Drunk Driving DUI Law

Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bernie McCabe’s son was booked into a Hillsborough County Jail early Sunday morning on one (1) count of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) with Property Damage, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office as well as an online story by the St. Pete Times.
The suspect, 24, of Largo, ran a stop sign [...]

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The 23-year-old daughter of a Florida Supreme Court Justice was arrested for driving under the influence early Monday.
Stephanie Labarga, of Wellington, daughter of Florida Supreme Court Justice Jorge Labarga, was arrested while heading West on Okeechobee Boulevard at about 1:40 a.m.
Jorge Labarga was a judge for 15th Circuit Court in Palm Beach County, Florida from [...]

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A man faces fraud charges after reportedly pretending to be his twin brother after he was pulled over for driving under the influence. The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office reported that 43-year-old man was pulled over Jan. 20 and charged with DUI. But deputies said the man initially identified himself as his brother and signed that [...]

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Sheonty Sultan-Baksh is being held in the Palm Beach County Jail.
The West Palm Beach woman was involved in a fatal accident on the night of December 28th according to her arrest report.
West Palm Beach police say that Sheonty and her husband Salim Baksh went to movies at CityPlace.
After the movie the couple spilt up and [...]

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Nearly five months after he was released from prison after serving time for his fourth DUI and for fleeing a law enforcement officer, a 36-year-old Ocala man was taken into custody early Saturday morning on several charges — including DUI and possession of cocaine, according to authorities.
At 12:19 a.m. Saturday, Deputy Frank Porcelli was dispatched [...]

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Outside the home of 32-year-old Michael Leininger, people have left cards and flowers in his memory. While he was disabled, his friends say he lived life to the fullest.
Bob Godwin says even though his friend Michael Leininger had cerebal palsy and used a wheel chair, it never let him down. “He had a social life, [...]

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For more than four hours last weekend, two dozen deputies and officers set up a sobriety checkpoint and stopped every car going south on U.S. 41 in North Port.
Out of 633 cars stopped, police made only one DUI-related arrest.
The lack of arrests gives fuel to a long-standing criticism of DUI checkpoints that are usually set [...]

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tandout Florida defensive end Carlos Dunlap has been suspended from Saturday’s SEC Championship Game after his DUI arrest early Tuesday morning, UF coach Urban Meyer announced after practice Tuesday.
There is no timetable for Dunlap’s possible return.
“Carlos obviously made a very poor decision,” Meyer said. “I have not spoken to him or his family yet. I [...]

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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 [...]

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When you are convicted of Polk County drunk driving your diving privilege is taken away and you are  faced with steep fines. If your car is how you get to work you may qualify for a hardship license as long as you meet 2 guidelines:
1. Florida law prohibits any hardship reinstatement upon 2nd or subsequent [...]

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