SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An off-duty Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy faces felony DUI charges a day after she drove her SUV through the front of a Starbucks coffee shop, injuring three people, according to Sacramento police.
Sacramento police spokesman Norm Leong said investigators suspect Lisa Gargano, 37, was under the influence of prescription drugs Sunday morning when she lost control of her vehicle and drove through the front of the store in Natomas, Calif.
Two people inside, a woman in her 80s and a Starbucks employee in his 20s, suffered nonlife-threatening injuries.
Witnesses said the elderly woman was pinned between the SUV and the front counter after the vehicle crashed through the bar area, Leong said. Gargano and the two victims were transported to local hospitals.
Leong said Gargano also crashed into the curb and a car in the parking lot before driving into the storefront. Gargano was arrested on a felony charge of driving under the influence, Leong said.
Gargano has been a Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy since 2001 and was assigned to the department's north patrol unit, Sacramento County Sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran said.
Curran said Gargano was placed on paid administrative leave.
