{"id":319472,"date":"2026-06-25T15:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319472\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:36:10","slug":"cape-coral-dui-suspect-hides-in-car-wash-after-running-from-police-officers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319472\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral DUI suspect hides in car wash after running from police, officers say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cape Coral DUI suspect hides in car wash after running from police, officers say<\/p>\n

\"CarsonCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

A Cape Coral man was arrested Wednesday night after being accused of drunk driving and attempting to escape police by hiding in a car wash.<\/p>\n

According to the Cape Coral Police Department, officers responded to reports of a reckless driver near the 2400 block of Santa Barbara Boulevard South at around 11:28 p.m. Reports said that the driver of a silver Dodge Ram pickup truck was speeding and was possibly impaired.<\/p>\n

Officers located the pickup truck in the parking lot of a McDonald’s near the 800 block of Northeast Pine Island Road. The driver was speeding within the parking lot and ignoring multiple stop signs, CCPD said.<\/p>\n

A traffic stop was initiated on the pickup truck in the parking lot of a Walgreens, but the driver, identified as Shaheem Preston, 29, got out of the truck and ran from officers, CCPD said. <\/p>\n

Officers found Preston hiding at a nearby car wash, CCPD said. Preston was lying on the ground beneath the car wash machinery, attempting to hide.<\/p>\n

Preston was taken into custody, and during the investigation, officers noticed he had slurred speech, bloodshot eyes, and smelled like alcohol, CCPD said. Preston refused to undergo DUI testing.<\/p>\n

Preston was driving on a suspended license, officers said, and a search of his vehicle yielded open and unopened small liquor bottles, according to CCPD.<\/p>\n

Preston was arrested and faces charges of DUI, refusal to submit to DUI testing, driving with a suspended license, resisting officers without violence, and careless driving.<\/p>\n

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