Manatee deputies spot sleeping driver on US 301. Arrest came next, video shows

A driver faces a DUI charge after Manatee County deputies found her and a passenger asleep inside a vehicle stopped in the left lane of U.S. 301, according to the sheriff’s office.

The agency released body camera footage of the encounter this week. It shows deputies responding to what they believed was a disabled vehicle, a Tesla with flashing hazard lights.

Deputies arrested Gabrielle Kirshy, 36, on June 27 and charged her with driving while under the influence and refusal to submit to testing, both second-degree felonies, according to court records…

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