A Tampa criminal defense attorney has been arrested and charged with DUI and Possession of a Controlled Substance in Apollo Beach. The officer clocked the driver's 2007 Cadillac traveling 35 mph in a 20 mph zone. The arresting officer also reported that the 60-year old defendant drove in the center of the roadway and not in his designated lane.
At the traffic stop, the officer noted that the defendant exhibited signs of intoxication: red and watery eyes, slurred speech and smelled of alcohol. He confessed to drinking a glass of wine prior to the traffic stop. The police requested the attorney participate in field sobriety test and he refused because an arthritic knee injury. The defendant allegedly requested to participate in a blood alcohol test, but the officers denied his request.
The attorney has since been released from the Hillsborough County Jail on $2500 bond and is awaiting trial. He claims that he only had one glass of wine, possessed a prescription for the Viagra medication and only traveled five miles over the speed limit, contrary to published reports.
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