Melissa Rycroft allegedly claimed to be the victim of a hit-and-run before cops arrested her for driving while intoxicated … but, they say a witness totally contradicted the claim.
We’ve obtained a search warrant from law enforcement in Tarrant County, Texas … which states officers responded to a call just after noon on September 23 — where they say they found Melissa standing with an off-duty firefighter and swaying.
The officer claims Melissa had “bloodshot eyes, slurred speech” and alleges she “had a slight odor of a metabolized alcoholic beverage” on her breath.
According to the docs, Melissa told an officer she’d been hit by another driver who then fled the scene … and, the officer says he noticed damage to the right side of Rycroft’s black Cadillac Escalade as well as damage to a tree on the side of the road…