Articles Posted in DUI - Driving Under the Influence in Jacksonville

A Jacksonville man was sentenced last week to 15 years in state prison for a crash that killed his best friend in 2010. Klay Williams was convicted of DUI manslaughter in January and was facing up to 15 years in prison, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. The judge this week handed down…

A Jacksonville jury found a man guilty of DUI manslaughter in Duval County in connection with a 2010 crash that killed his 21-year-old friend. Klay Williams was found guilty last week of the second-degree felony and will be sentenced in March, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Williams, 22, faces up to 15…

A former professional football player living in Jacksonville was arrested last week and charged with DUI manslaughter for his role in an accident that killed a Louisiana man last month. Police say Dann Rockne Lute, 53, failed to see traffic backed up on Butler Boulevard about 5:15 p.m. when people were lined up exit onto…

A Georgia Tech assistant basketball coach was arrested for DUI while in Jacksonville this month on a recruiting trip. Postorino was arrested about 3:20 a.m. Dec. 9 and released from jail that afternoon, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. He is facing a Duval County misdemeanor DUI charge, which has a maximum…

The state has two weeks to charge the man behind the wheel in a Jacksonville Landing hit-and-run death with a felony, or a judge will accept his guilty plea to a misdemeanor DUI in Duval County. Brain Patterson tried to plead guilty to the misdemeanor DUI last week related to the August case, just one…

A Jacksonville man who had been out on bail on a Duval County DUI for an accident that killed a man at the Jacksonville Landing is now back in jail after being arrested for Driving Under the Influence again. The judge revoked his bond and Brian Patterson, 32, is not expected to be released until…

Two months after trying to flee a beating and then running over and killing a man with his truck, a driver was charged with Duval County DUI in the crash. Brian Patterson was arrested on a Jacksonville DUI charge last month after tests showed he had a blood-alcohol level of .127, above the legal limit…

A man pulled over for driving all over a Clay County road and eventually arrested for Driving Under The Influence told police his driving was erratic because a squirrel was biting him as he drove. The man did have a baby squirrel wrapped up in his shirt when police came to his window, but the…

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a DUI case that is expected to clarify when police are allowed to force a blood draw on a person suspected of DUI. The court’s opinion, now expected to come down in early 2013, will likely have a far-reaching, nationwide impact on a suspect’s right to refuse…

Jacksonville Jaguars draft pick Justin Blackmon pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor DUI charge stemming from a June arrest in Oklahoma. Blackmon’s blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit of .08, but he received the standard sentence of probation, fines and alcohol awareness courses that most first-time Jacksonville DUI offenders receive, according to…