March 29, 2024

Day care worker arrested, after going to work drunk

DES MOINES — A Grimes day care worker has been arrested after sheriff’s deputies say she showed up to work drunk. First Steps Child Care officials called deputies about 8:30 a.m. Friday when the 43-year-old Grimes woman showed up intoxicated. The woman was arrested on suspicion of neglect or abandonment of dependent persons, public intoxication and a probation violation.

Polk County Sheriff’s Lt. Rich Blaylock blood alcohol content levels were measured, and officers determined on-scene that Murphy was drunk because of her “bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and wobbly gait.”