” Boucher whined to the officer. “But I don’t know what really happened.”
Police officers didn’t buy Boucher’s explanation, saying her story was way off.
“You didn’t just hit the front of the car, you took the car completely off,” the officer told Boucher.
Officers investigating the crash shared the devastating news with Boucher that they suspected she was under the influence and in no condition to drive a car and were most likely going to arrest her.
The alleged drunk driver became uncooperative with the officers when they asked her if she would “submit to a sobriety exercise,” telling them “no” before trying to walk off.
The cops grabbed Boucher and handcuffed her, keeping her close by as she continued to refuse any tests, including giving a breath sample.
Boucher claimed she was a mother and needed to get her child something before the crash.
“I’m not resisting arrest; I just wanna make sure my daughter gets what she needs,” the handcuffed Boucher said, according to the video, without further context.
Boucher was charged with resisting arrest without violence, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, touch or strike, refusal to submit to DUI testing, DUI, and DUI damage of property.
She was booked and released from jail on Aug. 31.
Boucher is expected to appear back in court on Oct. 21.