Woman pleads not guilty to bribing sheriff's deputy

RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A woman pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that she bribed a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy after she was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.

Marizella Perez, 28, was jailed at the end of her arraignment in West Valley Superior Court after a judge set her bail at $250,000.

Perez spent the night in custody before posting bail this morning, booking records show. She's next due in court Sept. 18.

Perez, of Rancho Cucamonga, allegedly offered a deputy $1,000 to free her after she was arrested in September in the area of Foothill and Day Creek boulevards.

A breath test measured her blood-alcohol level at 0.287, more than twice and a half the legal limit, according to investigative reports.

As she sat handcuffed in the back of a police car, she reportedly offered the deputy the bribe.

The deputy drove the woman to an ATM and she withdrew $200, promising the rest of the money in the morning, according to investigative reports.