February 19, 2010
DUI Arrest Turns Out To Be A Deputy Fire Chief In North Port
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A 1:33 a.m. call to 911 ended up with a North Port deputy fire chief being arrested for DUI on I-75. David R. Quaderer was reportedly stopped for drunk driving in a vehicle that was issued by the department. According to the Sarasota Herald Tribune Quaderer’s vehicle was swerving and he eventually pulled into a Taco Bell to urinate in the parking lot. He was stopped by police upon returning to 1-75.
According to reports there was a strong odor of alcohol coming from inside the deputy fire chief’s official car. Quaderer was taken to Charlotte County Jail and released on $750 bond. Police reports state that the deputy fire chief asked for officers to extend him profession courtesy on more than one occasion during the stop. There was nothing mentioned about field sobriety tests or breathalyzers in the article.
December 29, 2009
North Port Woman Spends Christmas Day In A Sarasota Jail After DUI, Hit And Run And Bribery Charges Filed
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Most of us spent Christmas Day with our families but Lynn Marie Pierce spent her Christmas in a Sarasota County jail. The North Port woman was >arrested on charges of DUI, hit-and-run and driving with an expired license on Christmas Eve. She then compounded it all by trying to bribe her way out of trouble. That led to bribery charges being added to her list of alleged crimes.
According to a story on the Sarasota Herald Tribune website, Pierce ran a stop sign and crashed into another car. She left the scene of the accident and went to her house where officers found her sitting in the front seat of her car. They felt she appeared intoxicated and then discovered her license expired in 1998. After failing field sobriety tests, she was placed under arrest. From the back of a police cruiser, she tried to pay off the…
