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Postal Carrier Facing Florida DUI Charges
Man found passed out over steering wheel while delivering mail.
A postal worker in Boynton Beach is facing charges of driving under the influence in Florida after being found slumped over the steering wheel of his mail truck. Kevin Crocilla registered a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit for intoxication in Florida. Witnesses had contacted a fire-rescue team thinking Crocilla may be suffering from a medical condition.
Crocilla said that he had been up all night drinking wine and then drank half a bottle of mouthwash to mask the smell of alcohol. He had arrived at work at 11:00 am.
Crocilla, 29, reportedly stumbled while exiting the mail truck and was unable to complete a field sobriety test because he couldn’t keep his eyes open or his head straight. He blew .264% and .258% BAC during two breath tests. The legal limit is .08%. Crocilla said he was delivering one piece of mail to each person, and he then passed out.
A spokesperson with the United States Postal Service has not commented on the FL DUI incident.
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Toddlers Roam Street After DUI Mom Passes Out
Mother of two charged with DUI in Florida after being found passed out in minivan.
A 3-year old boy and a 4-year old girl were found wandering the streets of Cooper City, Florida around 5:00 pm on Wednesday, nearly two miles from their house. The two had got out of the family mini-van and walked off after their mother passed out in her driveway with the engine running.
Brenda Dulcos was reportedly on her way to pick up an older child from school when she passed out. When her mother failed to arrive, the daughter walked to an uncle's house. The uncle then contacted the Sheriff's department. In the mean time, the two toddlers were found, barefoot, by a good Samaritan while they were about to cross a busy road and also called authorities. They said they were trying to find their older sister.
When found by police around 6:00 pm, Dulcos refused to submit to a breath test to check blood alcohol content. While not actually driving the gold Ford Windstar, police arrested her for Florida DUI because she was in physical control of the vehicle. She was also charged with child neglect.
Brenda Dulcos wept while being charged with driving under the influence in FL. It is her first alcohol related offense. She was told she would not be allowed to drink when released, or drive with children in the vehicle. Broward County Florida judge John Hurley said the drunk driving incident was a danger to the children, and liken it to having a loaded gun with the kids around. He vowed to personally call the Florida Department of Children and Families to make them aware of Dulcos' actions.
Dulcos, 44, was being held in the North Broward jail on $4,500 bail. The children are in the custody of their father.
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University Dean Arrested for DUI in Florida with BAC Under Legal Limit
Two breath tests showed Ave Maria Dean of Students was not legally intoxicated.
The Dean of Students at Ave Maria University was charged with driving under the influence in Florida despite submitting to two breath tests that showed a blood alcohol content below the legal limit. Dan Dentino was stopped by the Collier County Sheriff's Department around 11:30 pm on September 3 for allegedly weaving in his lane. After reportedly failing several field sobriety tests, the officer initiated a breath test. Dentino registered .068% and .066% in two tests. The legal threshold for intoxication in Florida is .08%.
A sheriff's department spokesperson said that an officer can initiate an arrest for DUI in Florida even if the motorist has a BAC below .08%, when impairment is suspected. That said, she doubted the charges would stick, stating, "What the state does with it after this is up to them."
Ave Maria University officials are standing behind Dentino. In an email, the school president said “Please remember that a police charge is not a conviction; Dan is entitled to a presumption of innocence.” He went on to describe Dentino's FL DUI arrest as "an overzealous police intervention."
Dentino, 34, has been with the university for eight years. He serves as Vice President of Student Affairs and Adjunct Professor of Theology. He is a graduate of the Franciscan University and holds a Master's in religious studies and a Doctorate in systematic theology.
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Man Charged with Florida DUI after Passing Breath Test
72-year old had to walk home after being stopped at a DUI checkpoint in Cape Coral.
Vincent Tallo was driving home after an evening of dancing with his friend Mary Debenedetta when he was stopped at a sobriety checkpoint in Cape Coral. The 72-year old man told the officer that he had sipped one beer over two hours. The officer required him to perform several field sobriety tests and declared Tallo under arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence in Florida.
Tallo requested a breath test and he registered a .000% BAC. The elderly man was then taken to a portable toilet and asked to provide a urine sample. A preliminary result, which tests for 12 drug classifications, revealed something that the police did not like and they proceeded with the arrest for DUI in FL. The official result from the state lab will take some time. Debenedetta told the police that Tallo is a health-nut and doesn't even take Advil. The Cape Coral police say that they are convinced there was enough indication of impairment to initiate the arrest.
Tallo's vehicle was impounded, and he and Debenedetta, 62, were forced to walk two miles to her house after midnight. A police sergeant explained that the couple just didn't ask officers for a ride.
The couple is fighting the charges, and Debenedetta said "I want other people to not go through this ever."
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Peculiar drunk driving articles for the week of September 18
Really odd drunk driving news – 'The Human Body'
Police use taser on naked California DUI suspect – Santa Ana police pulled over a man suspected of driving under the influence in California after he struck another car. When the driver refused to put up his hands the police hit him with a stun gun. When the officers moved in for an arrest, they found the man completely naked. The man was taken for drug and alcohol testing.
Naked motorcyclist arrested for Florida DUI – Police followed Dante Kraus early on a Tuesday morning riding down Interstate 75 on his motorcycle completely naked. They finally pulled him over after the 45-year ran exited the highway and ran a red light. Kraus said that he had been drinking a Hooter's restaurant and did not know how he lost his clothes. He was arrested for his fifth suspected DUI in FL.
Indiana DUI suspect sues after police forced catheter into him – An Indiana man stopped for suspicion of impaired driving is suing the police in Lawrenceburg after they forced a catheter into his penis to get a urine sample. Jamie Lockard was stopped for running a stop sign and police conducted a breath test to test for blood alcohol content. The police then obtained a search warrant and took Lockard to a hospital for blood and urine samples. When Lockard said he couldn't provide a urine sample and refused to drink any liquid, the police forcibly held him down and inserted the catheter. In a complaint filed in federal court, Lockard is seeking an unspecified amount of damages and a jury trial.
Nude knocker held on California DUI - Peter Allen Steele is accused of ringing people's doorbells while naked. He was apprehended by San Mateo sheriff's deputies after streaking through a Redwood City home and into the woods. It took a taser and two shots from a bean bag gun to bring down the 6'7", 250 pound suspect. Steele was charged with drunk driving in California, indecent exposure, evading police officers and entering a house without permission.
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Female Wrestler Nabbed for DUI in Florida
Perez is under contract with WWE.
A female wrestler under contract with World Wrestling Entertainment was arrested for driving under the influence in Tampa Florida. Karlee Leilani Perez was stopped shortly after 1:00 am on June 14 and later booked on suspicion of FL DUI. She is part of the WWE’s development operation Florida Championship Wrestling.
Perez, 23, who performs under the name 'Liviana', is a Tampa model was signed with the WWE a few months ago. Her duties have included being a ring girl and managing Sweet Papi Sanchez. She also recently began wrestling.
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NBA Player Arrested for DUI in Florida
Reserve player for the Denver Nuggets arrested for drunk driving in Hillsborough County.
Renaldo Balkman, a reserve forward for the NBA Denver Nuggets, was arrested last weekend for driving under the influence in Hillsborough County, Florida. Balkman was stopped around 4:00 am on Saturday morning by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and after refusing to submit to a breath test he was booked on suspicion of FL DUI. He posted a $500 bond and was released.
Balkman, 25, was a first round pick for the New York Knicks but has not lived up to his billing. He was traded to Denver, where he averaged 5 points and 3.8 rebounds during his first season for the Nuggets. A team executive said he was aware of Balkman's arrest but declined comment "out of respect for the legal process."
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Sheriff's deputy cut corners during investigations of drunk driving in Florida
Prosecutors in Polk County have dropped charges against 54 defendants accused of driving under the influence in Florida. The reasons stem from a sheriff's deputy taking shortcuts in preparing DUI arrest reports and conducting tests to determine blood alcohol content.
Deputy Tex Thomas joined the Polk County Sheriff's Office last year and made 124 arrests for suspicion of DUI in FL. In a court deposition for a drunk driving case, Thomas admitted to clearing just the top portion of an arrest report and reusing words from a previous arrest. The use of such a template, rather than writing specific details and observations unique to an arrest, is a violation of procedure. In one case, he inadvertently left in the name of the previous suspect's last name. Thomas also admitted to not properly observing a 20 minute period of direct observation before conducting a breath test to ensure that the suspect did not belch, vomit or ingest something that could affect the accuracy of the test. He would include the drive time from the point of the traffic stop to the testing facility as part of the intended face-to-face window of observation.
Prosecutors felt the shortcuts jeopardized the DUI cases and they elected not to file official charges against 50 defendants and dropped four other charges. Those arrests were made between October 2008 and early July 2009.
Thomas, 27, has not been disciplined though there is an ongoing internal investigation. While he has been reassigned from targeted DUI enforcement to general patrol, he is still able to initiate traffic stops for suspected Florida DUI.
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Cops Caught Framing Woman for Crash During Florida DUI Arrest
Dash cam captures police officers making up story about accident they caused.
Last February, a police officer struck the rear-end of another vehicle with his squad car at a traffic light in Hollywood, Florida around midnight. When other officers converged on the accident scene, they suspected that the woman who was hit was driving under the influence in Florida, the veteran colleagues decided to frame her for the initial accident. The audio pick-up on the dashboard camera, however, recorded their actions.
The officer who caused the accident, Joel Francisco, collaborated with Sgt. Dewey Pressley in fabricating a story of how Alexandra Torrensvilas was driving with a large gray cat on her lap and that the cat jumped out the window, causing Torrensvilas to swerve and stop unexpectedly. Torrensvilas was subsequently charged with suspicion of drunk driving in Broward County Florida and for an improper lane change. While coordinating their stories, Pressley is heard saying, "We'll do a little Walt Disney to protect the cop because it wouldn't have mattered because she is drunk anyway." He was also heard saying that he didn't want to make things up but was willing to "bend it a little bit to protect a cop." The person photographing the scene was instructed to deliberately take images from certain angles to make it look as though Torrensvilas swerved in front of the officer. The officers acknowledged that they knew what they are doing is illegal, obviously unaware that they were being recorded.
As a result of the audio, four veteran police officers and a crime scene technician have been placed on administrative duty with pay until an internal affairs investigation is completed and the Broward States Attorney’s office can review the findings. The Broward County Chief Public Defender has asked state investigators and the FBI to become involved.
The Florida DUI case against Torrensvilas has been dropped. Other cases the officers have been involved with may also be jeopardized, as they are now on record falsifying testimony.
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Peculiar drunk driving articles for the week of July 24
Really odd drunk driving news – 'Parallels'
Naked Driver Charged with Florida DUI – Police approached a truck parked on the shoulder of the road because it was partially blocking traffic and they discovered the driver, Dearry Smiley, was naked. Smiley asked the officer, "What's wrong with a man driving home naked? It's not against the law." The arrest report clarified that the 58-year old from DeFuniak Springs wasn't actually naked because he was wearing a hat, sandals and sunglasses. He was, however, considered to be driving under the influence in FL and was arrested. A female passenger, who was clothed, was charged with felony battery after hitting a deputy with her fist as he tried to remove her from the vehicle.
Nearly Naked Driver Charged with Maryland DWI – Police stopped Jonathan Schultz for speeding and discovered he was "driving commando". The 41-year old from Delaware was wearing a shirt and had a towel partially covering his lap. He claimed he had lost his pants and the deputy found none in the vehicle. Schultz was charged with driving while intoxicated in MD.
Heavy Equipment and an Ohio DUI – Robert Tite was arrested for drunk driving in Ohio while operating a bulldozer. He had driven the heavy equipment onto a neighbor's property and uprooted trees while creating a swath of destruction. The 57-year old Huron County man was also charged with criminal damage and resisting arrest.
Heavy Equipment and Drunk Driving Arrest in Germany – After his girlfriend reportedly left him at a nightclub, a 23-year German man decided to steal a large tractor to drive himself home. He lead police on a slow chase for over 40 minutes, resisting officers holding stop signs and pepper spray shot through an open window. The tires proved too thick for stop strips and police finally resorted to shooting out the tires after the man rammed a police car and another vehicle. He was immediately arrested for drunk driving and several other violations.
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