DUI suspect arrested after walking into City Fire and taking seat at outside bar

A man was arrested after walking into a popular night spot in The Villages and taking a seat at the outside bar.

George Michael Barrett, 51, of Wildwood, was driving a black pickup at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday in the area of Old Mill Run and Canal Street at Lake Sumter Landing, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. He began reversing against a one-way direction, catching the attention of a nearby deputy.

Barrett got out of the pickup after parking it, walked into City Fire and took a seat at the outside bar.

The deputy walked up to Barrett and asked why he had reversed down the street…

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