FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A 35-year-old man who was born in Ohio and lives in Parkland confronted expenses Tuesday for injuring somebody whereas driving drunk final yr in Margate, information present.
In keeping with a police arrest report, Heath Coutts was driving a black 2005 Ford F-150 pickup truck on Dec. 16 when he misplaced management and struck a pedestrian on the sidewalk.
In keeping with the arrest report, Officer Chelsea Perez discovered a bottle of alcohol close to the truck’s driver’s seat, and Officer Kahlyl Antoine smelled his alcohol breath whereas performing CPR.
Antoine reported Coutts was responsive after Margate Fireplace Rescue personnel administered Narcan, a medication used to deal with a narcotic overdose in an emergency.
Fireplace rescue personnel flew the pedestrian to Broward Well being North. Antoine reported the sufferer suffered “rib fractures, spinal compression fractures, distended stomach,” and “a number of abrasions, lacerations, and contusions.”
Florida’s authorized alcohol restrict is 0.08 grams per 100 milliliters of blood. In keeping with the arrest report, a toxicology report confirmed Coutts was driving at over two occasions the authorized restrict since his blood examined optimistic for .185 grams.
Courtroom information present prosecutors filed the case on Feb. 14. Inmate information present correctional deputies booked Coutts on Monday on the most important jail in Fort Lauderdale.
Coutts confronted two counts of DUI with critical bodily harm, a third-degree felony; and one rely of driving with a suspended license, a second-degree misdemeanor.
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