Woman ‘just out of rehab’ had open 12-pack, child in car, deputies say

A woman was arrested in unincorporated Wellington, Fla., for DUI and child neglect. Stephanie Roque, 30, allegedly had an open 12-pack of beer in her car. Police said the 12-back was sitting beneath a child's feet in the backseat.

A woman was arrested on Thursday in an unincorporated area of Wellington, Fla., after deputies said she drove intoxicated with a child in the back seat, who was sitting above an open case of beer.

A Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy pulled over Miami resident Stephanie Roque, 30, on Forest Hill Boulevard and Lyons Road abour 11 a.m. after she made a complete stop in her SUV in the center of a lane. The deputy said that Roque's drivers license was suspended, and noticed she had a "strong smell of alcohol," the arrest report states.

Roque told the deputy that she “just got out of rehab today for a drinking problem,” according to the report. The deputy found a child in the backseat of the car with an open 12-pack of beer sitting underneath the child’s feet. Only nine of the 12 beers were in the case, the report states.

The deputy had Roque perform roadside sobriety tests, and then arrested her on charges of DUI and child neglect. Roque was booked into the Palm Beach County jail and released on Thursday after posting a $4,000 bond, according to jail records.