Sheriffs Meet At Cemetery To Send Grave Message

"The top cops in Northeast Florida met in a somber place Thursday morning to send home a serious message.

Jacksonville's sheriff, John Rutherford, as well as the sheriffs of Clay, Putnam, and St. Johns counties held a conference at a Clay County cemetery in order to make their message -- that driving under the influence kills -- perfectly clear.

“Our ’wolf pack’ is back, and we are also going to be having DUI checkpoints on our major throughfares,” Rutherford said.

“We are encouraging all of our officers to look at traffic as a serious matter and aggressively enforce traffic laws,” Beseler said."

DUI Florida Lawyer

DUI Penalty - Man gets 20 years for crash that killed 2

"A DeLand man who downed 11 shots of gin then crashed his car into another, killing two people, should spend more than 20 years in jail, a judge said Friday.

[The Man] was sentenced for the deaths of [two]. Another passenger was paralyzed in the high-speed crash two years ago in Spring Hill, near DeLand.

"I don't think [theman] is necessarily a bad person; however, I did not see any remorse until today," Circuit Judge S. James Foxman said as he ordered [the man] locked up for 20 1/2 years on two counts of DUI manslaugher."

Daytona Beach News Journal

DUI Tampa Attorney

Validity of DUI test device at issue

By CHRIS TISCH, Times Staff Writer

"LARGO - The Pinellas-Pasco Public Defender's Office is challenging the accuracy of the machines that test the blood-alcohol count of suspected drunken drivers. The machines' accuracy has been contested in several other Florida counties with mixed results. In at least two counties, court rulings have blocked the use of breath test results against DUI defendants.

In several other counties, including Hillsborough, judges have denied the challenge."