Friday, May 28, 2010
Former Corbin Officer Chooses Jail Time
KENTUCKY....
Former Corbin police officer, 36 year old Charlie Bronson Fugate, showed up Tuesday at the Whitley County Detention Center to serve the first day of his court-ordered 14 days in jail for his second DUI in a year's time. He was formally sentenced in Laurel District Court March 23rd. An order entered April 21st allows him to serve those days whenever he chooses with no apparent time limit in which to serve them. Fugate was arrested during a traffic stop in the early-morning hours of February 7th by Kentucky State Police Sgt. Steve Walker for second-offense DUI and for failing to dim his headlights after he was observed crossing the "fog line" of the roadway, and then crossing the centerline into the wrong lane on US 25 while traveling south toward Corbin. An Intoxilizer breath test showed Fugate's blood-alcohol as .260 - more than three times the legal limit of .08. He pleaded guilty to the DUI charge March 23 and was ordered to pay a total of $519 in fines and court costs, his license was suspended for 12 months and he was sentenced to 90 days in jail, 76 days of which was probated.
Former Corbin police officer, 36 year old Charlie Bronson Fugate, showed up Tuesday at the Whitley County Detention Center to serve the first day of his court-ordered 14 days in jail for his second DUI in a year's time. He was formally sentenced in Laurel District Court March 23rd. An order entered April 21st allows him to serve those days whenever he chooses with no apparent time limit in which to serve them. Fugate was arrested during a traffic stop in the early-morning hours of February 7th by Kentucky State Police Sgt. Steve Walker for second-offense DUI and for failing to dim his headlights after he was observed crossing the "fog line" of the roadway, and then crossing the centerline into the wrong lane on US 25 while traveling south toward Corbin. An Intoxilizer breath test showed Fugate's blood-alcohol as .260 - more than three times the legal limit of .08. He pleaded guilty to the DUI charge March 23 and was ordered to pay a total of $519 in fines and court costs, his license was suspended for 12 months and he was sentenced to 90 days in jail, 76 days of which was probated.
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