A drunken, shirtless woman hit seven parked cars, then fled, cops say. She didn’t get far.
.jpg "Juvenile officer Krystal Payne drunkenly crashed into seven parked cars in Boynton Beach and then walked away in only a bra and jeans, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies charged her with 7 counts of DUI damage to property and 7 counts of hit and run.")
A residential Boynton Beach road was thrown into chaos Thursday afternoon when a drunken juvenile officer drove through, deputies said.
It was 4:35 p.m. when the call came in of a multi-car crash in the 1100 block of South Military Trail. A Palm Beach Sheriff’s deputy drove to the scene and saw the damage Krystal Payne had left behind.
The deputy walked over to a Chevrolet not far away from the parked cars — at least seven of them — it had crashed into. The key was still in the ignition, the engine running, the passenger side door ajar.
A mostly empty Crown Royal bottle was in the car with an empty cup of liquor that had spilled into the driver’s seat. Several pieces of clothing were strewn inside. Makeup had left marks on the steering wheel
The driver was gone.
Meanwhile, another deputy driving to the scene saw Payne briskly walking away from the crash wearing only a bra and black pants.
The deputy called out “Krystal” to get her attention. She looked back and continued on. The deputy had to “physically” bring her back after she refused to listen to the deputy’s commands.
When asked what happened, Krystal told deputies she didn’t know. Deputies could see her lap was wet, perhaps from the empty cup of liquor spilling on her, and her breath had a strong smell of alcohol.
As she spoke to deputies, they saw she was trying to hide her stomach from them. They could still see the red marks caused by the steering wheel. Her forearm also had fresh scrapes.
Payne asked to go to the hospital because her chest and stomach hurt.
At the hospital she remained covered and clutched the gown around her in a ”flagrant attempt to hide her injuries,” deputies said.
She couldn’t remember the deputy she had talked to at the crash scene when the same deputy came to ask her more questions. She was “very aggressive and belligerent,” deputies said.
Deputies charged her with seven counts of DUI damage to property and seven counts of hit and run.
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