Regional (DUI Education) agency head suspended after DUI arrest in Martin County

Regional (DUI Education) agency head suspended after DUI arrest in Martin County

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The leader of a Treasure Coast-wide agency established to provide classes for people convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs was suspended from her job Wednesday in the wake of her DUI arrest Monday.
The Comprehensive Offender Rehabilitation and Education program will continue to operate normally despite the arrest and suspension of its executive director, Margot "Peggy" Cioffi, 59, of Palm City, program officials said.

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This woman was (key word here) the head of a DUI education program and she was arrested for...a DUI.

Hypocrisy much?

Granted everyone makes a mistake, but she was the head of a program supposedly teaching people how to stay sober and not get behind the wheel.

It just boggles my mind how she managed to be head of such an agency if she still has a problem drinking.

Cioffi, whose blood alcohol level was measured in a breath test at 0.336, could not immediately be reached for comment. The legal driving limit in Florida is 0.08 percent.

.336 isn't a beer or two. That's after a night of very heavy consumption of alcohol. She must've had a great time. That is, before she was pulled over and arrested.

Poor lady. Next time.

"Don't drink and drive."

Riight.

An auto accident on Martin Downs Boulevard in Palm City shortly after 5:30 p.m. Monday led to Cioffi's arrest about an hour and a half later at her home in the Lighthouse Point subdivision, a deputy's report says.

Cioffi was accused of striking another car with her Nissan SUV near Matheson Avenue, driving home, pulling away from a deputy as he tried to handcuff her, and screaming so loud neighbors came out of their homes, a deputy's report says.

Cioffi was charged with DUI with property damage, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, resisting arrest without violence and disorderly intoxication, a deputy's report says. She was released from the Martin County Jail on Tuesday on $2,000 bond.

So she hit another car, ran from the scene, and then fought with officers at her house as they tried to cuff her.

Well, she kinda shot herself in the foot.

"She grew that organization from just a DUI school into a four-county program that was not only educational, but also handled probation services," Caudell said. "She has done a lot of good for the community over the years."

Looks like she'll be spending the next few years in a bottle depressed over what happened...

She'll have to start going to AA again and maybe she'll end up in the CORE program soon!



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