Drunk Driving Girl on Periscope gets Arrested 
 
 On October 10th, the Lakeland Police Department began receiving 911 calls from viewers of Periscope about a possible drunk driver using the social media APP Periscope to broadcast herself. Periscope is a live video streaming platform, (owned by Twitter). It allows you to video-record and broadcast to anywhere in the entire world. As a result of the video being streamed worldwide, numerous text messages were sent to the driver asking her to stop driving before she killed someone or herself. 
 
 One 911 caller stated the female was driving in the north Lakeland area but he could not provide specific location as he was watching the streaming video live. The female driver advised several times on Periscope that she was “drunk”, and that she had a flat tire. The subject advised several times that she was unaware of where she was. 
 
 As the caller was giving police dispatch the details from the video, the video was turned off several times and the caller was unable to provide a vehicle description other than it was a Toyota. This made locating the intoxicated driver more difficult for officers searching the surrounding area and with nothing more to go on other than the make of the car. 
 
 The Lakeland Police Department does not provide officers with access to Periscope as an authorized software tool and therefore they did not have the ability to monitor the driver’s actions. One officer took the initiative to utilize their personal account in an effort to locate the driver. 
 
 Based on what the officer could observe, and landmarks in the area from the streaming video, LPD officers located the driver eastbound on Carpenters Way. At this time, she was driving a 2015 Toyota Corolla, 4-dr with a flat left front tire. 
 
 Her vehicle abruptly hit the south curb with the right front tire/wheel just as officer’s initiated a traffic stop. Officers advised that the driver did not even brake after striking the curb. The subject vehicle stopped in the 1000 block of Carpenters Way at which time the female was identified as Whitney Marie Beall, 23 years old. Officers advised that they smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from Beall, her speech was slow; her eyes were bloodshot and glossy. Bell also appeared to be disoriented. Beall failed the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and she refused the breathalyzer test. Beall was arrested by Officer Mike Kellner and charged with DUI. She was later transported to the Polk County Jail. 
 
 The streaming Periscope video highlights the dangers of driving while intoxicated through the eyes of a drunk and irresponsible young adult. The Lakeland Police Department is extremely thankful that this did not result in an accident and no one was injured as a result of her poor decision. ||||| LAKELAND, FL (WFLA) – She turned the camera on herself, for the entire world to see. A Lakeland woman used the live-video broadcasting app Periscope to show off her heavy partying Friday night, and then narrated her drunken drive home. The bizarre night landed 23-year-old Whitney Beall in jail. 
 
 Beal broadcasted multiple videos throughout the night, but they stopped once Lakeland Police pulled up behind her. Surprisingly, Beall did not hurt herself or anyone else through the drunken ride. 
 
 Lakeland Police Sgt. Gary Gross said Beall failed a sobriety test and she was obviously drunk because of her slurred speech, glossy eyes and overall fogginess. But on her videos, with titles like “Drunk Girl Driving,” Beall made it clear she was drunk. 
 
 “I’m driving home drunk, let’s see if I get a DUI,” Beall said on a video. 
 
 Earlier in the night she let her Periscope followers virtually join in the wild bar-hopping in downtown Lakeland. 
 
 “Let’s have fun! Let’s have fun!” she screamed to the camera. 
 
 Afterwards they watched her get behind the wheel after admittedly drinking far too many. 
 
 “I am drunk on South Florida Avenue because I’m a drunk person,” Beall said on Periscope. 
 
 She headed the opposite way of her home and got a few honks when she wouldn’t go at a green light. 
 
 “Driving drunk is not cool,” she said, as drivers honk behind her. 
 
 This all unfolded as dozens of people around the world witnessed what could turn tragic any second. 
 
 “Fifty-seven people, oh I didn’t know I’d get this many people,” Beall said, noticing how many viewers were watching her drive. “I am super drunk in the USA and the light is red,” she said. 
 
 Thankfully two of those viewers dialed 911 and not only reported it, but explained the app that could help police track her down. 
 
 “Within minutes we found her driving, flat front tire, she hit the curb again and it was just obvious from that she was intoxicated,” Sgt. Gary Gross said. “She went through the tests, she failed and went to jail,” he added. 
 
 Monday Beall became camera shy when News Channel 8 gave her a chance to face the world again. She was surprised that people would now learn “Drunk Girl Driving” ended exactly how she feared. 
 
 “Let’s see if I can do it all the way home without a ticket,” she said. 
 
 Once police downloaded the app they were able to start viewing Beall’s live broadcast themselves. They noticed landmarks in the background of her video and then found her in North Lakeland. About 20 minutes after the 911 call she was arrested. 
 
 Outside her home Monday, Beall said what happened was a big mistake and she was learning her lesson. Her mother added they are hiring an attorney. 
 
 Lee Cohen, a Lakeland attorney representing Beall, released the following statement about his client: 
 
 “She is a young professional with a bright future. When her court date is set, I will be entering a plea on her behalf of not guilty. I am not doing any interviews at this time, nor is my client or her mother. I’ll be investigating the case and that starts now. I am waiting to see all the evidence, and I will take a look at it. I am also waiting for discovery from the State Attorney’s Office.” ||||| Authorities say 911 calls from concerned viewers led to the arrest of a Florida woman who was streaming live video of herself while driving drunk. Lakeland police report 23-year-old Whitney Beall was using the social media app Periscope as she was driving Saturday. (Published Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015) 
 
 Authorities say 911 calls from concerned viewers led to the arrest of a Florida woman who was streaming live video of herself while driving drunk. 
 
 Lakeland police report 23-year-old Whitney Beall was using the social media app Periscope as she was driving Saturday. The video shows her saying several times that she was drunk. She also said she had a flat tire and didn't know where she was. 
 
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 "I feel like I’m going to be drunk all the way, all the way home people I’m going to be drunk!" she said in the video. 
 
 Other users messaged her urging her to stop driving before she caused a crash. Some called the police. 
 
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 Authorities say 911 calls from concerned viewers led to the arrest of a Florida woman who was streaming live video of herself while driving drunk. Lakeland police report 23-year-old Whitney Beall was using the social media app Periscope as she was driving Saturday. (Published Monday, Oct. 12, 2015) 
 
 "How do you know she’s drunk?" the dispatcher asked a caller in one of the 911 calls. 
 
 “She’s slurring her speech and she’s going from one lane to another on the street," the caller replied. 
 
 An officer logged onto the service and located Beall's car, and officers pulled her over. 
 
 A news release says Beall failed a field sobriety test and refused to take a breath test. 
 
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 "The streaming Periscope video highlights the dangers of driving while intoxicated through the eyes of a drunk and irresponsible young adult," Lakeland Police said in a statement. "The Lakeland Police Department is extremely thankful that this did not result in an accident and no one was injured as a result of her poor decision." 
 
 She was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. She was later released on $500 bail. Beall's attorney Lee Cohen told NBC News, "I'm going to be investigating the case and until my investigation is complete I won't have any comments to make." 
 
 Lakeland is about 35 miles east of Tampa. 
 
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– If the drunk-driving case against Whitney Beall goes to trial, Exhibit A will probably be her Periscope video "Drunk Girl Driving," in which she drives around talking about how drunk she is. Police in Lakeland, Fla., say the 23-year-old used the live-streaming app to upload a series of videos of herself driving drunk on Saturday night, and she was arrested after worried viewers called 911, NBC Miami reports. Police say they managed to find Beall after an officer logged onto the app. When she was pulled over, she drove into a curb without braking, the New York Daily News reports. She refused a Breathalyzer test but failed a field sobriety test and was charged with DUI and taken to jail. As Beall drove around—and viewers urged her to stop before she killed somebody—she complained about having a flat tire and made statements like "I am super drunk in the USA" and "I am drunk on South Florida Avenue because I'm a drunk person." The video "highlights the dangers of driving while intoxicated through the eyes of a drunk and irresponsible young adult," police said in a statement. The department is "extremely thankful that this did not result in an accident and no one was injured as a result of her poor decision." Beall's lawyer says she is "a young professional with a bright future" and she will be pleading not guilty, WFLA reports. (A drunk wedding guest nearly ran over the bride.)