Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jason Michael Hemphill, 42, of High Springs, was arrested yesterday for allegedly driving under the influence, hitting other cars and crashing into a fence; he was previously arrested on August 30 in Bradford County on a DUI charge.
At about 5:39 p.m. on October 1, Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies and a Florida Highway Patrol Trooper responded to a crash near the intersection of NW 23rd Avenue and NW 63rd Terrace. The trooper reported that a black pickup truck had crashed into a wooden fence and the driver, later identified as Hemphill, appeared to be “very impaired” and was having trouble standing up. The trooper also noted that Hemphill’s driver’s license had been suspended since August 30…