Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Juvenile Detention Officer Charged in Bizarre DUI
Authorities claim that a juvenile detention officer, Krystal Raquel Payne, was swigging shots of Crown Royal right from the bottle while she was driving her SUV. They say she hit seven parked cars and then tried to walk away from the scene wearing only her bra and panties. She appears to have removed a… Read More »
Florida Man Says Cocaine Baggie Flew in Through Window
Police say they pulled over a motorist who they saw drinking a 40 oz bottle of beer in his vehicle. The man had allegedly rolled through a stop sign while attempting to hide his very large beer. The police conducted a search of the vehicle and found an empty baggie with residue that tests… Read More »
Former Punter from FSU Faces DUI Charges After Scooter Crash
We’ve run a series of articles on all the bizarre instances in which Florida police can arrest you for DUI. This included bicyclists, a man on a segway, and now a former FSU punter who crashed his scooter. Logan Tyler was arrested with a blood-alcohol level of .218 and will now face DUI charges… Read More »
Grandmother Facing DUI Manslaughter Charges
A grandmother is being charged in the death of her own granddaughter after she crashed into an I-4 guardrail with her 10-month-old granddaughter on her lap. Both the grandmother and the granddaughter were injured in the crash, but the granddaughter died three days after the accident. Highway patrol reports that Helen Mention’s blood-alcohol level… Read More »
OP-Ed Takes Aim at Faulty Intoxilyzer Technology
A recent op-ed in the Daytona-Beach News Journal took aim at Florida’s Intoxilyzer technology. This technology is often presented as evidence in court against those who are charged with drunk driving. But is the Intoxilyzer based on scientific methodology or is it a load of hooey. The answer is complicated. The technology is based… Read More »
Woman Killed and Baby Injured in DUI Crash
A seventy-year-old woman was killed and her baby grandson was critically injured in a four-vehicle crash in Sarasota on September 9th. Florida Highway Patrol said that David Buncik ran a red light at the intersection at University Parkway in Sarasota. His vehicle struck three others including the car that held the woman and her… Read More »
Man Faces DUI Manslaughter Charges After Death of Cyclist
File this one under: Intoxicated motorist flees the scene of a fatal accident. We can’t stress enough how bad of a decision this is. Police have arrested Travis Osorio, a thirty-year-old Opa-Locka man who struck and killed a bicyclist earlier this year in April. Osorio was driving on a suspended license with a BAC… Read More »
Florida Couple Charged with DUI/Having Sex in Squad Car
A Florida couple is in hot water after getting pulled over by Nassau County Police. The couple was charged with DUI but were apparently unfazed by the arrest. The two were placed in a squad car where they began copulating. The two were found riding bicycles (yes, that’s possible) without headlights when they were… Read More »
Woman Charged with Drunk Driving & Child Endangerment
A Sarasota mother is facing multiple charges after police pulled over on the first of October. The woman was caught after she was involved in an accident. Sheriff’s deputies say that there were two young children in the car when the accident occurred. Twenty-seven-year-old Kimberly Toomy was filling out paperwork regarding the accident when… Read More »
Orlando Eye Doctor Charged with DUI
A Brevard County eye doctor is facing DUI charges after he refused to take a breath test, authorities said. Locals called police to report a reckless driver when police found Dr. Nicholas Pefkaros and pulled him over. Police asked him to perform several field sobriety tests which they claim he failed. Pefkaros then refused… Read More »
