A wanted, Sugar Loaf Key woman is behind bars after officers took her into custody in Broward County Tuesday night.
Lacy Morris, 23, was wanted in connection with a motor scooter crash that killed a Delray Beach police officer, police say. Earlier Tuesday, officers obtained an arrest warrant for Morris, who face a charge of DUI manslaughter in the death of Officer Christine Braswell.
Braswell and fellow Officer Bernenda Marc were on vacation together and riding a motor scooter April 8 when they were struck by a Nissan Altima being driven by Morris.
According to a police report, Morris' eyes were "extremely red, glassy and bloodshot." The responding officer also wrote that he smelled alcohol on her breath when she spoke.
Morris allegedly told the officer that she was turning into the parking lot of a nearby Dion's Quick Mart because she and a passenger wanted to get some fried chicken. She hit the motor scooter while making the turn into the parking lot.
Morris claimed that she thought the scooter was speeding, but thought had plenty of time to stop and that it wouldn't crash into her car.
During a search of the car, another officer found "a fresh but barely smoked marijuana cigarette" on the driver's side floorboard, the report said.
Braswell, who joined the Delray Beach Police Department in 2005, was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center, where she later died. Marc was treated at Jackson South Community Hospital and later released.
Authorities say Morris was visiting friends and family in Broward County at the time of her arrest. She is expected to be transferred from the North Broward Bureau jail in Pompano Beach to a Monroe County jail.