Welcome to Arrest Stories. Top Chef winner Kelsey Clark was arrested on DUI charges after crashing her vehicle into a mailbox while driving with her two children in Dothan, Alabama. Heres what may have happened.
On January twenty first around eight pm Central Standard Time, thirty five year old Kelsey Clark was driving through a residential neighborhood in Dothan, Alabama when her vehicle struck a brick mailbox in the thirteen hundred block of Selkirk Drive. Clark was traveling with her two children at the time of the crash, though the children were not injured in the incident.
Police received a call about the vehicle striking the mailbox and officers responded to investigate. A Dothan Police spokesperson stated, "On January twenty first around eight pm CST, Dothan Police Officers responded to the thirteen hundred block of Selkirk Drive in Dothan for reports of a vehicle crash. Officers found a single vehicle collided with a mailbox."
When officers arrived at the scene, they observed that Clark appeared to be impaired. According to police reports, Clark reeked of booze and showed several other indications of driver impairment. Officers conducted field sobriety tests at the scene, which included having Clark walk in a straight line and stand on one foot. Her performance on these tests was poor, as police said Clark couldn't complete the basic sobriety tasks successfully.
Following the field sobriety testing, officers determined Clark was unsafe to operate a vehicle due to impairment. The police spokesperson confirmed, "Our officers who responded to the scene determined that Ms. Clark was under the influence." Clark was subsequently taken into custody and charged with driving under the influence.
The police statement continued, "The driver, identified as Ms. Clark, was tested for sobriety after observations by officers on scene. It was determined that Ms. Clark was unsafe to operate a vehicle due to impairment. Ms. Clark was taken into custody and charged with DUI."
Clark, a businesswoman and author, won season sixteen of Top Chef in two thousand nineteen. Following her arrest, Clark spent the night in jail.
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