{"id":434754,"date":"2026-10-22T11:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/434754\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T11:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:56:10","slug":"cape-coral-woman-accused-of-dui-with-child-in-the-car-in-walmart-parking-lot-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/434754\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral woman accused of DUI with child in the car in Walmart parking lot crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CarsonCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

A woman was arrested on Tuesday in Cape Coral after being accused of causing a car crash while drunk driving with a child in the car.<\/p>\n

According to the Cape Coral Police Department arrest report, officers responded to reports of a crash in the parking lot of the Walmart located on Northeast Pine Island Road at around 5:24 p.m.<\/p>\n

Officers conducted a crash investigation and found that a maroon Chevrolet Traverse, driven by Stephanie Mederos, pulled out in front of a vehicle turning into the parking lot, causing a crash, CCPD said. The other driver involved in the crash told officers that following the collision, Mederos got out of her vehicle and began swearing at the other driver.<\/p>\n

Officers noted that Mederos had a child in the car at the time of the crash, and that the child was not properly secured in a booster seat or car seat, the report said. Officers spoke with Mederos and noticed that she was displaying several signs of being drunk, including slurred speech, bloodshot eyes, a flushed red face, and a strong odor of alcohol on her breath.<\/p>\n

Mederos was asked to participate in Standard Field Sobriety exercises and was unable to complete them to officers’ satisfaction, the report said. Officers asked Mederos to provide a breath sample, but she refused.<\/p>\n

Mederos was arrested and faces charges of DUI with a person under 18 years of age in the vehicle, DUI property damage, refusal to submit to DUI testing and neglect of a child.<\/p>\n

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