Posted on 11/19/2002 6:09:40 AM PST by Lorenb420
COVINGTON, La. -- A babysitter with five children in her car was arrested for drunken driving after she passed out at a rest stop and one of her charges, a seven-year-old girl, used a cellphone to call 911.
Linda Hebert, 40, of Picayune, Miss., was found slumped over the steering wheel Sunday with the car still running, the St. Tammany Parish sheriff's office said. The children were unhurt.
PEPPER SPRAY
Hebert's blood-alcohol level registered 0.27 on a breath test, well over the 0.10 limit, the report said. Deputies said they had to use pepper spray when Hebert became "combative." She remained jailed yesterday.
Two of the kids, a five-year-old and a nine-year-old, were Hebert's. The others, who were four, six and seven, were left in her care.
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