Drunk Woman Created Chaos in School Pickup Line, Cops Say

Kids and parents at Trinity Elementary School got to witness quite a production in their afternoon pickup line Friday when Pasco County deputies say an intoxicated woman showed up to get her child.

The woman hit two vehicles at the school and then fled the scene.

When a Pasco County deputy arrived at her 9625 Trumpet Vine Loop home a short while later, the woman was sitting by her front door. As the deputy questioned the woman about the incident at the school, she became combative, swearing at him.

“I attempted to detain the subject in reference to the hit and run charges, but as I placed one handcuff on the defendant she pulled away and kicked me in the left thigh,” Deputy Clifford Williams wrote in the report. The woman then scratched his arm and wrist.

“I escorted the subject to the ground and was able to place her under arrest,” the report continues.

Williams took the woman to the Medical Center of Trinity to obtain medical clearance before having her booked into the Land O’ Lakes Jail. She registered a blood alcohol level of .413 at the hospital, the report said. Florida law considers a driver impaired with a .08 or above breath alcohol level.

After a scuffle with detention deputies, the woman was booked into the Land O’ Lakes Jail. Renata Congleton, 27, now faces child neglect, battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence and leaving the scene of an accident charges. She remained behind bars Tuesday morning on $15,500 bond, according to jail records.

Photo Credit: Renata Congleton/Pasco County Jail