Tampa
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You Can Lose Your Driver’s License For Non-Driving Violations
In Florida, a driver’s license can be suspended not only for violation of traffic rules but also for many other minor violations of the law. Absenteeism; drawing graffiti in an unauthorized place; issuance of checks not supported by real money; smoking before the age when the state is allowed to use tobacco products; sexting is…
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15 years for the fatal DUI crash
Via [Miami Herald 11/21/2011] Tampa – Florida. A Tampa Bay man gets 15 ears in prison for a DUI related fatal crash happened in April 2009. Caril, a Tampa bay area resident 25 at that time has crashed into another car at a red light while going about 80 mph. That car’s driver, 37-year-old Tina Harrison, died a…
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A 24-year-old Tampa man has been arrested
TAMPA : A 24-year-old Tampa man has been arrested early Saturday morning on a variety of charges regarding his role in a three-vehicle crash on Hillsborough Ave. Luis Alberto Reyes-Cervantes was apprehended and booked into the Hillsborough County Jail following a short pursuit. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report the suspect was traveling west…
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Cups Taking a Picture of a Local Celebrity?
This has nothing to do with the DUI. I caught this picture while waiting on a traffic light this morning around 9:30 AM. Amusing, after all those two cops shook hands with a person which I think was a street solicitor. Perhaps they will be writing a post in their blogs?
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Award for making most DUIs goes to Pasco trooper
The winner of the Hurd-Smith award for making most DUI arrests on the state is a Pasco County trooper Ronald Evans Jr who has made 238 DUI arrests in 2010. Mr. Evans also won the award in 2009 for making 187 DUI arrests. This is a significant increase of 27% in a number of arrests…
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Tampa Buccaneers Executive Arrested on DUI charge
Shelton Shelton Quarles, the Bucs’ pro scouting coordinator and a former Pro Bowl linebacker with the team, was arrested on a DUI charge early Friday. Police arrested Quarles, 39, about 2:30 a.m. on Interstate 275 near Himes Avenue. Police saw a black Audi with the headlights off going 79 mph in a 55 mph zone.…
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Dentist hits pedestrian reaching 89 mph speed
AMPA — Seconds before crashing into pedestrians on the Harbour Island Bridge last fall, killing two, a Riverview dentist hit a top speed of 89 mph, prosecutors learned. Matthew Moye’s blood alcohol level — 0.13 percent — exceeded the level at which the state presumes impairment, records show. “I’m the designated driver tonight,” he said…
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Ice Cream Driver Charged With DUI
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office repprted that 49-year old Ronald Clifford Purdy was pulled over Monday afternoon after someone called 911 to report his driving. Deputies say Purdy staggered out of the ice cream truck in New Port Richey and gave his birthday when he was asked for his address. The deputies also reported finding…
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Man gets 21 years for deadly DUI
This is a very sad story. A 39 year old man Randy Archiquette caused a total of five crashes within 30 minutes on April 14, 2009. At 3:59 p.m., police say, Archiquette crashed into Williams, pushing her northbound 1994 Chevrolet sedan into a telephone pole. He continued north, blowing through the intersection with Hillsborough Avenue,…