Gainesville woman arrested for DUI and threatening to put $100k bounty on police officer’s life

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Reggette Mikeya Bell, 31, was arrested last night for driving under the influence; while being transported to the jail, she allegedly said she would put “100 thousand dollars” on the officer’s head if he did not take her home.

At about 10:30 p.m. on December 13, a Gainesville Police Department officer saw a gray SUV swerving into oncoming traffic and then back into the bike lane and onto the sidewalk on NE 8th Avenue near Main Street.

After the SUV ran off the road, the officer pulled over and approached the SUV, noting that the driver was rolling up all the windows. The officer also reported that the driver was partially nude: she was not wearing any clothing on her lower body and had pulled her dress up to her waist.

The officer reported that when the driver, identified as Bell, got out of the SUV, she appeared to be unsteady on her feet, she smelled like alcohol, and the vehicle smelled “heavily” of burnt marijuana; he also noted that Bell’s infant daughter was buckled into a car seat in the back seat of the SUV. Bell reportedly said she had been drinking.

Bell reportedly refused to participate in field sobriety exercises, but she eventually agreed to provide a breath sample, and the two samples measured at 0.235 g/210L and 0.247 g/210L, roughly three times the legal limit.

Post Miranda, Bell reportedly said she’d only had one shot of tequila but had not eaten at all that day. She said she was only driving because her passenger asked her to, and she said she was not drunk. She also reportedly said she had not been driving and refused to sign the DUI citation.

The officer transported Bell to an emergency room for medical clearance and then, on the way to the jail, Bell allegedly told the officer she had “100 thousand” on his head. She said her family had money and that she would “handle” the officer; she stated a second time that she would put $100k on the officer’s “head,” which he understood as a bounty on his life. Bell reportedly said she could make the bounty go away if the officer took her home instead of taking her to jail and said again that she and her family would “find” and “mess up” the officer.

Bell has been charged with driving under the influence and threatening a police officer in an effort to influence the performance of his official duties. She has no local criminal history, and Judge Susan Miller-Jones set bail at $52,500.

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