Off-Course Golf Cart Driver In DUI Arrest

By TBO.COM | Staff
Published: December 03, 2007

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HOLIDAY - After seeing the vehicle swerving in and out of traffic Saturday night, the deputy knew what was up.

So the deputy pulled over the golf cart.

Donald Leonard Carlson, 46, of 4966 Continental Drive, Holiday, was arrested just before 11 p.m. Saturday on a charge of driving under the influence, an arrest report states.

The deputy spotted the golf cart, which had no lights, cross six lanes of heavy traffic on U.S. 19, just south of Alt. 19. The golf cart crossed all southbound lanes and stopped in the center of U.S. 19. It then went north on the highway, making northbound cars slow down to avoid hitting it, according to the report.

Carlson refused a breathalyzer test, but the deputy noted his glassy eyes and slurred speech, the report says.

He was being held Sunday afternoon in the Land O' Lakes Jail with bail set at $250.