With 2-year-old in car, woman charged with DUI

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Jessica Lee Clukey rear-ended a car on Madison Street on Wednesday evening. No one was seriously injured in the crash, authorities said, but the 29-year-old had a toddler in the car with her and was driving under the influence.

Clukey, 29, of 4840 Trafford Road in Holiday, was charged with DUI, DUI with property damage and child neglect. Authorities did not disclose her relationship to the child. A man named Larry Zaccagnini, who has the same address as Clukey, took the little girl after Clukey's arrest, according to an incident report.

Clukey went to the hospital for a cut on her chin. While there, she told a deputy she had consumed two or three Sparks, a caffeinated alcoholic drink, and two anti-anxiety Xanax pills because she felt depressed. The report says she failed field sobriety tests but registered zero in a Breathalyzer test.

She remains in the Pasco County jail in Land O'Lakes today in lieu of $5,750.

--Molly Moorhead, Times staff writer