- April 17, 2024
-
-
Loading
Loading
3:03 a.m. — 600 block of South Nova Road
DUI. A 42-year-old man immediately asked for "Morgan & Morgan" as soon as police informed him they were going to proceed with a DUI investigation, declining to participate in the field sobriety exercises even as those officers let him know that could be used against him in court.
The man was stopped by police after he used a gas station parking lot as a through street to cut traffic and accelerating to about 60 miles per hour. At first he plead to be let go because of his mother's health, but according to police, he later became hostile with the officers stating that he had been through this before and that he would contact the ACLU. Then, the man turned apologetic and asked police to let him go home, to give him one more chance and that he doesn't hurt people.
He also said he didn't do drugs, but police later found marijuana in his vehicle. He was transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail.
12:58 a.m. — Intersection of East Granada Boulevard and North Halifax Avenue
DUI. A 40-year-old Korean woman told police she suffers from asian flush syndrome, "a disease that can make someone appear intoxicated" she said, at the scene of a crash on the beachside. According to Wikipedia, "asian flush" otherwise known as "alcohol flush" causes some individuals to develop blotches on their bodies after consuming alcoholic beverages.
The woman told officers she had half a shot of Jameson with her steak dinner. Police found a bottle of the whiskey, two-thirds full, in her car. She failed most of her field sobriety exercises and was transferred to the Volusia County Branch Jail.
12:52 a.m. — 200 block of Benjamin Drive
False name. A 25-year-old woman ratted herself out to police when one of the officers shouted her real name and she made no attempt to correct him. The woman had initially given officers a false name while they investigated a suspicious incident involving four others sleeping in vehicles in front of a multi-family residence.
The woman acknowledged she was not who she initially said she was, and that she believed her grandfather had sent out a Marchman Act on her. She also told them she was out on bond for a previous charge, but couldn't remember what it was for. She was transferred to the Volusia County Branch Jail.
