Winter Haven Woman Arrested After Allegedly Striking Victim and Showing Signs of Impairment at Circle K.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – An investigation at a Winter Haven convenience store quickly escalated into a struggle and a DUI charge after a woman allegedly struck a victim and then refused to exit her vehicle for deputies.
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred Monday night at approximately 9:29 p.m. A deputy was dispatched to the Circle K located at Spirit Lake and Winter Lake roads following a report of a battery.
Upon arrival at the scene, the deputy located the suspect, identified as 50-year-old Loretta Lynn Pitts of Winter Haven, sitting in the driver’s seat of a yellow 2011 Chevy Camaro at a gas pump…