A Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested for drunk driving following a car accident early Tuesday morning. According to ABC Action News Deputy Wade Nordby had been drinking while driving and was booked into Pinellas County Jail on DUI charges. Pinellas Sherriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a one-car crash Tuesday morning. Dunedin Fire Rescue was […]
DUI Charges Filed Against Daughter Of Florida Supreme Court Justice
Stephanie Labarga, the daughter of a Florida Supreme Court Justice, has been arrested on charges of DUI in Palm Beach County. The 23-year-old from Wellington had a blood alcohol content measuring twice the legal limit according to the Palm Beach Post. Officers report stopping her for speeding and noticing she had bloodshot eyes and smelled […]
DUI Arrest Turns Out To Be A Deputy Fire Chief In North Port
A 1:33 a.m. call to 911 ended up with a North Port deputy fire chief being arrested for DUI on I-75. David R. Quaderer was reportedly stopped for drunk driving in a vehicle that was issued by the department. According to the Sarasota Herald Tribune Quaderer’s vehicle was swerving and he eventually pulled into a […]
Florida Woman Arrested For DUI While Dropping Off A Child Off At Port Richey Elementary School
Florida Highway Patrol Troopers responded to reports of a drunk driver who dropped a girl off at Chasco Elementary School in Pasco County. Lena K. Maki reportedly hit a car and then ran into a fence as she tried to leave the scene of the accident. She has been charged with DUI, leaving the scene […]
New Port Richey Man Arrested For First DUI Despite Driving Drunk For Past 20 Years
A New Port Richey man made quite the exclamation to police Saturday night. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers and the St. Pete Times Daniel Joseph Mahoney admitted to cops that he had never been caught driving drunk despite drinking and driving for the past 20 years. Well now he has. Mahoney was charged with […]
Florida Gator Carlos Dunlap Pleads Guilty To A DUI Charge In A Gainesville Courtroom, Gets Probation
Former Florida Gator defensive end Carlos Dunlap has pled guilty to DUI in a Gainesville court and received the minimum mandatory sentence according to a story at GatorSports.com. Dunlap’s drunk driving incident will land him on probation for one year and he will also face a six-month driver’s license suspension. On top of that there […]
Florida Man Who Admits To Taking Oxycodone And Sleeping Pills Is Charged With DUI
Marion County deputies have arrested a man on DUI charges after they found him asleep at the wheel of his car. Antonin Kanka reportedly told police he had taken Oxycodone and sleeping pills as reported on the website of WFTV. Deputies claim Kanka failed field sobriety tests at the scene of the arrest and once […]
Field Trip Ends With School Bus Driver Being Arrested For DUI
A school bus driver who ran a red light, hit a pole and had bloodshot eyes was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs. Police were alerted to the school bus driver by a chaperone who was on the bus with 15 Pittsburgh high school students during a field trip. The bus […]
St. Petersburg Man Crashes Into Police Car While Driving Drunk
Pinellas Park police are reporting a St. Petersburg man crashed into one of their police cruisers while driving drunk Wednesday evening. According to Bay News 9, Steven Jason Roberts, ran into the police car and then left the scene of the accident. He was later apprehended after abandoning his Jeep Cherokee and fleeing the scene of […]
North Port Woman Spends Christmas Day In A Sarasota Jail After DUI, Hit And Run And Bribery Charges Filed
Most of us spent Christmas Day with our families but Lynn Marie Pierce spent her Christmas in a Sarasota County jail. The North Port woman was arrested on charges of DUI, hit-and-run and driving with an expired license on Christmas Eve. She then compounded it all by trying to bribe her way out of trouble. That led […]