Counting ’em Down: For higher or for worse, that is the Headline Surfer countdown of 2021’s Prime 100 greatest information tales of Central Florida alongside the tourism-driven stretch of Interstate 4 (Orlando Sights and east to I-95 & the World’s Most Well-known Seashore in Daytona). Every recap section is posted with its personal headline, culminating with the revealing of No. 1.
Headline Surfer picture illustration / Sheriff Mike Chitwood was silent after considered one of his deputies was arrested twice in two years on DUI costs.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DELAND, Fla. — An off-duty Volusia sheriff’s deputy was arrested again in March 2021 on his second cost of driving beneath the affect two years in a row.
Deputy Aaron Chavez was pulled over by a DeLand police officer shortly earlier than 2 a.m. Friday, March 5, after the officer witnessed his truck touring westbound within the eastbound lanes of Worldwide Speedway Boulevard.
The officer adopted as Chavez’s truck proceeded via a crimson mild, made a left flip onto Woodland Boulevard, swerved and pulled over for the site visitors cease.
When the officer approached the truck, he may odor the odor of alcohol and famous that Chavez’s eyes had been glassy and his speech slurred.
Chavez was taken into custody with out incident on costs of DUI and refusal to undergo DUI testing. He was additionally cited for touring on the incorrect facet of the roadway, failure to cease at a crimson mild, and violation of driver’s license restrictions (permitting driving for enterprise functions solely).
Chavez, 34, was beforehand arrested for DUI on March 21, 2020, when a Volusia sheriff’s sergeant responding to complaints a couple of reckless driver pulled him over north of DeLand. Chavez was off-duty in that incident as nicely.
Sheriff Mike Chitwood was silent on Chavez’s two DUI arrests.
As if Chavez’s driving offenses weren’t sufficient of a humiliation for Chitwood and the VCSO, he was arrested Sept. 12, for driving with a suspended driver’s license. Chavez was discovered alone – his car caught in a ditch when a deputy approached his truck, based on an arrest affidavit.
As if Chavez’s driving offenses weren’t sufficient of a humiliation for Chitwood and the VCSO, he was arrested Sept. 12, for driving with a suspended driver’s license. Chavez was discovered alone – his car caught in a ditch when a deputy approached his truck, based on an arrest affidavit.
When the officer requested how he received caught, Chavez pumped his accelerator making an attempt to get out, data present. After operating a search, the deputy stated he discovered that Chavez’s license was suspended because of the earlier DUI costs. Chavez was taken into custody on the Volusia County Department Jail.
Chavez resigned from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace after the second DUI arrest.
Prison case updates:
Aaron Chavez pleaded no contest on Aug. 27, 2020, to a decreased cost of DUI reckless driving within the 2020 legal case, and adjudication of guilt was withheld. He was subsequently positioned on probation for one 12 months. Relating to his second DUI arrest, Chavez pleaded no contest to driving beneath the affect on Aug. 6, 2021. His sentence is pending in that case. His third case stays open.
In regards to the Byline Author: Henry Frederick is a member of the working press and writer of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 web information outlet launched in 2008, that serves higher Daytona Seashore, Sanford & Orlando from Lake Mary, Florida by way of HeadlineSurfer.com. Frederick has amassed near 150 award-winning bylines in print & on-line. He earned his Grasp of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail College in 2019. He was a breaking information reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Seashore Information-Journal for practically a decade. And Earlier than that labored the identical beat for The Journal-Information/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, courting again to 1989. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida’s demise chamber and masking different excessive profile circumstances, Frederick has appeared on nationwide crime documentary exhibits on Discovery ID, Reelz, and the Oxygen Community collection “Snapped” for his evaluation. • Award-Winning Journalism: Florida Press Club recognizes Headline Surfer for nine stories in 2020 statewide competition. • Award-Winning Journalism of Henry Frederick.
2021 TOP 100 COUNTDOWN (thus far):
2020 TOP 100 COUNTDOWN (last):
