Machelle Dean, the mother-in-law of George Zimmerman who fatally shot and killed Trayvon Martin, was arrested on a DUI charge in Volusia County.
According to the Orlando Sentinel:
Machelle Dean, whose daughter Shellie Zimmerman is married to George Zimmerman, was arrested Aug. 8 after witnesses called authorities to report a reckless driver on State Road 415 in Osteen.
Dean, of Lake Mary, told deputies she has prescriptions for hydrocodone, Xanax and carisoprodol.
She told deputies she took at least two of the painkillers before driving.
According to a report from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, witnesses told deputies Dean was swerving in and out of her lane, almost crashing into oncoming traffic several times.
She also nearly hit a pedestrian and construction cones, the report said.
A witness traveling behind Dean’s Lincoln sedan called 911 and then stopped when the Lincoln pulled off the road.
One witness told deputies they were “certain the driver of the vehicle was going to kill someone or themselves.”
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Reportedly once deputies arrived and talked to Dean, her words were slurred, she had watery eyes and was clearly impaired.
Dean also could not succesfully pass any field-sobriety tests deputies requested of her.
This summer Dean’s daughter, Shellie Zimmerman was arrested on a perjury charge after she lied about her finances during a hearing for her husband’s murder case.
SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
