TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 A trooper’s Dashcam captured an accused drunk driver plowing down a light pole in Tampa early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
According to a Florida Highway Patrol arrest affidavit, the incident occurred on the I-4 exit ramp at East Columbus Drive at 2 a.m.<\/p>\n
Arrest papers said a trooper tried to initiate a traffic stop after his radar reported the vehicle traveling at 105 mph, but the driver lost control and crashed off the exit.<\/p>\n
When the trooper approached the driver, identified as Charisma Lyna McGowan, 31, arrest papers said she tried to drive off multiple times, but the car was disabled due to the crash.<\/p>\n
Troopers said McGowan admitted to drinking alcoholic beverages before the incident, performed poorly on standardized field sobriety exercises, and had a strong odor of alcohol emitting from her breath.<\/p>\n
McGowan agreed to take a breath test, which came back as 0.145 BrAC.<\/p>\n
When told she was under arrest, McGowan became “extremely upset” and “began crying and yelling again,” arrest papers said.<\/p>\n
When the trooper told her several times to get into the cruiser, she “continually yelled, screamed, and cried,” and resisted when the trooper tried to use force to get her into the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Arrest papers said the trooper then unholstered a taser and began to aim it at McGowan, and she immediately complied and got into the cruiser.<\/p>\n
McGowan was arrested on charges of driving under the influence resulting in property damage, resisting arrest without violence, reckless driving, and obstructing an officer without violence.<\/p>\n