Articles Posted in DUI - Driving Under the Influence in Jacksonville

It appears that Tiger Woods will not have a Florida DUI on his record. According to an article on CBS news, the prosecutor assigned to the case is going to amend the charge to a reckless driving. If Woods completes a DUI diversion program, the charge will be dropped. Police reports from the case show…

A deputy clerk or court in Orange County, California, has been arrested on federal charges of violating RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, bribery and money laundering. According to a report in the Orange County Register, the clerk changed dispositions, marked as “paid” unpaid fines and court costs, changed actual charges, and posted…

A Jacksonville man pleaded guilty to 14 charges related to a 2014 drunken driving incident, but the state backed off the most serious charge he was facing. The man was initially charged with attempted second-degree murder for driving his vehicle at officers that were trying to speak with him, according to a report in the…

Two months after a Jacksonville man lost control of a sport-utility vehicle and crashed, killing a passenger in his car, the man was arrested on multiple charges. The man was arrested this month for his role in the October crash, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Police said the man was speeding when…

A man thought to be facing a felony DUI charge after hitting a woman with his car is now facing the far more serious charge of attempted murder. The Jacksonville man was originally arrested in October for the July incident where police thought a woman had been hit by a car, according to a report…

Nearly three months after a crash that killed his friend, a Jacksonville man was arrested on felony charges in connection with the fatal wreck. The man was arrested this month and charged with two serious felonies – DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. He is also charged with…

A Georgia man with four previous DUI convictions on his record was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to two felonies in connection with a fatal crash. The driver was attempting to turn into an apartment complex, but turned into the path of a motorcyclist, according to a report in the Florida…

A Clay County woman is now facing multiple charges in Jacksonville, including a felony, in what appeared to start as a DUI investigation. Police pulled the driver over for speeding about 2 a.m. in Jacksonville Beach, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. A passenger in the car took off running before police could…

Four months after she drove her car onto the sidewalk and ran over a vacationing Wisconsin man, an Atlantic Beach woman was arrested on several serious felony charges. The woman is accused of driving her Ford Expedition onto the sidewalk, hitting the man and then hitting a palm tree, a parked car and a bus…

A Jacksonville man was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for a DUI crash that killed one person and seriously injured two others. The crash occurred in 2013 when a man was driving the wrong way on a Jacksonville interstate and crashed head-on into a vehicle with three people inside, according to a report…