BODY CAM: Board Supervisor candidate released with breath test above legal limit

Описание: In September, a woman running for the Nelson County Board of Supervisors was pulled over for a traffic stop. Despite her alcohol breath test falling above the legal limit, she wasn't arrested.

With just a speeding ticket and $181 in court costs, Jessica Ligon went on to win her election two months later.

Here's what went down at the September 9 traffic stop.

Deputy David Wilson with the Nelson County Sheriff's Office clocked an SUV going 72 mph in a 55 zone on Route 56 near Piney River. It was around 5 p.m. when he pulled over the vehicle in the Woodland Baptist Church parking lot.

Behind the wheel was Jessica Ligon, a candidate for the South District of the Nelson County Board of Supervisors.

She had a female passenger riding with her in the front. In the back seat, Deputy Wilson noticed another passenger.

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