Illinois: Jill Beebe charged with DUI while operating school bus loaded with kids

DUI school bus WITH Jill Beebe

 

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From NBC Chicago

2013-09-15 — An elementary school bus driver is accused of driving drunk  Friday along her West Chicago route.

Jill Beebe, 42, was charged with one count of Aggravated DUI,  a class 4 felony.

According to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office,  Beebe picked up her bus in St. Charles Friday morning and began picking up and  dropping off children.

A Pioneer Elementary School employee alerted her principal  after smelling alcohol on the driver’s breath.

West Chicago Police met Beebe at her next stop and  administered field sobriety tests and took her into custody.

Not surprisingly, parents and area residents are furious …MORE