Driver convicted of DUI defies limit on license and ends up in jail

A man convicted of drunk driving landed in jail after he was caught defying the limit on his driver’s license.

Jovel Donnelle Chambers, 31, of Belleview, on Wednesday was driving a red Nissan pickup pulling a trailer southbound on U.S. 301 near Hall Street when a Wildwood police officer noticed the trailer tag was not securely affixed and swinging back and forth. When the pickup applied its brakes, the trailer’s taillights also failed to work.

A record check of the vehicle revealed it had been stopped in April, and the driver’s license had since been suspended following a refusal to submit to a breath, urine, or blood test. Pulling alongside the vehicle, the officer matched the driver to the driver’s license photo on file and initiated a traffic stop near 409 S. Main St…

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