Their culture; A Florida mom was reported for drunk driving by her own son and three of his friends — and now she faces child neglect and drug charges, authorities said.
Angela R. Woodworth, 45, was so wasted behind the wheel that the four 11-year-old children she was riding with jumped out of the car and ran to call police because they feared for their lives, News 4 Jacksonville reports.
The Gainesville resident was arrested Tuesday and charged with four felony counts of marijuana possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, child neglect and resisting an officer without violence after cops discovered 2 grams of marijuana in the vehicle and a pipe under the driver’s seat, police said.
“We really didn’t see what was going on,” said Kenisha Drayton, who was at the Steak ‘n Shake where the incident unfolded. “All we heard was someone screaming.”
Woodworth’s son and his friends — a boy and two girls — entered the fast food joint in fear for their lives because of how crazy the inebriated mom was driving, according to police.
“One of the boys told me his mom, they just left Ruby Tuesday, and his mom was really drunk and swerving all over the road,” said diner Josh Kramer. “She hit a pole and broke a mirror off her car. They came to a stop. When they came to a stop, the kids jumped out of the car and ran into the restaurant.”
As Kramer called 911, Woodworth showed up and tried to get the kids to come with her, according to News 4.
“The kids took off running around the restaurant. She started following them around the restaurant,” Kramer added. “I finally got them back up front and told them to stay on the sidewalk, police would be here in a second and they didn’t need to be scared. I was helping them out.”
When an officer arrived at the restaurant, the children sprinted to him for safety, police said.
“They were not in a parking space, so we could only assume that her driving was so bad at that point that she couldn’t even make it into the parking space,” GPD Officer Ben Tobias told News 4. “We are very glad that the children were not hurt.”
The kids told cops they spent the day at several locations, including a bowling alley where Woodworth drank two pitchers of beer and a Ruby Tuesday where she downed four drinks. The purchases were confirmed with receipts, according to police.
The children also said they had been roaming the mall unsupervised while Woodworth was at Ruby Tuesday getting bombed, News 4 reports.
“Hopefully she gets the help that she needs and the punishment that she deserves to put somebody’s kids and her own kids behind that kind of dangerous situation right there,” said Travis Smith, who also saw the incident. “I’ll pray for her.”
It’s shameful for a mom to get reported by her own son. Being a mother she shouldn’t be driving drunk; and now that she is facing DUI and child neglect charges, she is in grave need of a lawyer. Most lawyers offer a free consultation in their office. My brother is an intern with a DUI attorney Los Angeles. Let me know if you need any help.
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