Two Lake County charter school principals went out on the Fourth of July. Just after 2am on July 5, 2026, Clermont police stopped a white Jeep on Minnehaha Avenue for drifting across the centre line. The driver, Jennifer Jimenez, 41, told the officer she had been drinking, declined field sobriety exercises and refused a breath test. Her passenger, Christina Alcalde, 45, was not arrested. Officers put her in a rideshare and left the Jeep in a nearby parking lot. About three hours later, Clermont police stopped the same Jeep on U.S. 27. Alcalde was driving it. She told officers she was trying to bail her friend out of jail, that she had been quoted a $2,000 bond, and that her bank card would not work at the ATM. She agreed to field sobriety exercises. At 5:26am she was under arrest. WHY SHE COULDN'T JUST BAIL HER FRIEND OUT Alcalde says on camera that Jimenez "can't get out until 10:30," and an officer tells her she will have to wait eight hours. That is not a jail rule, it is Florida law. Under Fla. Stat. 316.193(9), a person arrested for DUI cannot be released until their breath or blood alcohol is under 0.05, or they are no longer impaired, or eight hours have passed. Jimenez was booked around 2:30am. Eight hours later is 10:30am, the exact time Alcalde repeats. The hold that exists to keep one impaired driver off the road is the reason the second one was still awake and looking for the car at five in the morning. THE CHARGES Both women were charged with DUI and with refusing to submit to testing, both second-degree misdemeanors under Florida law. Bond was set at $2,000 each and both bonded out. BOTH WOMEN HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY. They are presumed innocent, and nothing in this footage or this description should be read as a finding of guilt. No blood or breath alcohol reading exists in this case because both refused testing. Jennifer Jimenez was named principal of Pinecrest Academy Tavares in April 2026. Christina Alcalde is listed as principal of Pinecrest Lakes Academy. Both are charter schools operated by Pinecrest Academy Inc. and are not part of Lake County Public Schools. Pinecrest Academy Inc. sent a statement to families; neither school responded to national outlets seeking comment. FOOTAGE Body-worn camera video released by the Clermont Police Department, Lake County, Florida. Public record. This video begins after the first arrest; it does not contain the first traffic stop. SOURCES WKMG/ClickOrlando, Fox News, Fox 35 Orlando, The Clermont Sun, and Fla. Stat. 316.193. Business Email: Bodycamjusticeyta@gmail.com

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