Posted on 05/04/2012 11:16:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Man facing DUI and possession of wildlife charges after small monkey found in truck
A Florida man is facing DUI charges after police pulled him over for speeding and discovered a money in his truck Thursday.
Eugene Carl Kotelman, 36, for Largo, was stopped around midnight in the area of East Bay Drive and Belcher Road, according to a Largo Police arrest affidavit.
Kotelman has bloodshot and glassy eyes, poor balance and his breath had a distinct alcohol smell, according to the report. He refused to perform field sobriety tests, the report said.
Police said Kotelman was driving on a suspended license and had been previously charged many times with driving on a suspended license and numerous times for DUI.
During the stop, officers noticed a "small monkey" in Kotelman's truck and it was given to Kotelman's friend. Kotelman was booked into the Pinellas County jail on $5,000 bond.
But after Kotelman bonded out of jail on the DUI charge, he was charged with possession of wildlife and two counts of violating fish and wildlife rules and booked into jail again.
The monkey was placed in the custody of state officers.
No way that bra is monkey-size.
Why did he get pulled over? Was he spanking his monkey?
Do you need bail money, John?
Sounds like a set-up for a Jerry Clower story
..now, if it had been an orangoutang................
Sounds like profiling to me.
If you have to ask, you'll never understand.
And then you get...
...gorilla warfare.
[You knew that was coming.]
LOL- Perfect end line by you.
That was fun.
“Officer, the monkey was driving and he hasn’t had a drop”.
You win the prize!
Thanks! Good banter.
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