Woman Arrested For Driving Golf Cart To Buy Scarecrow

Indiana – An Indiana woman was arrested as she left a drug store with a scarecrow and a bottle of whiskey following reports that she had been driving a golf cart erratically around Chesterton, Ind. Police responding to a call from a motorist about an intoxicated woman on a golf cart weaving between lanes with no lights on say they found Jacqueline Hamilton, 59, stumbling out of a CVS pharmacy. Hamilton was holding a bottle of Canadian Mist whiskey and a large scarecrow, and told police she was buying Halloween decorations for her grandchildren. She said she planned to return home and drink the whiskey by the fire. Officers noticed the smell of alcohol on Hamilton’s breath and a police report said she had difficulty standing up while talking to them.  more