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Updated · Fox News · Sep 9

Florida Woman Pleads Not Guilty After SUV Crash, Facing 6 Charges in Daytona Beach

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Sep 9

Florida Woman Pleads Not Guilty After SUV Crash, Facing 6 Charges in Daytona Beach

Q: What mysterious controlled substance was found after a Florida woman begged police to let her go following a violent crash?

It has not been publicly identified in the available reporting. The news reports and the additional sourced material say Elizabeth Boucher was charged with possession of a controlled substance without a prescription after the Daytona Beach crash, but they do not name the substance. The released bodycam description, police summary, and follow-up court references cited here all mention the charge without specifying whether it was a pill, narcotic, or another drug. So, based on the information provided, the controlled substance remains undisclosed in public reporting.

Q: Why did a driver hand police a passport instead of a license after violently crashing an SUV into a parked car?

Police have not given a definitive reason, but the evidence in the case strongly suggests Elizabeth Boucher handed over a passport instead of a driver’s license because she was confused and impaired after the crash. According to police video and reports, Boucher had just driven an SUV into a parked Honda with enough force to push it across a lawn. Officers said she minimized the damage, seemed unclear about what had happened, had trouble standing, and at one point appeared to think she had merely been pulled over rather than involved in a major crash. When asked for her license, she reportedly produced a passport, and when asked again, handed over her purse. That behavior became part of the officers’ DUI investigation. Police said she refused field sobriety exercises and later declined a breath test, leading to charges including DUI, DUI causing property damage, and refusal to submit to DUI testing. Under Florida law, refusing a lawful DUI test can bring separate consequences, including license suspension and use of the refusal as evidence in court. So the short answer is that there is no confirmed explanation from Boucher herself for why she gave police a passport. But the available bodycam footage, officer observations, and the later DUI-related charges point to apparent disorientation or impairment rather than any documented legal requirement or ordinary reason to use a passport in place of a driver’s license.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 9

24-year-old Elizabeth Boucher was released from jail Aug. 31 and has pleaded not guilty after police say she crashed an SUV into a parked Honda in Daytona Beach.
Surveillance video showed the impact shoved the Honda across a front lawn, while bodycam footage captured Boucher minimizing the crash, handing over a passport instead of a license and pleading not to be jailed.
Police said the case escalated from a civil crash inquiry to a criminal DUI investigation after officers read Boucher her Miranda rights and she refused both field sobriety exercises and a breath test.
The owner of the struck vehicle also told officers Boucher slapped her after the crash and asked to press charges, leading to a battery allegation alongside DUI-related counts.
Boucher now faces six charges, including DUI involving property damage, refusal to submit to DUI testing and resisting without violence; she is due back in court in October.