Tennessee woman charged in vanilla DUI case

ARLINGTON, Tenn. - Coca-Cola may have discontinued Vanilla Diet Coke, but a Germantown woman arrested Thursday apparently just couldn't get enough.

Sheriff's deputies responded to a call about a woman suspiciously slumped over the steering wheel in a white car parked in front of Arlington Middle School. Kelly Moss, 48, was in the driver's seat of the vehicle, partially parked on the school's driveway and the sidewalk, officers said.

According to an affidavit, Moss's speech was slurred and fragmented and she was unable to stand or walk without assistance. She did not comply with field sobriety and blood-alcohol tests.

An officer noticed partially empty bottles of vanilla extract, labeled as 35 percent alcohol by volume, and Diet Coke in the front seat, and they said they smelled a strong vanilla odor on the woman's breath. A grocery receipt found in the vehicle listed two 8-ounce bottles of vanilla extract, purchased Wednesday.

Moss is charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants and refusing to submit to a blood-alcohol test. This is her third DUI arrest, records show, and she was being held on $4,000 bond pending a hearing today.