UGA student allegedly runs stop sign, charged with DUI

On behalf of Raymond Giudice P.C posted in DUI Defense on Monday, October 21, 2013.

A University of Georgia student was arrested and charged with DUI Sunday at 3:31 a.m. after reportedly failing to stop for a stop sign.

An Athens -Clarke County officer pulled the White Nissan X-Terra over and spoke with the driver, Hannah Shelby Spiegler, 20.  He reportedly detected “the strong smell of an alcoholic beverage coming from her breath and person.”  Spiegler told the officer she was coming from Waffle House and had been at the Montgomery Gentry concert the night before.

When the officer asked her if she had anything to drink, Spiegler reportedly said “I’m good.”  The reporting officer asked her to step outside of the car and while she was away from the other people in the car, the officer reportedly still noticed “the strong odor of alcoholic beverage emanating from her breath and person.”

Spiegler then said she had “pregamed a little before the game at noon” and consented to a field sobriety test, according to the police report.

After noticing clues during the sobriety test, the officer arrested Spiegler.  She was transported to the Clarke County Jail and booked at 4:55 a.m.

Spiegler could not be reached for comment by The Red & Black.

SOURCE:  Athens Red & Black,  “UGA student allegedly runs stop sign, charged with DUI,”  Police blotter, October 14, 2013.