

She had a “strong” smell of alcohol on her breath, her eyes were “glassy” and “bloodshot,” and when she got out of her SUV, the report said she was “stumbling” and “staggering.”Ĭheese was “polite” and “cooperative” as the officer questioned her. The officer greeted Cheese at her parked sport utility vehicle, where he “immediately noticed signs of impairment,” the report reads. When the responding officer arrived at Cheese’s home, he watched Cheese “driving up to the residence and parking,” the report reads. It’s unclear who called or why the caller was concerned. Police were initially dispatched to Cheese’s home address on Thursday after a person called 911 and requested a welfare check on Cheese’s behalf. She was not at work the day of her arrest, which happened about 4:30 p.m. and reports for other newscasts, according to a biography on the station’s website. Rikki Cheese, whose legal name is Lynn Cheese, was arrested last Thursday in front of her northwest valley home on the 5900 block of Filmore Avenue, south of Ann Road and Jones Boulevard, according to an impaired driving report obtained from the Metropolitan Police Department.Ĭheese typically anchors the station’s live newscast at 3 p.m.

The KTNV-TV, Channel 13 anchor who was arrested last week on suspicion of drunken driving has been placed on leave, according to the station’s general manager. KTNV Channel 13 news anchor Rikki Cheese, middle, appears with Charles Tureaud and Kimberly Bailey Tureaud during the 15th Annual Taste and Sounds of Soul at Fremont Street Experience in February 2016.
