A woman from North Carolina has lost her driver’s license after she was arrested on a drunk driving charge in a golf cart at a town square in The Villages.
Kristen Claire Grunskis, 37, of Swannaoa, N.C. pleaded no contest May 13 in Sumter County Court to a charge of driving under the influence. In addition to losing her driver’s license for six months, she has been placed on probation for one year and was ordered to perform 80 hours of community service.
She was driving a gold 2018 Yamaha golf cart that was backing out of a parking space shortly after 7 p.m. Nov. 22 at Lake Sumter Landing, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy noticed the golf cart did not have any rear vehicle lights illuminated and initiated a traffic stop.
Grunskis presented her North Carolina driver’s license and the deputy could “smell the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from inside the golf cart,” the report said. Grunskis was asked how much she’d had to drink and initially claimed she’d had “a martini over dinner.” She “later admitted to drinking an Expresso Martini, a Very Dirty Martini and a third drink that she couldn’t recall the name.”…