The Gainesville Police Department (GPD) arrested Habib Bryan Boukari, 45, on Sunday morning for driving under the influence and failing to stay in a lane while driving down SW 34th Street near the University of Florida.
Boukari, publisher of Alachua Today and owner of Boukari Law, ended with a criminal traffic citation for driving under the influence and a civil traffic citation for failing to stay within his travel lane.
In the arrest report, Officer Ellis Anderson said he spotted a black Cadillac SUV swerving while driving on SW 34th Street on Sunday at 3:30 a.m. The vehicle almost hit the curb before drifting through the lanes and staying between the inside and middle lanes, the report said.
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