- April 18, 2024
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2:15 a.m. — 700 block of South Nova Road
DUI. Police arrested a 52-year-old Daytona Beach man after receiving a call that he was slumped over in his car with the horn beeping for over an hour.
The reporting officer found the man sleeping in the driver's seat of his running vehicle, noting he appeared "sloppy, unbalanced and reeked of consumed alcoholic beverages," according to the arrest report. While the man completed one field sobriety exercise after he was informed that the reporting officer would be conducting a DUI investigation, the man declined to complete any more beyond that. Seeing as he failed his first exercise, the man was placed under arrest.
Once at the police station, the man declined to provide a breath sample. He also declined to speak, but while being transported to jail, he asked the officer if he could speak freely. The officer said he was welcome to, and the man said, "You got me, I really did pull over because I knew I shouldn't have been driving," according to the arrest report. The man said he believed he hit a curb and he took that as an indicator he shouldn't be driving.
4:01 p.m. — First block of John Anderson Drive
Narcotics. A 30-year-old Daytona Beach man excused his reckless driving to police by saying that his truck was malfunctioning and he was taking it to a repair shop.
Police were flagged down by a motorist traveling south on John Anderson, who advised a truck was driving off the road and running stop signs on the residential road. Police spotted the truck and witnessed the driver run a stop sign themselves. The reporting officer estimated the man was driving at between 50 to 60 miles per hour.
Once a traffic stop had been initiated, police noted the man's pupils looked like pinpoints, and, that he would occasionally sway back and forth. When asked for his license, the man said he had one only for business purposes. Police discovered his license was suspended, and that there was no business purpose condition or hardship license under the man's name.
The man did pass the field sobriety exercises, but during a search of his truck, police found two xanax bars. He was taken to jail.
5:20 p.m. — First block of South Yonge Street
DUI. A 56-year-old Ormond Beach woman was arrested after she was involved in a car crash while under the influence of alcohol.
The woman told police she was fine multiple times, and while the crash investigation was being conducted, would search through her car as if she was looking for something, though police asked her not to do that. According to her arrest report, the woman continuously ignored her request and would become very talkative, but her words were mumbled and slurred to the point the reporting officer could not understand her. She was "very carefree, sleepy, crying and apologetic," the report states.
The woman admitted to drinking three beers and "some other drinks" while she dropped her family on the beach. She failed the field sobriety exercises and was taken to jail.
