More on KCTV-5 reporter Betsy Webster’s arrest for suspicion of DUI
Just got the police report, and Betsy Webster was more than cited for suspicion of driving under the influence Friday morning. She was arrested.
The report says Webster’s silver 2001 Honda Civic rear-ended a parked Lincoln Town Car at 39th and Baltimore, injuring two people. Webster told police that she was driving east on 39th Street when she saw a car stopped in her lane, but it was too late and she hit the parked car.
The officer reported “major damage” to the front of Webster’s Civic and “damage” to the back of the Town Car, which was “parked in a parking area.”
Webster failed several field sobriety tests and officers described her
breath as giving off a “strong odor” of alcohol, her balance as
“swaying” and pupils as “dilated.”
Webster “repeatedly lost her balance while walking and had to use her arms for balance taking them out away from her body.” She also failed to turn the correct way after being shown how by the officers. Asked to stand on one leg, Webster “repeatedly put her foot down and used her arms for balance while swaying.”
Webster refused a breathalyzer test. She answered several questions at the station, including what she had to eat and when (pretzels and potato chips around 1 or 1:30 a.m.) and how much sleep she’d had the previous day (6-10 hours) but wouldn’t say what her occupation was or what she’d been doing during the last three hours.
I e-mailed Webster to see if she wanted to talk about the incident, but she hasn’t replied. Kinda ironic that KCTV just aired an investigation about cabbies denying drunk people rides or overcharging for short trips.
Update: Webster’s attorney, Kevin Regan, tells me that she has “no comment.” Regan also represented former Star columnist, ol’ “Three Tires” Rhonda Chriss Lokeman, in her fight to keep her driver’s license. Regan got Lokeman back on the road.
