April 22, 2013
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K. McKinney
Christopher Gamel, a social studies teacher at James W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of DUI property damage and personal injury after the car he was driving collided with a patrol...
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March 28, 2013
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K. McKinney
Crystal Dawn Rusaw of New Port Richey was arrested and charged earlier this week with child neglect and leaving the scene of a crash with injuries. According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, Rusaw was driving a Ford Explorer when...
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March 21, 2013
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K. McKinney
School social worker Keeley Bremer of Clearwater was arrested and charged last week with driving under the influence in Pinellas County. She was pulled over at 10 p.m. on Thursday night on U.S. 19 in Pinellas Park after an officer...
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March 20, 2013
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K. McKinney
William Dion McClendon was arrested last week and charged with DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide, relating to a fatal January 2012 collision in Pinellas Park. A warrant was issued last May for McClendon but it took 10 months for police...
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February 19, 2013
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K. McKinney
Former schoolteacher Robert McCraw was sentenced last week in Hernando County’s circuit court for the DUI manslaughter of Ludolf Breymann in Spring Hill. The accident occurred on January 3, 2011. McCraw was sentenced to five years in prison for driving...
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December 30, 2012
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K. McKinney
A Hernando County judge sentenced Mikell Begley of Brooksville to 11 years in prison last week for the April death of Begley’s friend Gary Ziegler. The sentence came after Begley pleaded no contest to DUI manslaughter. Had he been convicted...
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November 28, 2012
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K. McKinney
Christopher A. Koenig, a 29-year-old Lakeland man, was arrested earlier this week in Polk County after allegedly hitting a teenaged pedestrian with his car and fleeing the scene, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Koenig faces one count leaving...
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Locations: Florida, Lakeland, Polk County
Criminal Charges:
DUI
November 23, 2012
by
K. McKinney
An early morning Port Richey traffic stop last Tuesday ended with the arrest of three people, two charges of battery on deputies and one DUI charge. Pasco County deputies stopped David Schumaker near Cochise Lane and Sandalwood Drive at about...
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October 27, 2012
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K. McKinney
Albert Friedman, an 81-year-old Hudson man, was arrested last week in connection with an August 5th crash in Pasco County. Two people were killed in the crash, which occured on US Highway 19. Friedman has been charged with two counts...
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Locations: Florida, Pasco County
Criminal Charges:
DUI,
Felonies
September 17, 2012
by
K. McKinney
A Pasco County judge sentenced 22-year-old Joshua Fieger to eight years in prison for the DUI manslaughter of a 19-year-old in Hudson in December 2009. Fieger faced up to 15 years in prison. According to media reports, the judge was...
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Locations: Florida, Hudson, Pasco County
Criminal Charges:
DUI,
Felonies
September 4, 2012
by
K. McKinney
Barbara Brummette, of St. Petersburg, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence (DUI) and child neglect after Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies allegedly discovered her over the weekend, passed out in her car. Though the car was parked and...
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July 31, 2012
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K. McKinney
A Pinellas County Circuit Court judge sentenced Demetrius Jordan this week to over 40 years in prison for DUI manslaughter, related to the deaths of four men on Aug. 1, 2010. Shortly after midnight on that date, Jordan, who was...
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July 17, 2012
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K. McKinney
A Hillsborough County man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for DUI manslaughter, violation of probation and driving while revoked, habitual offender. Charles Peoples likely faced a relatively long sentence for the charges but that likelihood was probably increased...
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July 4, 2012
by
K. McKinney
Tampa Bay Buccaneer Eric Wright was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of felony DUI after an injury accident in downtown Los Angeles. Wright signed a five-year, $37 million contract with the Bucs in March. Los Angeles police said officers...
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May 30, 2012
by
K. McKinney
Nineteen-year-old Miguel Angelo Rivera of Tampa was charged with DUI after being involved in an injury accident on Dale Mabry Highway earlier this week. Five people were hospitalized after a crash that law enforcement claims was caused when Rivera’s car...
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