PORT ST. LUCIE \u2013 Three arrests of driving under the influence were made at separate times over the weekend by Port St. Lucie Police, according to a police Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
Kathleen Ruth Amber, 62, was arrested on Oct. 16 near the MIDFLORIDA Event Center, where officers were investigating a disturbance.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, officers observed signs of impairment by Amber, including slurred speech, lethargy, and difficulty maintaining balance, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
After conducting a DUI investigation, officers arrested Amber, who provided breath samples with a result of .130, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
She was taken to the St. Lucie County Jail where she posted a $500 bond on Oct. 17 and was released, according to the jail web site.<\/p>\n
James Robert Kirby, 81, also was arrested on Oct. 17, after officers received a report of a potentially impaired driver leaving a restaurant, according to a Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
Officers located Kirby\u2019s pickup truck traveling west on Southwest Becker Road and conducted a traffic stop after observing him change lanes without signaling and brake suddenly at a green light, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, officers observed signs of impairment, including slurred speech, watery eyes, and difficulty maintaining balance. Kirby\u2019s breath-test result was .123, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
He was taken to the St. Lucie County Jail where he posted a $500 bond on Oct. 17 and was released, according to the jail web site.<\/p>\n
Tamra Salter Goodman, 57, was arrested on Oct. 18, after officers responded to a single-vehicle crash on Southeast Port St. Lucie Boulevard, west of U.S. 1.<\/p>\n
Officers found that Goodman\u2019s Mustang struck a curb, leaving the vehicle damaged and inoperable. Goodman told officers she had just left a local restaurant and consumed three vodka and club soda drinks, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, officers observed signs of impairment. Her breath-test result was .227, which is considered to be almost three times the legal limit, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
Goodman was taken to the St. Lucie County Jail on a DUI charge and resisting an officer\/interfering with a law enforcement officer with violence.<\/p>\n
She remained in the St. Lucie County Jail on a $4,000 bond as of Oct. 19, according to the jail web site.<\/p>\n
The legal limit for blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in Florida is 0.08% for drivers aged 21 and older.<\/p>\n
\u2022 You can be convicted of a DUI in Florida even if your BAC is under 0.08% if the officer proves your \u201cnormal faculties\u201d were impaired by alcohol or drugs.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Enhanced BAC (.15 or higher): Fines and jail sentences increase significantly if your BAC is 0.15% or higher, or if a minor was a passenger in the vehicle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE \u2013 Three arrests of driving under the influence were made at separate times over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172,563],"class_list":["post-432320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-st_lucie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432320","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=432320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}