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Escambia County Principal Arrested For DUI
July 19, 2025
An Escambia County School District elementary school principal was arrested on a DUI charge after a head-on collision.
Amy Hicks Roby, 53, was charged with DUI property damage and cited for driving on the wrong side of the road by the Florida Highway Patrol. She was released from jail on a $1,000 bond.
The crash occurred around 8 p.m. on East Olive Road at Kipling Street, near the Dreamland Skate Center. FHP said Roby was headed east on Olive Road, failed to maintain a proper lane, and collided head-on with a Hyundai Sonata.
Roby first told troopers that she didn’t know how the crash occurred. Troopers noted in their report that her speech was slurred with a strong odor of alcohol coming from her person.
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She later told troopers that she had three to four margaritas at Vallarta’s restaurant before the crash.
“She stated that she began drinking alcohol around 4 p.m. and stopped she believed at 8 p.m. The collision occurred at approximately 7:43 p.m.,” the FHP arrest report states. She provided a breath alcohol sample of 0.1; the legal BAC level in Florida is 0.08.
Roby is the principal of Hellen Caro Elementary School.
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5 Responses to “Escambia County Principal Arrested For DUI”
spot on Brandy Roberts!
I guess Bill and Susie never made any mistakes in their life. How quick we all are to judge…nobody knows what she has been going thru. The list of people that drink at dinner then drive home in the city of Pensacola is laughably endless. Should it have been done? No, of course not. Is it terrible? Yes. This could have been ANYbody…not just her. She is just the one that got caught today. It has zero bearing on what kind of teacher, or principal she has been- or is. She is an excellent teacher- that is a fact. A bad judgement call, resulting in a consequence, can always be a great life lesson- but it isnt always the be all end all of someone’s life or purpose. Get real people.
She was only preparing for the new school year…
Takes allot of help to deal with today unruly kids
Hopefully she’ll be canned from our County ASAP. Let her go bus tables at Vallarta’s then take a cab home (since she will not have a DL). No smart person concerned for our children makes a ridiculous mistake like that!
A perfect example of a person who doesn’t need to be in the school system period !!! Also needs AAA immediately!!!!