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Authorities arrested Jacqueline Walters Danforth, the daughter veteran news reporters Barbara Walters, on Sunday for DUI charges. Reportedly, authorities had a hard time making the arrest because 44-year-old Danforth was being non-compliant. At the time of the incident Danforth was allegedly behind the wheel of a Honda Pilot and was with a male passenger when authorities approached her. Officials were reporting to a call made sometime around 1:24 a.m. about an SUV that was parked on the side of the road sans lit lights. Police documents alleged that when they approached the vehicle Danforth and her passenger, who is believed to be her boyfriend, were heavily intoxicated. Officers made an attempt to arrest the passenger of the SUV, and that’s when according to their documents, Danforth began to shout and become argumentative with the officer. "I was afraid that the suspect may run into traffic on the highway, so she was taken to the ground due to her unpredictable behavior, then secured in handcuffs," an arresting officer wrote in the report. When Danforth agreed to subdue to a breathalyzer test, she was arrested for a DUI and taken into custody before being released several hours later on a $1,000 bond. She blew a .218, more than twice the legal limit. For some time now, Walters and Danforth have been public about the troubles Danforth had growing up. She is Walters’ only adopted daughter. She was adopted in 1968 when she married her second husband, Lee Guber, who she divorced eight years later. During a 2003 NBC News interview Danforth admitted to abusing drugs when she was younger. She told reporters she used marijuana and meth to help her cope with her own frustrations of growing up as an adopted child. "I think that somewhere inside you think, 'Why did people give me up?'" she told reporters in then interview. Then, her adoptive mother intervened and encouraged that she would go to a camp to get sober. "I'm lucky I didn't die," she said at the time. Driving while intoxicated is never encouraged. It reduces reaction time and significantly reduces the physical reaction time needed to operate a vehicle without crashing or injuring others. There are other alternatives of transport to choose from when you are too intoxicated to drive. You can choose from electing a designated driver to hiring a service that will drive you to your doorsteps such as a taxi. Don’t drink and drive. About the author: Paul E. Lee is a car accident lawyer who cares about the community.
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