FL DUI News

A Polk County Florida Sheriff's deputy was arrested for drunk driving in Winter Haven. Chad Jackson was stopped around 2:00 Saturday morning after a traffic deputy sheriff observed erratic driving. Jackson was off-duty in his personal GMC pick-up truck at the time of the traffic stop. Jackson admitted to having been drinking and he failed a field sobriety test.

Jackson was booked on charges of driving under the influence in Florida at the Polk County Jail. He posted bond and was released Saturday afternoon.

Jackson, 22, has been with the sheriff's office since 2008. His latest assignment had been Central District Patrol, which covered the Winter Haven area. He has been suspended pending completion of an internal investigation.

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The waitress from Central Florida who claimed to have had an affair with golfer Tiger Woods has been sentenced to one year in jail for drunk driving. Mindy Lawton entered a no contest plea in Orange County court last Friday to charges of driving under the influence in Florida. In addition to the jail sentence, she was placed on five years of probation, had her license revoked for 180 days and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service.

Lawton's FL DUI arrest occurred in early 2009 after she crashed into another car. Her blood alcohol content was reportedly .18%. The driver of the other vehicle suffered broken ribs, back and facial injuries, and cited memory loss.

Lawton, 34, said she met Tiger Woods in 2006 while working as a manager at Perkins Restaurant. Graphic details of their affair were revealed after Woods crashed his SUV on Thanksgiving Day in 2009 following an argument with his wife, Elin.

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A bicyclist began the New Year behind bars after being charged with DUI in Naples. The Florida Highway Patrol stopped Richard Morrille Nacy around 9:30 pm Friday for riding without proper lights. He was subsequently arrested for drunken riding. Nacy, 59, was booked into jail while his bike was taken by a towing company and held in a storage yard.

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The founder of Ron Jon Surf Shops was arrested for driving under the influence in Florida Thursday afternoon after being spotted weaving and nearly hitting another vehicle while in his pick-up truck on Merritt Island. According to the arrest report, Ron DiMenna had trouble walking and slurred his speech, and when officers searched the vehicle they found a half full 20-oz can of the high alcohol/energy drink Four Loko. DiMenna refused to submit to a breath or blood test to check his BAC.

DiMenna was booked at the Brevard County Detention Center on suspicion of Florida DUI. He was later released after posting $5,500 bond. DiMenna has two previous arrests for DUI. In 2005 he pled guilty to reckless driving, and in 2007 he was convicted of drunk driving in Florida and had his driver's license suspended for 6 months. In 1994 DiMenna was pardoned by the New Jersey governor for 1970's convictions for drug possession.

The 73-year old DiMenna started the iconic surf shop in New Jersey in 1959.

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On Tuesday morning an on-duty Florida Highway Patrol trooper was charged with FL DUI. The St Lucie Sheriff's Office reports that Lisa Orshowitz struck a curb with her patrol car resulting in a flat tire. She continued to drive to the Delray Courthouse and used the radio to call for help. Responding officers said Orshowitz had slurred speech, small pupils and could not maintain her balance. She failed several field sobriety tests.

Orshowitz, 36, said that she had taken four sleeping pill the night before. She was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence in Florida. After being transported to jail, she posted $350 bond and was released.

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Poker pro John Racener was arrested for driving under the influence in Tampa Florida after being stopped shortly after 4:00 am Saturday morning. Racener reportedly refused to submit to a breath test. He was released Saturday afternoon after posting bond.

The 24-year old won $5.5 million coming in second during the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event last month in Las Vegas. He also placed fourth last week the World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Classic and earned $232,000.

This is Racener's third arrest for drunk driving since 2005. He is a resident of Tampa.

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A Florida Panhandle man was arrested for drunk driving and using his son to bypass a court ordered ignition interlock device. A passenger in his pick-up truck was also arrested for trying to shoot at a robo-deer set up by a state agency to combat poaching.

Two officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission were working near a decoy in a wildlife management area when they spotted a pick-up stop nearby. A passenger in the vehicle climbed into the truck bed with a rifle and started to target the deer. When the officers identified themselves, Nicholas Tyler Burdeshaw jumped out of the truck and was nearly run over by the escaping driver. He ran into the woods where he was soon apprehended. Burdeshaw was charged with night hunting and, because he is a convicted sex offender, felon in possession of a firearm.

The officers investigated the truck driver and discovered that he had multiple convictions for Florida DUI and had an ignition interlock in his vehicle. The unidentified driver refused to submit to a breath test. Authorities determined that the man had used his 17-year old son to breath into the special alcohol detecting device in order to start the truck. The man was charged with non-felony, simple FL DUI, as well as night hunting.

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The Okaloosa Sheriff's Office was involved in an odd impaired driving arrest in September when a man went into a nude rage. Christopher Nicholas Bos crashed his 2002 GMC sport utility vehicle into a 2005 Lexus LS450. He then attempted to drive off, crashing into a nearby residential and golf development entrance gate. A witness told deputies that Bos ran off, naked, with his dog.

Deputies arrived on the scene about 6:30 pm, and Bos' father let them into his son's home. The younger Bos was found lying on his bed, incoherent and emotional, with blood smeared on his body and bed sheets. When an EMS team arrived, Bos resisted, kicking until a deputy Tased him. He then spit on an officer while being transported to a local medical center.

Bos, 27, was initially charged with felony battery on a law enforcement officer, criminal mischief and resisting arrest. The state's attorney general's office recently added misdemeanor Florida DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. Bos remains in the Okaloosa County Jail.

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Florida Highway Patrol officers stopped a white 2008 Mercedes for erratic driving on the Florida Turnpike in Port St. Lucie. The vehicle was observed traveling off the edge of the road and back into a lane several times. The driver, former teen idol and Partridge Family actor David Cassidy, admitted to having a glass of wine with lunch followed by a prescription painkiller. He failed to mention, however, the half empty bottle of bourbon the trooper saw in the back seat.

Cassidy's blood alcohol content measured 0.139% and 0.141% during breath tests. He was booked for driving under the influence in Florida, failure to maintain a lane and having an open container. He was later released on $350 bond.

Cassidy, 60, is best known for his role on the Partridge Family during the 70s. He recorded several albums and singles, including the hits 'C'mon Get Happy' and 'I Think I Love You'.

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The annual football game played in Jacksonville between college rivals the University of Florida and the University of Georgia is called the World's largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. In response, several law enforcement agencies are teaming up to target motorists driving under the influence in Florida.

The Florida Highway Patrol, Alachua County Sheriff's Office, Alachua Police Department, High Springs Police Department, Waldo Police Department and University of Florida Police Department will be conducting sobriety checkpoints and additional FL DUI patrols following the game on Saturday. The game starts at 3:30 pm and fans are expected to begin heading out of Jacksonville around 7:00 pm, the scheduled start time of the anti-DUI activities.

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