A Florida Woman Allegedly Smashed a $50K Bronco Into a Parked Car, Punched Its Owner, Then Handed an Officer Her Passport Instead of Her License
"I thought we were all friends."
Elizabeth Boucher is facing several felony charges out of Daytona Beach, Florida, after police say she crashed her Ford Bronco into a parked car and then hit its owner. According to Daily Mail, the roughly $50,000 SUV can be seen in footage cutting through a turn and ramming a parked Honda hard enough to push it onto a nearby lawn.
Officers first came across Boucher on the roadside, where she had trouble staying upright and smelled of alcohol, according to the arrest affidavit. When an officer asked for her license, bodycam video shows her offering her passport instead. She complained about the heat and tried climbing into a patrol car. Told she’d just been in a wreck, she reportedly looked genuinely caught off guard, and at one point clasped her hands together and pleaded not to be booked.
The Honda’s owner told a responding officer that Boucher struck her with a closed fist once she got out to check the damage, and that she wanted charges filed. The affidavit says the blow landed on the side of her face, and she fought back hard enough to put Boucher on the ground. Boucher later declined a breathalyzer, and officers arrested her after concluding she was showing signs of impairment, something she insisted didn’t make sense to her.
She Genuinely Thought the Officers Were On Her Side
Through tears, she told them, “I thought we were all friends.” One officer replied that they were, but that didn’t change what he had to do. She then tried simply walking off, as though the matter were finished, only to be caught and cuffed moments later. Turning down a breathalyzer in Florida triggers consequences separate from the drunk-driving charge itself.
Under the state’s implied consent law, a first refusal automatically costs the driver their license for a year. And as of a 2025 legal change, that first refusal now also counts as its own criminal misdemeanor, closing a loophole that previously only punished repeat refusals. The underlying DUI count, assuming property damage without injury, typically falls under Florida Statute 316.193 as a first-degree misdemeanor, capping out at a year behind bars and a $1,000 fine.
On its own, that wouldn’t add up to “several felony charges,” so the felony label almost certainly traces back to something else in the case. Florida Statute 893.13 classifies possession of a Schedule II drug as a third-degree felony, and that single count would be enough to justify booking her on a felony basis even if every other charge stays at the misdemeanor level.
Boucher’s formal charges now stand at DUI with property damage, resisting an officer without violence, battery, and possession of a Schedule II substance. She’s since been released and is due in court October 21.
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