HOLMES BEACH – Sarasota resident James Mikluscak was arrested on multiple charges after allegedly driving another man’s Jeep into the water near the Anna Maria Island Bridge on Manatee Avenue.
According to the offense/incident report filed by Holmes Beach Police Officer Andrew Adkins, Mikluscak was arrested on the suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, DUI with damage to the property or person of another, reckless driving with damage to a person or property, obstruction without violence, a felony charge of grand theft of an automobile and a felony charge of failure to obey a law enforcement officer’s order to stop.
The incident report states that on March 30 at approximately 1:59 a.m., Adkins was assisting Sgt. Joshua Betts with a bicycle stop in the 700 block of Manatee Avenue and they noticed a vehicle driving up and down, back and forth and doing circles along the embankment on the north side of Manatee Avenue, on the 900 block, near the base of the bridge…