{"id":273621,"date":"2026-05-16T17:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273621\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:50:10","slug":"florida-man-arrested-after-deputies-find-him-passed-out-at-pump-with-child-guns-in-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273621\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man arrested after deputies find him passed out at pump with child, guns in car"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLANT CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Florida deputies say a man was found passed out at a gas pump with his 5-year-old in the backseat, a gun in plain view, and a BAC more than double the limit.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> say they responded to a Shell gas station at 1665 Branch Forbes Road in Plant City for reports of a “person-down.”<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, deputies say they found 26-year-old Patrick Voegtly passed out in the driver’s seat next to a gas pump.<\/p>\n

During the arrest captured on bodycam, Voegtly’s 5-year-old child in the backseat is heard telling deputies that his dad is “just sleeping.”<\/p>\n

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While assessing the scene, deputies allegedly saw a gun in plain view inside the vehicle. When they woke Voegtly up and placed him under arrest, a second gun was found in his pocket.<\/p>\n

Deputies noted that he had glassy eyes and slurred speech before confirming his impairment after he blew a BAC more than double the legal limit.<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a>, HCSO Sheriff Chad Chronister highlighted that this could have ended much worse:<\/p>\n

This reckless decision could have ended in tragedy. Driving under the influence is dangerous enough, but doing so with a child in the vehicle while armed shows a complete disregard for the safety of others. Thankfully, deputies intervened before anyone was seriously hurt.<\/p>\n

Voegtly was subsequently booked for counts of Driving Under the Influence (Over 0.15), Child Neglect, and Improper Exhibition of a Dangerous Weapon or Firearm.<\/p>\n

The investigation is reportedly active at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLANT CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Florida deputies say a man was found passed out at a gas pump…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-273621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273621","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=273621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}