The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Charlotte County Deputy Fire Chief for DUI on Christmas around midnight.
According to a police report obtained by Fox 4, Michael Davis was spotted driving a Polaris Ranger UTV near Bayshore Road and Bayshore Ranch Drive.
The deputy said Davis was driving west on Bayshore Road. Deputies say there was no registration attached to the vehicle, so the deputy pulled Davis over.
When he did, Davis told the deputy the UTV was not registered to drive on a public road and that he was driving home from Babcock Ranch, which is about 20 minutes from where Davis was pulled over.
As they were talking, the deputy said he could smell alcohol on Davis. The deputy reported Davis had a “thick tongued speech” and had trouble forming some words and pairing sentences.
Davis agreed to a field sobriety test and admitted to consuming alcohol that night.
During the test, the deputy said Davis’s eyes could not track or follow the deputy’s finger smoothly. The deputy said Davis swayed during this exercise.