Straight from the South Seas

Straight from the South Seas
Retired Expat living the Philippines

Augustus Summerfield Merrimon

This Blog is dedicated to my great-great-grand uncle who was a Democratic US Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1873 and 1879.

Friday, June 19, 2009

From Florida

Naked driver charged with DUI

“What’s wrong with a man driving home naked? It’s not against the law,” a motorist reportedly told a deputy before he was arrested in DeFuniak Springs. The charge, according to newsherald.com of Panama City, wasn’t driving naked, but driving drunk. Dearry Smiley, 58, of DeFuniak Springs wasn’t actually naked; he was wearing a hat, sunglasses and sandals, a deputy said.

The deputy said he approached the truck because it was parked off the shoulder of a road, partially blocking traffic on Monday night. A female passenger, Phyllis Cumbie, 47, yelled and cursed at deputies, according to the news release, and also smelled of alcohol. When deputies tried to pull her from the car, according to the release, she hit a deputy with her fist, so she was charged with felony battery on a law enforcement officer.

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