Clown Arrested For Drunk Driving

NEWS9 has learned more about the real face behind the make-up that's getting a lot of attention.Patricia Ingalls is the clown who Wheeling Police arrested for drunken driving late Friday after they said she left the scene of an accident.Ingalls talked with NEWS9 Sunday and said that she's sorry that the children she went to entertain witnessed her get taken into custody."I'm not allowed to drink in costume and I should have never went because I was too upset," said Ingalls.Ingalls was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and fleeing the scene of an accident after she arrived at an event to entertain children.Police said she left the scene of an accident before arriving at the event.Ingalls admits that she did consume alcohol, but she said she didn't drink before the accident. She said she drank before getting to the kids -- but after the crash.She blew a .252 blood alcohol content, more than triple the legal limit during the Breathalyzer test while being arrested.Ingalls has been a clown for 17 years now, but she's not laughing about what's happened especially considering the children she said she disappointed as she was led away in a police cruiser in handcuffs."They were all hanging on me and saying, 'Don't take the clown,'" said Ingalls.

I picked this story because i think i'd be funny to see a clown driving down the road drunk.