Diana Ross claims she had gotten lost on her way to a video store on Monday (December 30) in Tucson, Arizona, when she was stopped and then arrested for suspicion of drunk driving.

Ross was stopped early on the morning of December 30, after someone reported a vehicle driving south in the northbound lanes of a street in northeastern Tucson. The singer had pulled into a handicapped parking space in front of a Blockbuster video store, when she was approached by a Tucson police officer. She denied twice that she’d been drinking and told the officer she had been lost and was “trying to get here to rent a video.”

According to the officer’s report, the former Supremes singer consented to a field sobriety test, but fell down and laughed while trying to stand on one leg and count to 10. In another test, Ross skipped some letters and doubled others when asked to write the alphabet. Breath tests showed Ross’s blood-alcohol level of at least 0.20 percent, more than twice Arizona’s legal limit of 0.08.

The 58-year-old singer was cited on three misdemeanor counts related to driving under the influence, and has a January 13 court date.

A spokesperson for Ross told LAUNCH there was no comment being given on the singer’s arrest at this time.

– Sue Falco, New York