DHS worker arrested twice in 24 hours

DHS worker arrested twice in 24 hours
Russell Carter Reporting KFOR
5:18 PM CST, February 19, 2010

OKLAHOMA CITY -- An employee for the Department of Human Services is now facing serious charges after she was arrested twice in two days. According to officials with the Edmond Police Department, Kristaline Sands was pulled over near the 400 block of S. Bryant after officers say she was swerving in and out of lanes at 4 o'clock in the morning, February 3.

"During the course of a conversation he (the officer) smelled alcohol on her breath and he performed a field sobriety test at which she failed at that time," said Glynda Chu with the Edmond Police Department. "She agreed to breathalyzer and at that point she blew a .13 and .08 is the legal limit in Oklahoma."

And just hours after being released from jail, Sands would have another run-in with law enforcement while trying to fill a prescription for Lortab at a pharmacy along Northwest Expressway.

"Where the original prescription was suppose to be for 30 tablets somebody had actually scratched this out and changed the quantity to what was suppose be given to 50," said Sgt Jennifer Wardlow with the Oklahoma City Police Dept.

Officials with DHS say they are looking into the situation are trying to figure out the best course of action.

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