Category Archives: DUI Defense
Police Beat Man They Thought Was Drunk Driver
An Osceola man has filed a federal lawsuit against Osceola deputies after they found him in his parked vehicle with dangerously low blood sugar. Mistaking him for someone who was intoxicated, Deputy Javier Arroyo reached into the vehicle to take out his keys and then dragged him out. He and five other officers proceeded… Read More »
Man Kills Two In Fatal DUI Crash At Intersection
An Orlando-area man is facing two counts of vehicular homicide after he fatally struck another man and a good Samaritan. The man refused to submit to a breath test. He has additionally been charged with failing to render aid in an accident involving serious injury or fatality, and leaving the scene of an accident…. Read More »
Woman Leaves Child At Grocery Store, Turns Out She Was Just Drunk
A woman was caught by police speeding toward Publix after she thought she forgot her baby there. The baby was safe and sound, still at home, but the woman is now facing a DUI charge. The woman was caught doing about 70 mph in a 35 mph zone, weaving in and out of traffic… Read More »
Drunk Driver Skids Through Red Light Into Patrol Car
A driver is facing charges of DUI after crashing his vehicle into a patrol car recently. The deputy was stopped at a traffic light when driver Alex McKinny ran a red light, skidded through an intersection, and struck the patrol car as it was waiting for the light to change. Deputies say that McKinny… Read More »
Driver Crashes Into Kennewick Apartment Building
Moments after police broke off a pursuit involving a blue Dodge Durango, they received a call that a blue Dodge Durango had crashed into a Kennewick apartment complex. The police called off the pursuit of the vehicle due to safety concerns. The driver ended up wedging her vehicle in between two apartments. The damage… Read More »
Polk County Middle School Teacher Caught Smoking Pot Behind The Wheel
A middle school teacher is now facing DUI charges after police say they caught her smoking marijuana behind the wheel of her vehicle. While the vehicle was not in motion at the time of her arrest, the woman will face DUI charges nonetheless because she was “in actual physical control” of the vehicle when… Read More »
House Party Results in Four Injuries, DUI Arrest
An Orlando teenager who hit four other teenagers on his way out of a house party has been charged with one count of DUI with serious bodily injury after he caused permanent injuries to one of the party guests. Now, the host of the party has also been charged. Florida’s social host and dram… Read More »
Former Police Officer Destroys Mailbox With Vehicle While Drunk
A former police officer is accused of destroying a mailbox while driving under the influence of alcohol. David Arkuszeski, 28, was driving just after midnight when police say he hit the mailbox, damaging his own vehicle and the passenger-side mirror. Police say Arkuszeski smelled of alcohol, was slurring his words, and was having difficulty… Read More »
Man Goes on Violent Tirade After DUI Arrest
Authorities say that Jeremy Orlando Burgos kicked and spit on deputies after they pulled him over on suspicion of DUI. Burgos is accused of driving a vehicle that was responsible for hitting a building and a parked car. Once Burgos was pulled over, police say that he failed field sobriety tests. Once in jail,… Read More »
Deputy Suspended for Second DUI Arrest
A man was pulled over after he was found driving his truck on the wrong side of the road. The police quickly discovered that Aaron Chavez, a Volusia deputy, had been arrested the prior year for another DUI. Deputies say that Chavez ran a red light and was swerving his vehicle all over the… Read More »
