Police arrested a Florida woman Friday on a disorderly intoxication charge at Mar-a-Lago after Palm Beach police said she tried to rush toward a Secret Service-restricted zone inside the club and was talking to empty cars.
Amanda Ayres Kerwin, 37, is charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest without violence, both misdemeanors, according to a police report.
The report said a Mar-a-Lago security guard saw Kerwin stumble toward an exit and tried to escort her outside late Friday.
She insisted her friends were inside, and the guard brought her back inside.
Kerwin then rushed toward a Secret Service restricted area, “which was perceived as a danger to another person,” the report stated.
A few hours earlier, first lady Melania Trump made an appearance at the Palm Beach County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day fundraising dinner, which drew nearly 700 people to the club. The report didn't say if Kerwin was attending the event or if she is a club member.
After Kerwin tried to rush into the security zone, Secret Service agents escorted her outside and police were summoned.
When Officer Alexander Tfank arrived shortly before 11 p.m., he smelled alcohol on Kerwin’s breath, according to the report. Kerwin was yelling profanity at one of the security guards, was talking to unoccupied vehicles and was making “incoherent statements,” the report said.
At 11:23 p.m., officers took Kerwin to the Palm Beach Police Department, where she refused to get into a holding cell, according to the report. They eventually shut the door and later took Kerwin to the Palm Beach County Jail.
According to jail records, Kerwin was released on her own recognizance Saturday. She could not be reached for comment.
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