Bodycam, 911 calls show DUI arrest of mayor in Florida

NBC 6 South Florida
Sep 2 2024

Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann was arrested Wednesday for allegedly driving under the influence after a couple told police she'd followed them home and appeared intoxicated, according to NBC affiliate WBBH.

Naples police said it happened at 16th Avenue S and 3rd Street S at around 9:51 p.m.

A man called 911 to report that he and his wife were followed home by a woman behind the wheel of a silver vehicle. The caller said the woman stopped her car on the grass in front of his home.

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‘I am not the mayor’: Florida mayor arrested for DUI after allegedly blowing twice the legal limit, following couple home, crashing into their mailbox, and parking on their lawn

COLIN KALMBACHER
Sep 2nd, 2024, 11:55 am

A Florida woman was arrested last week after following a couple home in her car while she was drunk, crashing into their mailbox, and then parking on their lawn, police in the Sunshine State say.

The woman just so happens to be the mayor of Naples – a medium-sized city along the Gulf of Mexico, which provides the first half of the namesake to the broader Naples-Marco Island metro area.

Teresa Heitmann, 61, stands accused of one count of driving under the influence (DUI) with an unlawful blood alcohol level (BAC) of 0.15 or higher, according to Collier County Sheriff’s Office records.

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“Yeah, umm, I think the mayor is drunk and she just, she just literally — oh, she just drove over our mailbox,” the man can be heard saying in 911 audio obtained by Miami-based NBC affiliate WTVJ.

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