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Oddly enough, it was just a few days ago that another ATL media personality retired after being arrested for driving the wrong way and DUI last year.
[READ: Mugshot Mania: Veteran News Anchor Amanda Davis Announces Retirement After DUI Charge (VIDEO) ]
Duncan, a former V-103 radio personality who made the transition from radio to television. Currently works as WXIA 11 Alive’s morning traffic reporter and also moonlights as an Atlanta Hawks sideline reporter.
Details below:
Duncan was reportedly arrested on a DUI charge early Sunday morning after the Hawks playoff game.
AJC reporter Rodney Ho obtained the police report which stated Elle was observed driving a silver Mercedes at a “high rate of speed” while traveling southbound on Piedmont Road. She is rumored to have been partying earlier that evening at the Buckhead Bottle Bar.
According to the written report of the arresting officer, Duncan’s vehicle “passed me and began weaving in and out of traffic in a reckless manner. I caught up near to the Mercedes near the intersection of Main Street and observed the driver narrowly miss striking another vehicle.”
He pulled her over. She was unable to find her license but she identified herself as Lauren Duncan, he wrote. (Lauren is Elle’s real name.)
The offfcer wrote that Duncan’s “eye condition” was “watery” and “bloodshot,” her behavior “polite” and “talkative “and her general appearance “nothing unusual.” He also said she had “an odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her mouth.” She told him first she had drunk one beer prior to driving. He asked Duncan to take field sobriety tests and she consented.
He placed her under arrest for DUI and reckless driving and requested a breathalyzer test.
She took the test. The results read a .099., above the legal limit of 0.8.
While in the back seat of his patrol car, Duncan apologized for not being honest about her alcohol consumption. She told the officer she also drank hard liquor as well as beer prior to the encounter.
There were no injuries involved, but Duncan was not on air this morning. The station issued a statement saying they “will be giving Elle the time she needs to deal with this personal incident.”
Elle released the following statement regarding the incident:
I am greatly embarrassed for my actions early Sunday morning. I have been reminded — in a very difficult way – that any amount of alcohol can impair us.
I take full responsibility for my actions. I apologize to my fans, our community, and my 11Alive family.
As much clubbin’ as Elle has done in the past, I’m really mad that she didn’t have a designated driver. *sigh* But we all make mistakes and hopefully she makes her way out of this situation with her career in tact.
I’m rooting for you Elle!
Damn Damn Damn James – I love her
People in general need to leave the "High Octane Beverages Alone Period", they look real stupid when they get caught.
It doesn’t pay to drink and drive especially in Metro Atl where the cops give you a ticket for anything!
It is so easy to call a cab and get your car another time. Getting a DUI is stupid as hell, especially for those with means to call a driver and have their car delivered to their home. Hell I drove when I went to hang with friends, which turned into bar hopping. I gave my keys to my friend and told her take my car to your house, I’m going home.
wow, i never knew what she looked like
why didnt she call a cab? Was she was with friends? Her friends sucks! At least Nina Brown aint going out like that!
Im still in shocked I would have thought if anybody knew better it would have been Elle. Im so dissappointed in her
This can really happen to anyone. Maybe she had a glass of wine or two and was over the limit, which is easy to do if you are petite. I like Elle. This is some bull.
Hopefully this won’t impact her job as a Traffic announcer. Geez the irony.
Please don’t repeat this kind of mistake as corporate isn’t as forgiving to women when they misstep in such a public way.
Come on, we’re rooting for you Elle.
Wth is going on in the Atl. Moved to DC and Frank Ski is on the radio up here. I dont like him by the way. UGHHHH
SMH.
She could have seriously injured or killed someone or someone else. Yeah, everyone makes mistakes. However, some actions are just plain stupid and irresponsible. This is one. Hopefully, she’s learned her lesson. Maybe termination will be a wake-up call for her.
Libra Scales, I’m glad you all got him with his opinionated ass. Ninja swear he knows everything
NOOOOOOOOOO!
All this "Im disappointed" mess is some bull. She should be ashamed. Have we not learned from amanda davis’s antics, reese witherspoon just a week ago. This chick usually travels with an entourage no one thought to call the 3 diff cab services that dont charge and that offer to drive your car home? at the most one only charges a 15$ fee. This heifer probably wont sit in one risk reduction class, one do one ounce of community service she’ll pay a fee and that will be it. she’s lucky her azz didnt have this happen in forsyth county because ITS AN AUTOMATIC 30 DAYS IN JAIL AND WELL ONER 100 COMM SERVICE. She’s one dumb azz person driving a high profile car and bobbing and weaving. note to the unwise if you DO choose to drive even remotely tipsy dont chit chat on your i-phone or try to do anything but concentrate and damn drive. She better sit through one of those classes like everyone else has.
Whoa! I understand being upset but name calling? Heifer, chick, dumb azz? Really? Wow. This is NOT about status, entitlement, iphones, hi-prof MBZ vs generic GM.. to chick-entourage or not to chick-entourage. LOL This is about eFFin up, accountability and legal and life consequences.. PERIOD. Obviously you are entitled to your opinion.. cheers to you! However, can we PLEASE leave the name calling on the playground? Just a thought. ;o)
WTH…ELLE?! Honestly!! There is far too much info about what could happen when one drinks and drives. I truly felt so sad when I heard this news. Dr. Maya Angelou stated "When you know better, you do better." Elle for darn sure knew better. Thank God she was ONLY arrested. Her actions could have caused MAJOR devastation which reaches far beyond a potential loss of her career. This is her WAKE UP CALL!! PLEASE answer it Elle! We LoVe you and it is with that LoVe we say; Get your ish together!! Gods speed and wishing her all the best. Keeping you in our prayers. Ciao!
DUI” crowding jail for no reason.tax $$$ @ work. Just call a cab for the drunk. Drink responsibly though.
she look buzzed
damn atlpd be on it they stay arresting negroes for dui
What is up with the DDs(designated drivers). If the celebs won’t get one how do we expect others to? Call a cab if you are drinking.
Whos elle duncan?
Hey, it can to any one of us, no need to judge. I’m glad she takes full responsibility for her actions. At the end of the day learn from it, and people reading let it be a learning lesson. It’s just not worth it.
Really Elle, I’m glad no one was hurt, and for anyone clubbing, house party, social event please think before you get behind the wheel not only your life it’s other people on the road besides you. Glad you did not get hurt……
Oh no…we love Elle! Get it together, Girl!
If you have enough money to be out drinkin’ and poppin’ bottles, put some to the side for a cab if you plan to get your Betty Ford on. Good luck.
How much are cabs going for in Atlanta these days? Now, I have seen the way these African dudes drive and it’s pretty damn scary …but sure beats the hell out of a DUI..or worst than that, a possible fatality on your conscious for the rest of your life.
WELL WE CAN LOOK AND TELL Y SHE GOT ARRESTED, WHO IS SHE?
Hang in there Elle. I’m a fan and I’m rooting for you. This could have happen to any us. Well, maybe not me seeing as how I don’t drink. Hey, what’s up with the name calling from some of you leaving post? She ain’t no heifer.
FREE ELLE!!!
Very pretty and seemingly personable Lady from the images I’ve seen and she’s been placed in enviable, cushy positions of employ in the industry. With all that comes the "entourage" of folks who want to party and hang out with you and be seen in your company — knocking back a few, laughing, flirting and with the boost from libations– feeling on top of the world! But at the end of the evening — or Elle’s evening in this case — didn’t any of her "friends’ think or use common sense of thought to observe her tipsy-ness?? If so, did anyone suggest alternatives to her getting behind the wheel? She was probably speeding home late Sunday to get some sleep before the early AM traffic shift. She’s fortunate that it’s only a DUI. Lesson learned — hopefully:)
dang sorry to hear that Elle Duncan prayers for you
A lot of people (not all) are drinking and driving,especially now of days, with the economy the way it is. This is so sad, but it is going on. People have been stopped more then once for DUI. They still try to drive intoxicated.
Elle just happend to be famous, there were hundreds of other people that got booked for the same charge that night. It is sad that some people(not all) mask their problems with alcohol and drugs
she looks 20 years older when she is on the bottle!