Florida DUI News Archive

6 February 2009 - 6 March 2009

6 March 2009: Boca Raton News - Boca Raton, FL - Operation No Excuses’ nabs 38 drunk drivers - Last weekend’s DUI Saturation Patrol dubbed “Operation No Excuses,” and conducted by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with State Attorney Michael McAuliffe, had a new and, some say, controversial element.

5 March 2009: The Tampa Tribune - Tampa, FL - Driver Was 4 Times Legal Alcohol Limit, Police Say – DUI News - A Largo man arrested Wednesday on charges of driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a car resulting in injury had a blood alcohol level more than four times the legal limit, according to a Tampa police arrest report.

4 March 2009: The Tampa Tribune - Tampa, FL - Man Convicted Of DUI Manslaughter Faces New DUI Charge - TAMPA - A man previously convicted of felony DUI manslaughter was arrested this morning on a new charge of driving under the influence, records show.

3 March 2009: Sun Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Checkout cop routine could backfire on Miramar commissioner - Even though he was acquitted of DUI in 2007, he was suspended from office while that case played out. And he underwent court-ordered anger management classes after a 1998 arrest for disorderly intoxication.

2 March 2009: Ocala.com - Ocala, FL - A second chance after DUI charges - To be eligible, participants of DUI Court must be second- or third-time offenders.

1 March 2009: NBC 5 WPTV.com –Boca Raton, FL - Drunk drivers pay the price - More than 26 people were arrested for D.U.I. during the 'No Excuses Campaign' in Palm Beach County.

1 March 2009: Panama City NewsHerald.com Panama City, FL - Vernon man arrested on DUI manslaughter charges

27 February 2009: News-Press.com Fort Myers – Fort Myers, FL  - Cape man causes 'severe' property damage, charged with DUI - A Cape Coral man was yesterday charged with multiple accounts of driving under the influence as well as leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, according to a report from the Cape Coral Police Department.

26 February 2009: The Orlando Sentinel – Daytona Beach, FL - Troopers: Drunken driver kills woman, injures three others - Florida Highway Patrol troopers said Mark Lester Wolf, 39, of Palm Coast, faces charges of DUI manslaughter, three counts of DUI with serious bodily injury and two counts of DUI property damage. Troopers booked Wolf into the Volusia County Jail.

26 February 2009: News-Press.com Southwest Florida – Cape Coral, FL - 26 picked up on DUI charges in Lee County - The Lee County Sheriff's Office has released the names of those charged with the offense of driving under the influence during the past week:

21 February 2009: The Miami Herald – Miami, FL - Driver in fatal Miami-Dade crash was cited 29 times in eight years - …from driving with balding tires to DUI

14 February 2009: Gainesville Sun – Gainesville, FL - Officer honored for more than 100 DUI arrests

9 February 2009: FloridaToday.com - Brevard County, Florida - Trial begins today in deadly DUI crash - A driver who prosecutors say was drunk when he swerved into an emergency lane on the Beachline in 2007, killing a family of three sitting in a parked car, goes to trial today on DUI manslaughter charges.

6 February 2009: NewarkAdvocate.com – Clearwater, FL - Local man charged on DUI manslaughter posts bond - CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A Newark man bonded out of jail a day after he was charged with DUI manslaughter, which carries a minimum of four years in prison, in a fatal crash in May, said Holly Grissinger, assistant state's attorney in Pinellas County

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