September 30, 2023
Andrea Lee Feeney

A Villager has been sentenced in a drunk driving case after crashing her BMW into golf carts at Brownwood.

Andrea Lee Feeney, 68, of the Village of Lake Deaton, pleaded no contest this previous week in Sumter County Court docket to a cost of driving below the affect. She has been positioned on probation for one 12 months, will lose her driver’s license for one 12 months and has been ordered to carry out 50 hours of neighborhood service.

She was arrested April 5 on account of a crash which occurred at The Villages Golf Automobiles on West Torch Lake Drive, in keeping with an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Division.

Bystanders referred to as 911 after Feeney’s blue 2021 BMW sport utility car strayed from her lane and struck three golf carts parked outdoors the golf cart retailer. She was nonetheless seated within the BMW when officers arrived on the scene. It appeared she had been consuming. She was transported to UF Well being -The Villages Hospital freestanding Emergency Room clinic at Brownwood for a medical analysis.

Feeney admitted she had been consuming and stated she had, “One sangria, two margaritas, I requested them to make them weak.” She refused to offer a breath pattern.