No, that is not a zombie. It is 26 y/o Catherine Butler of Rochester, NY. More specifically, that is Catherine’s booking photo from her DUI arrest this past Saturday at approximately 2 am after she was arrested for driving with no headlights on and a BAC of .111.
Because of NY’s “book and release policy”, whereby a DUI arrestee is taken to the station, processed and released, Catherine was able to get a ride home, freshen up and continue the par-tay into the wee wee hours.
Naturally, on the very same road that she had been arrested for DUI on just 3 hours earlier, a different police officer stopped her for swerving about the roadway. Catherine was wearing the same outfit, sans the makeup, and was more sober, but not sober enough, allegedly failing another breathilyzer and earning her 2nd DUI of the day.
Now I ask you: Is this the face of 2 DUI’s in 3 hours? (Oh, did I fail to mention that Catherine had 2 prior DUI arrests from 2006 & 2011, making these numbers 3 and 4?)
Pretty girl, and pretty sad how she chooses to act; and yes, it is a choice. No one forced Catherine to get behind the wheel impaired. Not in 2006, not in 2011 and not either time in that dreadful 3 hour window on Saturday, October 25th, 2014.
All of that said, here in Florida we have a mandatory jail (not police station) booking and a minimum 8 hour hold requirement for anyone who is arrested for DUI. There are no shortcuts, no custody releases, no pick-ups from the station…. In Florida its straight to jail, no matter who you are and no matter which part of the Sunshine/Funshine State in which you get popped for DUI. Everyone goes to jail, directly to jail,, does not pass “go”, does not collect $200.00, and can expect to sit and rot in jail purgatory, probably for a grand total of 8 – 26 hours. (In Miami almost no one gets released in less than 24 hours. We’re a busy County, with a crowded jail facility full of corrections officers with more on their mind than you and your schedule.)
The good news is that this mandatory hold gives pretty much anyone time to sober up. Tack on the almost certain vehicle impoundment (a major moneymaker / collateral; consequence of almost every DUI arrest…. occasionally a DUI vehicle will escape impound, but that is clearly the exception to the rule) and by the time that you get released from the jail, without a vehicle, picking up another DUI is almost an impossibility.
Anyhow…. When it comes to the subject of drinking and driving, the best advice that you are ever going to hear is: “Don’t do it! Get a DD (Designated Driver), not a DUI”.
Be smart{er than Catherine Butler}: Don’t drink and drive, but, if you do, just say “NO{thing}”, don’t blow (in FL your 2nd subsequent refusal is a crime) and call me stat at 305-381-8686, 305-798-2220, **ARRESTED, **305DUI, **MIAMIDUI, **MIAMILAW or **HABERLAW.
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