Deputy Found In Road Charged With DUI
POSTED: Sunday, June 15, 2008
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BARTOW, Fla. -- A Central Florida sheriff's deputy was charged with driving under the influence after he was found passed out in a truck sitting in the middle of a road.Deputy Sheriff Jesus Contreras Jr., was arrested just after 6 a.m. Sunday after being found by another deputy.The deputy said she spotted Contreras asleep in the truck, which was pointed in the wrong direction in the middle of a Old Polk City Road with its headlights on.The 22-year-old failed a sobriety test and was taken to the Polk County Jail. The charge carries a $500 bond.Contreras was hired in September 2006. He has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of an internal investigation.
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