Plantation DUI instructor accused of driving drunk, half-naked [Florida]

sun-sentinel ^ | July 26, 2006 | Lisa J. Huriash

[ncountylee]

PLANTATION -- A veteran officer and police academy DUI instructor was driving drunk, naked from the waist down, and speeding on Florida's Turnpike at 90 mph when she was pulled over by an Orange County Sheriff's deputy on the night of Dec. 9, according to a Plantation Police Internal Affairs report released this week.

She had a large open bottle of Southern Comfort in her car, which her attorney later argued was used to train police recruits.

Officer Laurie Primeau, 47, has been suspended without pay until Aug. 8. The 1994 Plantation Officer of the Year has been with the department for almost 27 years.

The report states she drew the attention of a police officer when she swerved into his lane and "almost collided" with him.

"I asked her, `Where are your pants?' and I think she answered, `I don't know,'" Deputy David Alvarado told Plantation investigators. "Kinda shocked me."

Alvarado said he asked for backup because "I didn't want to be alone too long with a naked female on the side of the road."

He asked her again about her pants and she reached for her sweatpants and she put them on, he said.

Alvarado told investigators that Primeau "was sweating real bad. Her face was real red. Her eyes were bloodshot." He told investigators she failed a few roadside sobriety exercises.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

LOL.I'd like to know why she wasn't wearing any pants.

Gettin' ready to do a little mobile banjo playing, perhaps?

[TommyDale]

"...naked from the waist down..."

That's why they call it Southern Comfort!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

She had a large open bottle of Southern Comfort in her car, which her attorney later argued was used to train police recruits.

They train police recruits to drink cheap whiskey?

[Xenalyte]

That's what I was thinking . . . who actually drinks SoCo when they can afford anything else?

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Apparently drunk police officers without pants...:^)

[Xenalyte]

True. True.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Although it does bring up a question. Which came first, the lack of pants or the consumption of S.C.? Maybe we have it backwards?

Perhaps this unfortunate woman drank because she had no pants....

[Toby06]

Im my experience, it's always the alcohol first before I lose my pants.

I also tend to lose my shirt after losing my pants, but that's with lawyers involved.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Chorus from the new George Strait Song, "Just Give It Away"

"Just give it away.

"There ain't nothin' in this house worth fightin' over.

"Oh, an' we're both tired of fightin' anyway,

"So just give it away."

I'm thinking dumb women everywhere are going to start saying this and George will become a Saint!

[Cagey]

Apparently drunk police officers without pants...:^)

I'm thinking a good lawyer could blame the ad company.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Is there any situation you can't find a picture for?

Kudos on that one!

[Cagey]

Actually, I didn't find that picture. I just went outside my trailer with a digital camera a few minutes ago.

Funny, but all these years I thought Southern Comfort was an expensive liquor. I need to get out more.

[Slings and Arrows]

Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.

[Freedom4US]

I want to see a photo of the "DUI Instructor"; she has set the standard..

[SoothingDave]

Officer Laurie Primeau, 47, has been suspended without pay until Aug. 8.

Primo!

And Southern Comfort isn't whiskey. It's a liqueur.

SD

[Abathar]

I'm just curious if she had leather seats or cloth.....

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

So is that sign used for shade at your home?

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I don't claim to know as much about alcohol as some of you experts.... ;^)

[SoothingDave]

We all have our callings.

SD

[phoenix0468]

Sounds like she had more than a little southern comfort.