{"id":141232,"date":"2026-03-18T00:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/141232\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T00:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:44:20","slug":"mayor-of-upper-darby-issues-statement-after-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/141232\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor of Upper Darby issues statement after traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This story originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/mayor-barbarann-keffer-charges-upper-darby-drunk-driving-dui-accusations\/12750788\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">6abc<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk lqtk MTjh yuUa\">The mayor of Upper Darby, Barbarann Keffer, has issued a statement after she was booked on DUI charges following a Thursday night traffic stop.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk lqtk MTjh yuUa\">According to court records, Keffer appeared to be drunk, got in a crash and ultimately refused a blood test.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk lqtk MTjh yuUa\">\u201c\u2026 I realize that I am held to a higher standard and I am prepared to face the consequences of my actions,\u201d the statement said.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk lqtk MTjh yuUa\">Charging documents allege that Keffer was traveling westbound on Route 322 near Chelsea Parkway when an officer behind her noticed her Toyota Corolla had a flat tire, damage to its front bumper and was swerving into oncoming traffic.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk lqtk MTjh yuUa\">The officer pulled Keffer over and smelled the odor of alcohol. According to charging documents, Keffer admitted to having three drinks, failed a roadside sobriety test and then refused to continue with the test.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk lqtk MTjh yuUa\">The officer placed her into custody and took her to the Upper Chichester Police Department where she allegedly refused a blood test and also refused to be photographed and fingerprinted. Police say she was not belligerent.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk lqtk MTjh yuUa\">The investigation continued and police say township surveillance cameras revealed that her vehicle was not damaged at one point during her travels.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk lqtk MTjh yuUa\">Police believe she hit a guardrail on the 700 block of Meetinghouse Road. Sources say Keffer was returning from a Democratic fundraiser in the township at the time.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Ekqk lqtk MTjh yuUa\">Keffer was released from custody later that night.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This story originally appeared on 6abc. The mayor of Upper Darby, Barbarann Keffer, has issued a statement after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[212,147,149,148,150],"class_list":["post-141232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upper-darby","tag-delaware-county","tag-upper-darby","tag-upper-darby-headlines","tag-upper-darby-news","tag-upper-darby-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}