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St. PETERSBURG — Children crying and screaming for help in the backseat of a 2016 Honda in St. Petersburg Saturday morning led to the arrest of the driver, Annie Gay Shockley, on charges of driving under the influence.
Shockley, 39, who lives in Clearwater, was arrested at 12th Avenue S and 16th Street in St. Petersburg and booked into the Pinellas County Jail on $20,900 bond.
Shockley told police they were going fishing, but it was assumed she was only driving for business because she was convicted five months ago of driving under the influence, according to an arrest report. Her name was listed as Annie Gay Robertson in that case.
In this incident, Shockley also appears to have fathered three children with her. On Aug. 13, 2021, he ran his car through a stop sign and into a tree on Philippe Parkway in Safety Harbor, according to a police report. She was charged with three counts of child abuse, which was later reduced to three counts of contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child.
In Saturday’s incident, a child in the car expressed fear to police because there was alcohol in a brown paper bag in the car and the child heard Shockley was drinking. The boy was visibly upset and mentioned a previous accident.
Shockley had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and smelled of alcohol, police said. He refused to take field sobriety or breath tests. While in custody, she bit a St. Petersburg police officer on the arm, according to a report. She was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer, driving under the influence, refusal to submit to tests, violation of driver’s license restrictions and three counts of neglect of a child without bodily harm.
