State corrections officer Miya Bell of Homestead was arrested last weekend for allegedly driving under the influence while her children were inside her vehicle and resisting arrest.
Bell, 27, is charged with DUI, battery on a law enforcement officer, child abuse, and resisting an officer with and without violence. She is being held on $25,000 bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. The press did not name an attorney for her.
Prominent lobbyist Ron Book, father of Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, was booked into jail on February 24 on DUI charges.
Book, 66, is charged with DUI, DUI causing property damage, and refusal to submit to a DUI test. He was held in Broward County Jail and was released on Monday after posting $1,500 bond. The press did not name an attorney for him.
Johnathon Dujuan Thompson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was arrested on DUI charges following a fatal crash that caused the death of Andy Jackson Sanford of Brandon.
Thompson, 39, is charged with DUI, leaving the scene of a crash, and driving with a suspended license. The press did not name an attorney for him.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Worker John Michael Gratton is accused of driving while under the influence and crashing into five vehicles.
Gratton, 38, of Coral Springs, faces several charges, including DUI first offense; DUI damage with personal injury; possession of drug paraphernalia; reckless driving; reckless driving causing property damage; reckless driving causing injury; leaving the scene of an accident with property damage; failure to remain at a scene involving a non-serious injury; and resisting an officer without violence. His bond was set $3,000.
Higinio Jeronimo of West Palm Beach, Florida was arrested on December 26 for his alleged involvement in a Christmas Day rollover crash on Interstate 95 that killed two people.
Jeronimo, 45, is facing charges of DUI manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, DUI property damage, and driving with a suspended license involving a death.
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