Archive for June 14th, 2012

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Florida: Emily Santos’ dip into canal was fatal to her pal; cops suspect booze cause of end of cruise

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From Palm Beach Post
A man died in an early morning crash on Haverhill Road when the car he was riding in crashed into a canal.
Emily Santos, 29, was driving a silver Mazda northbound slightly north of Forest Hill Boulevard about 3:30 a.m. when she lost control, veered sharply to the right and ran into the C-7 canal bank, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies think she had been drinking. …MORE

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06.14
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Florida: DUI firefighter was chatting with cop before he snuck out to parking lot and zoomed away; cop took off after him

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From Palm Beach Post
WEST PALM BEACH — Before he was charged Sunday with DUI, West Palm Beach firefighter Lt. Joshua Goodfellow walked up to a uniformed Jupiter police officer, shook his hand and struck up a conversation.
According to a Jupiter police arrest report, officer James Albano was standing in uniform at the front entrance of the Square Grouper Tiki Bar at Castaways Marina, when Goodfellow walked up to him, shook his hand and asked Albano how he was doing.
As Goodfellow talked, he was swaying side to side, had “slurred speech” and an “odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage was coming from his breath,” Albano wrote.
Albano then offered to arrange for someone to drive him home safely. But Goodfellow instead walked back into the tiki bar.
“A few moments later, he walked past me saying his wife was coming to pick him up,” Albano wrote in the report. “I observed him walk to his vehicle, enter the (driver’s) side and drive away before I could stop him.”
Albano hopped into his patrol car and followed Goodfellow; he ran two stop signs before Albano could stop him …MORE

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