PONTE VEDRA, Fla. – A woman found guilty in a non-jury trial after her SUV struck a bicyclist, a police car, a motor scooter and two other cars head-on in a series of crashes in 2010 was arrested again last week for violating the conditions of her house arrest sentence.
Andrea Zampatti was initially sentenced to 33 years in prison but that was overturned on appeal, and she eventually entered a plea deal that let her avoid prison time. She was sentenced to two years of house arrest and 10 years of probation.
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Last week, Zampatti was arrested for violating her house arrest conditions, and a judge ordered her to wear a GPS monitor for the rest of her sentence.
Zampatti was driving a Range Rover on State Road A1A in Ponte Vedra when she hit a couple of mailboxes, then a 65-year-old bicyclist and a police cruiser.
Zampatti tried to hit another deputy who was trying to stop her on Mickler's Road, deputies said. Then she crashed into a motor scooter and two other cars on Palm Valley Road.
After the crash, deputies said, Zampatti took off running. She was later caught and taken to jail, charged with aggravated assault and aggravated battery and numerous traffic violations.
Deputies said alcohol was believed to have been a factor.
Three crash victims were hospitalized.
The judge rejected the defense's insanity plea, after Zampatti was initially adjudicated not competent for trial.