A driver found out Saturday night that running a stop sign because "everyone runs that stop sign" is not a defense with Chattooga County Sheriff's deputies.

According to the report, Deputy Brock Campbell observed a white Ford Escape traveling South bound on Mahan Road run a stop sign at the intersection of Mahan and Hair Lake Road and make a left hand turn onto Hair Lake Road after going all the way up the driveway and stopping at a residence.  The incident happened just before 11 p.m.

According to the report, the driver, Peggy Catherine Mitchell, exited the vehicle and appeared to be walking to the residence when the sheriff's vehicle stopped behind her vehicle. The report indicated that it looked as though 54-year-old Mitchell was trying to avoid the deputy and trying to hide something.

The deputy asked her to return to her vehicle and when she did she told him that "everybody runs that stoop sign and she was coming from the Memorial Home. Mitchell reportedly smelled strongly of alcohol and displayed other signs of impairment such as slurred speech and blood shot eyes.

When asked to step back with him to his patrol car, Campbell reported that he noticed she had trouble walking "straight and normal.  When asked if she would provide a breath sample, she asked why it was necessary since she was "already home" and refused the test. She also refused to take a breath test at the Chattooga County Jail. Mitchell was charged with DUI/alcohol and failure to stop at a stop sign.