{"id":238423,"date":"2026-04-20T02:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238423\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T02:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:47:08","slug":"hillsborough-county-teacher-arrested-for-dui-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238423\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillsborough County Teacher Arrested for DUI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jacob-cohen.jpg\" alt=\"Hillsborough County Teacher Arrested for DUI\" class=\"pr-3 pb-3\" aria-label=\"Hillsborough County Teacher Arrested for DUI\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has arrested a Davis Elementary School teacher for driving while under the influence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On April 19, 2026, at 1:33 a.m., deputies conducted a traffic stop in Tampa. Deputies noticed signs of impairment, and the driver, Jacob Cohen, 35, agreed to field sobriety exercises.\u00a0Cohen continued to show multiple indicators of impairment. Cohen refused to give a breath sample.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cohen was arrested and faces the following charges:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tRefusal to Submit to Testing\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tDriving Under the Influence\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Driving under the influence is a dangerous and reckless decision that puts lives at risk,&#8221;\u00a0said Sheriff Chad Chronister. &#8220;As someone entrusted with shaping young minds in our community, this behavior is especially concerning. We will continue to hold individuals accountable and remain committed to keeping our roads safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This remains an active investigation.\u00a0Any updates will be provided by the Public Affairs Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has arrested a Davis Elementary School teacher for driving while under the influence.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-238423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}