Originally Charged With Driving With Suspended License. Told To Appear In Court. Didn’t.
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A Palm Beach County School District teacher was arrested Thursday in Boca Raton after she apparently failed to show up for a mandatory court date set when she was cited for driving with a suspended license. Rachel Susan Cohen, 51, was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on Thursday. She was later released.
Court records reviewed by BocaNewsNow.com show that Cohen was initially stopped April 22 in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven at 5300 45th Street after a PBSO deputy conducting a routine business check noticed her car’s registration tag had expired since February.
According to the arrest report, the deputy ran the plate on Cohen’s silver 2019 Honda Accord and found not only an expired tag with a seized tag order, but also a suspended license tied to the vehicle’s registered owner. As the deputy watched, the Accord backed out and pulled onto 45th Street without stopping at a stop sign. The deputy initiated a traffic stop in the 4900 block of 45th Street, where Cohen was identified as the driver and only person in the car.
Cohen told the deputy she didn’t have her license with her because she’d left it at work, according to the report. Deputies wrote in the report that this is a line they hear often from people whose licenses have been suspended or seized. When asked about the suspension, Cohen allegedly acknowledged it, telling the deputy she was “working on taking care of it.” But records allegedly showed her license had been suspended since July 2025, both for an unspecified case and separately for failure to pay a traffic fine.
Cohen was charged with driving while license suspended with knowledge, along with citations for the expired tag and a warning for the stop sign violation. She was given a “notice to appear.” But she apparently never appeared. An arrest warrant was issued. Boca police found her and arrested her.
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Rachel Cohen told police she is a teacher. A social media profile that appears to be connected to Ms. Cohen indicates she teaches special education for Palm Beach County schools.
