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Florida Man is getting a head start on 2018
The Polk County Sheriffs Office is commending a Winter Haven man for alerting authorities about a drunk driver on New Years Eve but the caller ended up being the one arrested on DUI charges.
Michael Lester, 39, called 911 shortly before 9 p.m. to report that he was driving drunk all over Winter Haven, according to a call released by authorities Friday.
Deputies found Lester on Sixth Street, near Avenue M. His red Ford F-150 was traveling south, with half of the vehicle in a left turn lane and the other half in the northbound lane, deputies said.
Lester was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence after failing a series of field-sobriety tests. He initially told deputies he drank two beers but later said it may have been three or four. Lester said he had only slept four hours during the past four days, and told deputies he had swallowed meth early that morning, according to an arrest report.
Michael Lester, 39, called 911 shortly before 9 p.m. to report that he was driving drunk all over Winter Haven, according to a call released by authorities Friday.
Deputies found Lester on Sixth Street, near Avenue M. His red Ford F-150 was traveling south, with half of the vehicle in a left turn lane and the other half in the northbound lane, deputies said.
Lester was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence after failing a series of field-sobriety tests. He initially told deputies he drank two beers but later said it may have been three or four. Lester said he had only slept four hours during the past four days, and told deputies he had swallowed meth early that morning, according to an arrest report.
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(Guess) man calls 911 to report a drunk driver...himself. (Original Post)
47of74
Jan 2018
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Ferrets are Cool
(22,047 posts)1. I know I am extremely biased...
but the first thing I think when I read these kinds of stories is " tRump voter".
NotASurfer
(2,331 posts)2. Just imagine Florida man winning the lottery's
Er...do we know yet who did, exactly, other than some ticket sold in Florida?
Sneederbunk
(15,482 posts)3. Good Citizen of the Year.
JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)4. "He initially told deputies he drank two beers..."
Never ever tell a cop you had two beers. Tell him you had one beer. Tell him you had three beers. Tell him you had eight beers. But never, never, never tell him you had two beers.
If you tell him you had two beers he will write you up for drunk driving immediately. Every driver in the universe with a BAC over .08% claims they drank only two beers.