Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Officer Injured in DUI Crash Criticizes Plea Deal
Melbourne police sergeant Charlie Braden called the deal a “slap in the face” after he suffered a broken ankle, torn meniscus, and a fractured risk in an accident stemming from drunk driving. The driver was charged with DUI with serious bodily injury, which is a third-degree felony and punishable by up to five years… Read More »
Elementary School Dean Charged with DUI
A Polk County elementary school dean has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced that 48-year-old Willie English, Jr. of Avon Park was picked up at 12:15 a.m. English told officers that he was the dean of Sun ‘N Lake Elementary School in Sebring and a… Read More »
Woman Confused by Red Button Gets DUI Charge
Pamela Diane Hess was charged with DUI after police say that she became confused over what to do with the red button at the entry gate to her parents’ gated community. She was driving a red Buick when she was spotted by a community watch driver. The arresting deputy said that she was stopped… Read More »
Man Arrested for DUI Tells Police He Has Coronavirus
Among the things that you should never do, even if you are drunk, is tell police officers that you have an infectious disease that is currently responsible for an unprecedented economic shutdown across the country and the world. Why? Because police are compelled to take that literally and to take it as a threat…. Read More »
Florida Man Allegedly Drinks Two Bottles of Liquor After Car Accident With Train
The adventures of Florida Man just keep getting weirder. In our latest installment, 43-year-old Florida Man, Danny Lee Wyatt, said that he was so startled after a train struck his vehicle that he pulled out two bottles of liquor from his trunk and downed them both to settle his nerves. He told officers that… Read More »
Allegedly Drunk Man Drives Tesla into House
A woman was working at home on her computer when a Tesla crashed through the front of her home and pinned her to the bedroom wall. Most of the car managed to make its way through the wall when two men exited and proceeded to run on foot. They didn’t get far, however. Bystanders… Read More »
Pedestrian Killed in DUI Crash
Lake County police have arrested 64-year-old Norma McDuffle who was wanted in connection to an accident that occurred in March. McDuffle was driving a Saturn coupe when she crashed into Ann Taylor and June Griffin on March 22 of 2019. The incident report states that the 60-year-old Taylor was crossing the street when she… Read More »
Florida Man Crashes Into Airport Terminal
Florida man strikes again, this time at the baggage claim at the Sarasota-Bradenton airport where he crashed through a wall sending debris everywhere until his GMC pickup came to a stop at the main baggage terminal. The crash caused serious damage to the main terminal building, but no one besides the driver was hurt… Read More »
Drunk Driver Smashes Into OCSO Patrol Cars
Thirty-four-year-old Steevens Cherelus was arrested after sheriff’s deputies say he drove his vehicle into two Orange County Sheriff’s Office patrol cars. The crash occurred in the wee hours of the morning at around 3:30 a.m. Police were directing traffic after another accident happened on the same stretch of interstate. Cherelus was driving a white… Read More »
Sanford Police Officer Suspended After DUI
Authorities say that Sanford police officer Adam Feldman crashed his vehicle twenty minutes after the New Year Day balls finished dropping. Witnesses said the driver of a Jeep was swerving and failing to maintain a lane. At one point, the vehicle swerved across all three northbound lanes on I-4 before exiting the road and… Read More »
