Two separate DUI cases
on U.S. 1 kept Monroe
County Sheriff’s Office deputies
working in the Lower
Keys busy, or at the very
least, scratching their heads.
One involved a topless
woman who was fighting
with her girlfriend while
attempting to drive at the
same time Tuesday night
and the other involved a
man found laying on his
back and playing with his
cellphone on the shoulder of
the highway near Shark Key
early Thursday, according to
arrest reports.
Deputy Austin Hopp
received multiple reports
from dispatch of a reckless
driver in a southbound black
Dodge Charger about 8 p.m.
Tuesday at Mile Marker 32
that was not maintaining its
lane or speed.
He stopped the car at
Mile Marker 13 and the driver
opened the driver’s side
door before he approached.
“As I
parked my
patrol car
b e h i n d
the vehicle
and exited
my car, I
could hear
screaming
coming
from inside the Charger,”
Hopp wrote. “I could also
hear a female voice yell, ‘Help
me!’ I approached the vehicle
and observed in the driver
seat, a white female leaning
over the center console and
grabbing another female
with both arms. (The driver)
was not wearing a shirt
and her upper body was
completely undressed. Both
females were shaking, yelling
and pushing each other.”
The driver was identified
as Stefani Claire Godsey, 44,
of Lansing, Michigan. The
other woman was later identified
as her girlfriend.