{"id":238777,"date":"2026-04-20T11:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238777\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:27:06","slug":"concerning-deputies-charge-tampa-elementary-school-teacher-with-dui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238777\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Concerning&#8217;: Deputies charge Tampa elementary school teacher with DUI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says a 35-year-old Davis Elementary School teacher refused to give a breath sample during a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 A Tampa elementary school teacher is facing DUI charges, authorities announced.<\/p>\n<p>The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office conducted a traffic stop at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, when they say 35-year-old Jacob Cohen, a teacher at Davis Elementary School, showed signs of impairment.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies say Cohen agreed to field sobriety exercises, but refused to give a breath sample.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen reportedly continued showing signs of impairment throughout the stop.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen was arrested and charged with refusal to submit to testing and DUI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Driving under the influence is a dangerous and reckless decision that puts lives at risk,&#8221; Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement. &#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>The investigation into this incident is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says a 35-year-old Davis Elementary School teacher refused to give a breath sample&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-238777","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\/238777","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=238777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}