Teacher had two beers and plums in her lunch box

A Lee County teacher is accused of driving under the influence and deputies say she crashed into another car in her school's parking lot. Deputies say on Thursday morning, the Dunbar Middle School, school resource officer called to report a minor crash that happened in the parking lot.

The crash involved teacher Christine Murgueytio's white Kia and another parked car. The SRO told deputies that Murgueytio might have been impaired because an eyewitness had said that she was stumbling and that her speech was "thick tongued." When deputies arrived and spoke the teacher, she was asked if she had been drinking or taking any drugs.



According to the arrest report, she replied that she had only taken one Ambien Wednesday night. When asked to take a field sobriety test, she agreed but asked to do so in the back of the parking lot so that her co-workers and students would not see it happening. Based on the results of those tests, she was placed in custody and asked to give a breath sample.

And as the deputy was gathering her things from her car, according to the arrest report, he found two beer cans in her lunch box next to some uneaten plums. Murgueytio also agreed to give a urine sample, which was then placed into evidence. She was then taken to the Lee County Jail, but has since been released on bond.

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