Deputies: Woman, drunk in court, rats out father; both arrested
SALEM, Ore. – A Salem man and his daughter are both under arrest in Marion County after a bizarre series of events unfolded inside the Marion County Courthouse on Friday.
Marion County Sheriff’s deputies said it all started when Stacy Weigart, 36, appeared in court Friday morning to face charges of driving under the influence.
Deputies said her blood alcohol content measured .31 at the time of her arrest.
But when Weigart got to court Friday morning, deputies said court staffers saw that she was “obviously intoxicated” and a judge revoked her release agreement.
Weigart was escorted out of the courtroom and given a breath test, which deputies said registered a BAC of .43.
While being escorted from court, deputies said Stacy Weigart mentioned that her father, Daniel Weigart, had driven her to court and had a past outstanding warrant out for his arrest on charges of driving under the influence.
While walking with Stacy Weigart, the sheriff's office said Deputy Justin Kinyon spotted an older man “clearly watching their movements” from a car in the parking lot.
After Stacy Weigart was placed in jail, Kinyon returned to the parking lot and talked with the man, who was indeed Stacy’s father, Daniel Weigart, 63, of Salem, according to deputies.
A warrant check confirmed he was wanted by Salem Police on DUI charges from 2007. He was arrested and also detained at the Marion County Jail.
The sheriff’s office said Mr. Weigart admitted he had been drinking earlier in the morning, but Deputy Kinyon did not feel he was under the influence and he is not facing any additional charges.
His car was impounded and deputies said his daughter, Stacy, was due back in court Friday afternoon. Deputies did not say if she faces any additional charges.
Drivers are considered over the legal limit if their BAC measures .08 or above. A blood alcohol content above .50 is generally considered life-threatening.
Lindsay?
Why can't I meet women like this? I'm always meeting losers.
Ah, don't you just love how this father and daughter are sharing so many interesting adventures together?
Just warms the cockles of your heart, doesn't it?
Nothing like family...families are America's future! ;-)
Nothing like real family love in this tragedy and a real example of how family genes travel down the tree. My guess is a whole lot of other stuff, but I need to be more politically correct in this new paradigm when dealing with Volvo and Subaru drivers = Liberal's...
This lady belongs in rehab...for a LOOONNNGGG time...those a re HIGH - dangerously high BAC numbers!
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My guess is that the headline is misleading and that this woman did not "rat out" her father. The officer escorting her to jail most probably asked her how she got to court, thinking that if she had driven to court, that she could be cited for another DUI. She most likely answered that her father had driven and was waiting for her in the parking lot. The officer then may have said he would go out to the father's car to tell him that his daughter was taken into custody and wouldn't be going home with him. The daughter probably let it slip out that her father probably wouldn't like being approached by a police officer because there was an old warrant for his arrest. [It is important to remember that her BAC was .43% so she most likely wasn't thinking clearly about what she was saying]. The foregoing may not have been exactly how her revealing her father's outstanding warrant occurred, but i bet it was close to how it occurred. You just cannot believe everything you read in the media, and in particular a headline, which is often not written by the author of the article/story. i would not assume in this case that the daughter intentionally ratted out her father; it may have been more an inadvertent slip.
@Michael L.
Well said and at least the written story that we all saw is much more than you would get on TV. Each Portland area Television stations carried the story, but their shortened version from the written version didn't do this couple any justice.
 @Michael L. I think you have a great screenplay for an episode of 'Matlock' on your hands when they decide to revive the series, now that Andy has finally gone to the great courtroom in the sky. I also think your theory reminds me of a good book that, while hard to find in print, is well worth the effort called, "The Policeman Is My Friend and Other Lies by Ned Beaumont.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Policeman-Your-Friend-and-Other-Lies-Ned-Beaumont-Softcover-NEW-/130808390820?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&hash=item1e74c9a4a4
Love those drunk girls! They do there best with daddy issues.Â
 @BurnZ She just needs a good spanking!
 @BurnZ Ya' think? Dig a little deeper...
Well, I guess that I know who -won't- be bailing her drunkenness out of jail!
Their Christmas won't be fun this year.
 @KT Funner than ever with single malt scotch and half cooked macaroni & cheese...
Misery loves company.
how much you guys bet her boyfriend has a mullet?
 @archon312 What do you mean? Her daddy is her boyfriend...
@archon312 I'll take that bet. One Dollar ok? I think the guy has a "Fo-Hawk"...
The family that souses themselves together goes to jail together...
What a nasty daughter.. I hope the father gets this behind him and divorces his daughter.. Yes, I said divorce, we do not have to continue relationships with relatives who are idiots and rats.. And clearly she is a rat !
@dougrpdx The fathers actions are that of a moron. He should have manned up and dealt with his own issues before hand. He earned this.
I am gald that the security seen this and took care of it..and what is with all the blood levels of BAC higher then the 30's do these people have a death wish? what was the BAC of the guy that drove his truck off the bridge and got left hanging until police arrived? Well here in Washington, we'll have pot added DUII charges..and from what I understand that stuff sticks around in ones system.
Great observations by court security! I had several folks who appeared drunk in court to answer to DUII charges. Our judges always ordered them to be put on the Intoxilyzer. Needless to say, their release agreements were eliminated! Somehow I can't believe the audacity of some folks showing up in court while inebriated, or worse!Â
@jpk Not only show up in court drunk, but drive there with a suspended licemse and no insurance!
Yup! They had to get there somehow!
 @jpk At least they showed up for court? Which is surprising. If these people don't realize how much help they really need, then they really need to hit bottom some how.
I smell incest.
The family that drinks together, goes to the clink together.
@Lips .......good one, lips.
 @Rob C 503  @Lips I think all the xmas jingles are getting to me. lol
 @Lips  @Rob C 503 Congrats on the 100, as for me, I am glad I don't do that alcohol crap, besides my system can't handle that poison..Tried once wound up in the ER never did it again something about the threat of ones stomach being pumped and then Blood alcohol poisoning doesn't sound that appealing.
@Lips ......WOW ! Big congrats to them on that. Just imagine what that person has seen come and go in their life time !
@Rob C 503@Lips
Nope. Sometimes I think maybe, but then I'll have a temper tantrum and remember I'm really still quite childish, at times.
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I do know someone turning 100 on 12/12/12. Pretty cool.
@Lips .....join the club. Ya don't spose we're getting old?....NAH
This would almost be funny if it wasn't so tragic. Thank goodness no one was injured from the DUIs. I wish I had faith that they would both get the help they need, but from the little information in the article it appears it'll be difficult for them to alter from the path they are on.
 @DeaconBugg I agree....man, BAC of .43, takes a serious pro to do that, sadly it seems alcoholism runs in the family, very common.
"He had been drinking earlier in the morning." WTF is this, Trailer Park Boys? In Corvallis there were cops popping people for DUI for admitting to having had a drink or cold medicine earlier that DAY. Â
If you don't control your alcoholism, it will control you and not do your life any good. Get dry and stay that way.
Daughter learns wells. Not sure if she's invited to Christmas dinner this year, she might want to find alternative plans.
 @Jamie I bet if she brings a bottle...she's welcome.
Do we need any more evidence of the fact that addiction is a generational problem?
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Well... if there's an 'up' side to this series of events, at least Ms Weigart didn't drive herself to the court proceedings.
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 @MarkKpic This is an important fact that is often overlooked in alcoholism. Excessive drinking at a young age, i.e., anytime before about 18, can alter the genetic structure to induce addiction. This could well have happened with this woman, given the family relational implications in this story. It becomes more difficult after the genetic structure has matured, but is not impossible. Thank you for bringing up that point, Mark.
 @Old29  @MarkKpic The faces of addiction, and the epidemic of addictions in the US are (IMO) one of the biggest challenges facing our country. It manifests its self in so many different ways, and affects so many different component of society.
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At the very least, it is a pervasive, and complex social, societal, familial and personal issue that exists in a thinly veiled idealism that people 'choose' to engage in such behavioral patterns.Â
"Weigart was escorted out of the courtroom and given a breath test, which deputies said registered a BAC of .43."
(from the story)
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Is she trying to out-drink the guy who drove off the bridge the other day? Â (The one with the BAC of .50...)
"A blood alcohol content above .50 is generally considered life-threatening."
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Unless one is a professional drinker. Then this is just getting started.
 @RalphCramden holy moly!
You just can fix stupid AND the daughter ratted on her own father, you B*%#!
@dkgiovenco I've heard many people believe they are smarter and more witty when they are drunk. I think this is great evidence that people are actually more stupid when drunk.The volume level also goes up when drunk.
and when I am sober I can't spell worth a beans.
Those are some awesome looking spectacles he has on.
 @Dirtman He was drunk when he picked them out!
@Dirtman those glasses look like they're from another place or time. Perhaps an alien abduction?
 @Lost River  @Dirtman ROTFL