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A Friday morning dispute between a bus driver and a motorist ended with the Cache County school bus driver employee behind bars for allegedly being drunk and packing a handgun.
Tamara Gustaveson, 56, remained in Cache County Jail late Friday in lieu of $2,405 bail. She was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, a class A misdemeanor, and possession of a firearm by an intoxicated person, a class B misdemeanor. She had a blood-alcohol level of 0.091, said Cache County sheriff's Lt. Chad Jensen.
She had dropped off a bus load of Cache County School District elementary and middle school students for the school day about 15 minutes before the altercation, Jensen said. No children were on the bus when deputies arrived, but deputies believe she had been intoxicated when they were on the bus.
Jensen said the deputies were called to the Ridley's Market parking lot in Hyrum about 7:50 a.m. after both Gustaveson and another driver called to complain about each other. Gustaveson claimed she had been cut off by the other driver, who denied the allegation.
"They detected an odor of alcohol from Gustaveson and asked that she submit to field sobriety test," Jensen said. "At the conclusion of the test, Gustaveson was placed into custody [and] during the inventory search of the bus, a firearm which belonged to Gustaveson, who has a concealed weapons permit, was located."