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 at Miley and Stanley roads, then went off the road and hit a fence at approximately 5:00 a.m. this morning, according to authorities. The crash caused about $1,000 in damage to the fence as well as $1,000 in damage to the Ford Taurus that he was driving.

Hillsborough County Deputies said McCabe was “unsteady on his feet,” “smelled of alcohol,”had “red, watery eyes” and “showed signs of impairment” when performing field sobriety tests (pretty much the standard cut-and-paste that we’d expect in any DUI report).   McCabe’s blood alcohol level was .168 percent, more than two (2) times the legal limit at which Florida law presumes a driver to be “impaired.”

McCabe, who works at Big Lots (probably the most interesting part of the entire story), was booked into the Hillsborough County Jail and released Sunday afternoon after posting the standard $500 DUI bail.

State Attorney Bernie McCabe, who has held that elected position since 1992, could not be reached for comment Sunday.

If you have been charged with drunk driving in Hillsborough County look no further than Tampa DUI attorney John Musca.

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