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Tue Jun 26, 2018, 11:19 AM Jun 2018

The 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 car’s 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 wasn’t driving the vehicle but it was...actually his dog,” an investigator noted.

Despite Garrett’s 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 Garrett’s rap sheet includes three prior DUI convictions.
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The dog at my homework - Florida DUI edition (Original Post) 47of74 Jun 2018 OP
And according to the article the dog wasn't even in the car. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #1
The dog had left the scene of the incident. No Vested Interest Jun 2018 #2
Florida Dog ain't no fool. FSogol Jun 2018 #4
What I told my boss ..... marble falls Jun 2018 #3
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