Accused DUI driver in golf cart gets no mulligan

JENSEN BEACH — Yes, you can get a DUI in a golf cart.

A 58-year-old Jensen Beach man found that out the hard way, according to an arrest affidavit.

The case began about 5:30 p.m. on March 3 when a Martin County Sheriff’s deputy went to an address on Northeast Indian River Drive for a crash, the affidavit states.

Dispatchers indicated two men in a tan golf cart hit a sign, and looked intoxicated. The driver reportedly wore a Budweiser shirt and khakis.

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Investigators spotted a golf cart matching the description headed south on the sidewalk approaching an address in the 2500 block of Northeast Indian River Drive.

A half full bottle of Stolichnaya vodka was in the golf cart, which was being driven by David Cole, 58, of Jensen Beach.

“I asked Mr. Cole what happened,” the report states. “He stated that he struck a sign with the golf cart on accident.”

Cole smelled of booze.

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A deputy asked Cole whether he was taking medications. Cole said he was, but couldn’t recall what they were. He also said the veins in his legs were injured.

Cole declined to participate in some field sobriety exercises, but fessed up to imbibing and “being drunk.”

Cole, of the 2500 block of Northeast Indian River Drive in Jensen Beach, did not get a mulligan.

Instead, he got arrested on charges including DUI with property damage and leaving the scene of a crash.