The ending to last night’s Super Bowl was pretty damn amazing — and even more amazing if you have Comcast in Tucson — but aside from the final score of the game a lot of people are interested in the final tally of arrests made in Tampa last night. Well, much like the final few minutes of the game, the fine people of Tampa did not disappoint.
All in all there were 26 people arrested during the game, and 18 were ejected from Raymond James Stadium. There were also the four small planes who entered the secure air space. Of the arrests, nine were people selling counterfeit tickets and there were a few people selling fake merchandise or credentials. Still, none of them can hold a candle to what one woman accomplished in her drunken stupor. After all, it’s not often these days that you hear about horses getting hit by cars.
From the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES:
Brandi Holt-Drive, 20, of Bradenton, was accused of driving under the influence after she hit a mounted officer at 7 p.m. at of Columbus Drive and Himes Avenue near Raymond James Stadium.
Ginger the horse was from the Bushnell Police Department. The animal and officer were unhurt, police said.
How apropos to have Drive as her last name. Maybe Brandi — who with a name like that no doubt works at one of Tampa’s many gentleman’s clubs — can change her maiden name to Drunk?
Thankfully Ginger was okay because if the Mike Vick case proved anything to us, drunk driving charges just get you fined. You kill an animal, you get sent to jail, and you gotta figure if pit bulls are worth two years then Ginger would have to get her five to ten.







11:22 am on February 2nd, 2009
It's like the photo negative of a scene from "Police Academy."
11:39 am on February 2nd, 2009
Mr. Ed, nooooooo!!!!!
11:40 am on February 2nd, 2009
Bet she feels like a horse's ass.
11:59 am on February 2nd, 2009
Is that a Mustang or Bronco?
12:00 pm on February 2nd, 2009
Chicago:
No thanks, she already has one.
2:14 pm on February 2nd, 2009
Butternuts!!
2:48 pm on February 2nd, 2009
Whoa!
3:00 pm on February 2nd, 2009
That can't possibly be the actual accident scene–there is no way that that horse is unhurt.
3:25 pm on February 2nd, 2009
Police horses are a very resilient breed.
4:25 pm on February 2nd, 2009
The pic is no doubt just to add 'punch' to the story, it has been floating around the intertubes for at least 2 or 3 years now……
5:07 pm on February 2nd, 2009
No, Coolbreeze, that photo is not of the scene. It's just what comes up when you type "horse hit by car" into a Google photo search.
11:54 pm on February 3rd, 2009
She's got some power under that thing…