Known as Tea Tyme, Tynesha McCarty-Wroten arrested over 3 November death of Darren Lucas in Zion, Illinois
The social media creator who allegedly hit and killed a pedestrian as she hosted a livestream while simultaneously driving through a Chicago suburb has been arrested, according to authorities.
Known best to her online followers as Tea Tyme, Tynesha McCarty-Wroten was arrested Tuesday for her role in the 3 November death of 59-year-old Darren Lucas, said Lt Paul Kehrli of the Zion, Illinois, police department.
Local jail records show McCarty-Wroten, 43, faces felony charges of reckless homicide and aggravated use of a communications device resulting in death.
Lucas’s son-in-law, Chris King, said Tuesday that the state attorney’s office had informed his family of McCarty-Wroten’s arrest.
