Destin councilwoman arrested in July 4th boat ramp incident, accused of moving man's truck

DESTIN, Fla. -- Destin city councilwoman Teresa Hebert was arrested Friday for trespassing on conveyance. According to a warrant affidavit, a Fort Walton Beach man was unloading his boat from the trailer on the 4th of July when it took off without him. "In a matter of maybe seven minutes from me getting on my boat, backing it out of the trailer on the water and beaching it at the nearby beach," Brand Hoffa said. "I was walking back and my truck took off without me." Destin Mayor Pro Tem and city councilwoman Hebert is accused of being behind the wheel of Hoffa's truck. The affidavit says Hoffa chased after her to get her to stop. Hebert told Hoffa she took the truck because he was "taking too long and he needed to move," according to the warrant affidavit. "I'm sitting here running after my own truck for about 40 to 50 yards," Hoffa said. "And it stops and this woman gets out and pretty much just goes in and starts berating me. Starts, you know, 'you should already have it moved.' And 'I could do that because I'm a Destin councilwoman.'" During a voluntary interview, Hebert admitted to getting in the vehicle, putting it in drive and moving it approximately 100 feet from the ramp. The affidavit says she also admitted she did not have permission to drive the vehicle. "Honestly, had it gone a different way," Hoffa said. "if she would have just gotten out and said, 'Hey, I'm sorry. There's a long line. I was just trying to help you, I realize you're by yourself. I hope you didn't mind you know.' Or even asked me ahead of time. But it was the whole demeanor that really, really just sent me spinning for the day." WEAR News reached out to Destin Mayor Bobby Wagner and councilwoman Hebert, but both declined to comment. #destin #news #florida ________________________________________________________________ Follow WEAR on social media: TikTok:   / weartv   Facebook:   / weartv   Twitter:   / weartv   Instagram:   / weartv   Newsletter sign-up: https://weartv.com/sign-up Have a tip? Email us at [email protected] Have a video or photo you want to share? Upload it to https://weartv.com/chimein WEAR is a FL based station and an ABC Television affiliate and NBC Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 163 television stations in 77 markets, after pending transactions. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 38.7% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, Univision and Azteca affiliates. #weartv #florida #localnews #abc3 #pensacola #floridanews