Deputy Arrested on Suspicion of DUI
Deputy Diedre Quennell, 42, also allegedly resisted arrest after being pulled over for driving erratically
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A local sheriff’s deputy was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence late Tuesday night after she was spotted driving erratically in a McDonald’s parking lot, San Diego Police confirmed.
Deputy Diedre Quenell, 42, was arrested just before midnight after she allegedly hit a curb in a McDonald’s parking lot in Carmel Mountain.
One police pulled her over, Quenell was combative with them and identified herself as a sheriff’s deputy, police said.
She was arrested for suspicion of DUI and resisting arrest.
On Wednesday the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department told NBC 7 San Diego that Quenell is employed by the department, however they would not comment on her case at this time.
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