An Ocala woman was arrested late Thursday night after a Marion County Sheriff’s deputy watched her entire vehicle cross the yellow line after making a wide turn onto NE 7th Street.
According to a sheriff’s office report, 60-year-old Candy Williams Homan, who lives in the 4800 block of 16th Street, was traveling east on Silver Springs Boulevard when she made the wide right turn onto NE 7th Street just after 11:30 p.m. A deputy who was traveling behind Homan also saw her light brown 2009 Volkswagen touch the left-lane marker as it approached a red light at the intersection of NE 36th Avenue.
The deputy said he continued to follow the Volkswagen and saw it touch both lane markers several times. He added that the vehicle’s speed fluctuated above and below the speed limit by about 5 mph several times.
Homan then headed south on NE Baseline Road, touching the right lane marker and traveling 13 mph slower than the 45-mph speed limit. The deputy, fearing that the driver was ill or having a car problem, stopped Homan’s vehicle in the 5700 block of E Fort King Street.
When the deputy asked for Homan’s driver’s license, he smelled a strong odor of alcohol on her breath and noticed that her eyes were bloodshot and watery, the report states. When asked if she’d been drinking, Homan told the deputy she’d had two drinks – one an hour earlier.
Homan failed four field sobriety tests, including not being able to recite the alphabet, the report says. She was arrested and transported to the Marion County Jail. Her passenger, 51-year-old Robert Harrold Spell, elected to walk home.
At Homan’s request, her Volkswagen was released to 50-year-old Steven Garret Head, who came to the scene of the traffic stop to pick up the car.
At the jail, Homan refused to give a breath sample. She was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and released Friday morning on $1,000 bond.