Polk Sheriff Grady Judd: Woman arrested for giving car keys to intoxicated friend who caused deadly

A Florida woman was arrested for giving a set of car keys to her intoxicated friend. Nine minutes later, that friend crashed and killed a man on I-4, deputies say. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said this was the first time in the history of the sheriff’s office that they’ve brought this charge on this set of circumstances. “[English] directly contributed to the death of our victim by allowing Ms. Bruno to have those keys and to drive away from the Wawa station despite the fact she was intoxicated, she was smashed, she was ripped, she was drunk, she was everything you could think of,“ the sheriff said. “[Bruno] was not just intoxicated, she was rip-roaring drunk. She was a on the breathalyzer that night, hours after the crash.“
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