Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Lakeland Woman Charged With DUI With Children In Tow
A 35-year-old Lakeland woman is facing enhanced DUI penalties after she drove through a fence and into someone’s backyard. Deputies arrived to find Brittany Medina with a child in her vehicle. Her eyes were bloodshot and watery and her speech was slurred. Neither she nor the child were injured, however, which is a lucky… Read More »
Woman Charged With Second DUI Homicide
At 16 years of age, Jennifer Carvajal was found guilty of DUI manslaughter after she took the life of another driver. Carvajal blew through a red light and struck the driver’s vehicle, killing them. She was charged with DUI manslaughter and given 5 years in state prison. It is now 7 years later, and… Read More »
DUI Driver Claims Brake Failure Caused Crash Into Diner
This is the second recent case of a driver claiming that brake failure led to an accident that the police are claiming was caused by drunk driving. This is an interesting argument. On the one hand, it doesn’t absolve the defendant of the crime of driving under the influence of alcohol, but it may… Read More »
Winter Haven School Teacher Charged In DUI Crash
Polk County officers say that 57-year-old Kathryn Lewis made a left-hand turn into the direct path of an oncoming Toyota Corolla. After the crash, the Toyota driver said Lewis was “not making sense” and attempted to “walk away from the accident.” At this point, the other driver flagged down an off-duty police officer who… Read More »
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 »
