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Related: About this forumThe dog at my homework - Florida DUI edition
And now Florida Man tried to pin his DUI escapades on man's best friend...
State troopers last month pulled over a 2005 Nissan after spotting the auto being driven erratically on Interstate 95 outside Port St. Lucie.
When cops contacted the driver, they detected the obvious and distinct odor of booze coming from inside the vehicle. The motorist, Scott Garrett, 56, was lethargic, slurring his words, and had red, very glassy, and blood shot eyes. On the cars front passenger seat was an open bottle of Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum.
Before performing a series of field sobriety tests, Garrett, pictured above, asked troopers to give him a ride to his Jupiter home. Garret then sought to pin the dangerous driving on another party: He then stated he wasnt driving the vehicle but it was...actually his dog, an investigator noted.
Despite Garretts alibi, he was arrested for drunk driving (a breath test recorded his blood alcohol content at more than three times the .08 legal limit). A Florida Highway Patrol report noted that Garretts rap sheet includes three prior DUI convictions.
When cops contacted the driver, they detected the obvious and distinct odor of booze coming from inside the vehicle. The motorist, Scott Garrett, 56, was lethargic, slurring his words, and had red, very glassy, and blood shot eyes. On the cars front passenger seat was an open bottle of Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum.
Before performing a series of field sobriety tests, Garrett, pictured above, asked troopers to give him a ride to his Jupiter home. Garret then sought to pin the dangerous driving on another party: He then stated he wasnt driving the vehicle but it was...actually his dog, an investigator noted.
Despite Garretts alibi, he was arrested for drunk driving (a breath test recorded his blood alcohol content at more than three times the .08 legal limit). A Florida Highway Patrol report noted that Garretts rap sheet includes three prior DUI convictions.
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The dog at my homework - Florida DUI edition (Original Post)
47of74
Jun 2018
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(121,884 posts)1. And according to the article the dog wasn't even in the car.
No Vested Interest
(5,217 posts)2. The dog had left the scene of the incident.
Smart dog.
FSogol
(46,925 posts)4. Florida Dog ain't no fool.
marble falls
(62,687 posts)3. What I told my boss .....