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Third-time Chesapeake DUI offender caught at 4 times legal BAC limit
Posted on Aug 21, 2009
A woman is awaiting her sentence for DUI and maiming after a June 2008 accident on Route 58 in Chesapeake. The woman, Betty Faye Torres, was caught with a BAC of 0.34, more than 4 times the legal limit of 0.08.
The accident happened last summer when Torres crashed into a car pulled over on the side of the road. The other driver had pulled over to check his GPS when he was hit by Torres. Paramedics responding at the scene found that Torres’ car contained a number of empty small liquor bottles. Police also found a bottle of cognac in her car.
The jury in Torres’ trial ordered that she spend four years, 6 months in jail, however the judge set her free. She is allowed to be free on bond until her sentencing in November as long as she does not drive, drink, and if she adheres to a curfew.
According to court records, Torres has been caught drinking and driving twice before. The first time was on a Navy base, the second time was in Virginia Beach. This time she injured the driver and passenger of the stopped car when she crashed into them.
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