BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Boca Raton resident Susan DePrima of the 5200 block of NW 2nd Avenue is facing a DUI charge. Police in Ocean Ridge say she was severing in her black Volvo on Ocean Bouelvard before she ordered to stop. When a police officer approached the car, she allegedly had thrown up on herself or spilled food on her clothing.
BocaNewsNow.com obtained the official narrative from the Ocean Ridge police officer who arrested DePrima:
>> On Friday, August 29, 2025, at approximately 2231 hours a call came in trom Manalapan Police as a possible intoxicated driver driving a black Volvo southbound on North Ocean Bivd. At approximately, 2232 hours, I was parked at the exist of Ocean Front Park facing west. I then observed a vehicle approaching me from the north (my right) going into on coming traffic. As this vehicle passed me, I observed it was a black Volvo. I immediately got behind the vehicle, passing the police station on my right, and immediately witnessed the Volvo swerving in and out of the lane.
The vehicle failed to maintain driving in its lane and almost struck a pedestrian stop sign in the middle of the road at a crosswalk There were two pedestrian walking southbound on North Ocean Bivd. at the time. I then immediately initiated my lights to conduct a traffic stop. When the driver failed to stop, I initiated my sirens. We were traveling at approximately 30 mph at the time. The vehicle stopped in front of 6110 North Ocean Btvd in the middle of the lane.
When I approached the driver from the passenger window, I could smell an odor of alcohol coming from the vehice. I immediately noticed the driver threw up partially on herself or had spilled her food on herself. She stated she had two drinks when asked if she had been drinking. I asked her for her drivers license, but she was unable to locate it. I then made the decision to get her out of the vehicle to start the road side sobriety tests. However, when she got out, she stumbled and couldn’t hold her balance. She kept falling into the vehicle and rolling her body across the back of the vehicle unable to stand up on her own.
She could not stand on her own and I knew that if I tried administering the sobriety tests, she would fall and could possibly hurt herself real bad or break a bone or both. I then determined to arrest her. The defendant was then transported to the Palm Beach County Testing Facility (PBCTF). When I took her out of the vehicle, the defendant had thrown up all over the back seat of my patrol vehice and all over herself. At the PBCTF the defendant consented to a DUI Breathizer test at. The test was administered by BAT Tech. Officer Renee Ragin ID 16877. The defendant’s breath results were as follows: First test was a. 193 and the second test was a .188. <<
The legal limit in Florida is .08. Susan DePrima was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail and later posted $1000 bond. A court date is pending.
