Crime & Safety
Child Protection Investigation Supervisor Charged With DUI
A Pinellas County Sheriff's child investigation supervisor was fired after being arrested for driving under the influence Sunday.
LARGO, FL — A Pinellas County Sheriff's child investigation supervisor was fired after being arrested for driving under the influence Sunday.
According to the sheriff's office, at 6:23 p.m. Sept. 1, deputies noticed a black 2019 Infiniti sedan on U.S. 19 North, just south of State Road 580, that was having difficulty keeping in the lane and was driving at a high speed.
Deputies pulled the car over and the driver, 37-year-old Samantha Krenek, identified herself as a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office employee. Deputies said Krenek had bloodshot, watery eyes and there was the odor of alcohol on her breath.
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She agreed to a field sobriety test but performed poorly, deputies said. A blood-alcohol test showed she had a blood-alcohol level of .283/.286. The legal limit is .08.
She was charged with driving under the influence.
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Krenek, who was hired by the sheriff's office in 2005, was immediately terminated.
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