Megan Barnes Driving While Shaving! Fla. Woman Arrested After Crash, Grooming "Bikini Area" Say Cops

By: Edecio Martinez
Topics: Daily Blotter

Megan Barnes (Credit: WFOR/Monroe County Sheriff's Office)

CUDJOE KEY, Fla. (CBS/WFOR) Megan Barnes was driving while doing what?!?!

No, the 37-year-old woman wasn't on her cellphone. She wasn't texting, either.

The Florida Highway Patrol says Ms. Barnes was driving while shaving - there's more - driving while shaving her, uh, "bikini area." Well, that's what the cops call it.

It might not surprise you to learn that during Barnes' ride on the razor's edge, she allegedly crashed into the backup of a pickup truck in Cudjoe Key, Fla, according to CBS affiliate WFOR. Then, she and her ex-husband reportedly drove another half-mile before being pulled over last Tuesday morning.

We're told the ex-husband was actually doing the steering -- from the passenger seat, of course.

Patrol officers say they determined that in addition to this bit of "landscaping" behind the wheel, Barnes was already driving with a suspended license, just one day after she was convicted of driving under the influence.

Now, for her apparent adventure with blade in hand, throw in charges of reckless driving, driving with a revoked license, leaving the scene of a crash with injuries, and driving without insurance. The good news, nobody was seriously hurt.

Trooper Gary Dunick, describing what Ms. Barnes was thinking, explained, "She said she was meeting her boyfriend in Key West and wanted to be ready for the visit."

We knew there was a logical explanation.

Story contributed by CBS affiliate WFOR.

31 Comments +

Add a Comment

See all 31 Comments


by LusciousDC May 17, 2011 7:23 PM EDT: *****! YOU'RE TOO OLD TO BEE THIS STUPID!; Reply to this comment


by bobkat258 May 16, 2011 3:57 PM EDT: She should have been touching up her roots instead. Much more obvious.; Reply to this comment


by nyc_logic May 13, 2011 3:03 PM EDT: This story came out a year ago. This is nothing new. Come on CBS this is just embarrasing. Check it out. http://keysnews.com/node/21349; Reply to this comment


by ncnative1 May 10, 2011 9:36 AM EDT: It seems to me that the shaved coochy would not help very much in her overall desirability.....o is it just me!!!!; Reply to this comment


by JonnyGouda May 8, 2011 1:25 PM EDT: I think gbear10 is correct. The ex is the pimp and the "boyfriend" the trick. What ex-husband would help steer the car for her to go visit her next sex partner? Then again... he did steer the car into the back end of a truck. Hmm... Was he buckled and she not? ;); Reply to this comment


by Red_Dragon_Hawk May 8, 2011 2:45 AM EDT: WINNING!; Reply to this comment


by formrusmcsgt May 5, 2011 10:58 PM EDT: One stupid broad.

Real stupid.; Reply to this comment


by shay_tc07 May 5, 2011 2:47 AM EDT: by Pak 31
"She couldn't park the car at least for 2 minutes to do the job?"
Sooo agreed-- maybe in the future she'll remember there's also a shower to do it in... maybe she couldn't figure out how to turn it on? Figured a water bottle in the car would help clear the razor, make it faster and kill two birds with one stone- the drive and the shave!

Well I've had my laugh for the day. Thank you dumb blonde for providing comic relief in the world of crime. Maybe she can get on "Stupid Human Tricks"?; Reply to this comment

by SoCal_Gridlock May 3, 2011 10:12 PM EDT

"BUSH" is to blame for this, too.

Reply to this comment


by Bojax39 May 16, 2011 11:48 AM EDT: LOL! Well said! :-)


by Bojax39 May 3, 2011 10:58 AM EDT: Don't know who's more brain dead... this woman or the CBS staff members who thought this garbage news worthy. And yet..... I read the article, how about you? :-)

As to the ex-husband well, he may be a good reason for a dose of bleach in the gene pool but at least he wasn't dumb enough to stay married to her.; Reply to this comment