A
rookie Orlando police officer was arrested over the weekend in Brevard County
on a charge of driving drunk, records show.
Officer
Jennifer Lynn Folstein, 37, of Palm Bay
was arrested early Sunday in Satellite Beach and was cited for driving about 10
miles over the speed limit.
Folstein
was southbound on State Road A1A, also known as Atlantic Avenue, about 1 a.m.
when other drivers noticed her vehicle was swerving in the travel lanes, a
report said.
One
witness notified a nearby Satellite Beach officer, who began following
Folstein.
The
affidavit said Folstein was having trouble driving in a straight line, crossed
the inner and outer lanes a few times and, at one point, drove too close to
another vehicle.
When
the officer pulled Folstein over, she was covered in sand, saying she had come
from Cocoa Beach where she had had a "couple of drinks" and a beer.
The
officer said Folstein had glassy eyes, slurred her speech and smelled like
alcohol, an arrest affidavit said.
She
performed poorly during the field sobriety tests but refused to take a breath
test, a report states.
Folstein
was booked into the Brevard County Jail. She was released on bail several hours
later.
Folstein,
a patrol officer, was hired in January. She is on administrative leave pending
the outcome of an internal investigation, an Orlando police spokesman said.