A Leesburg teen was arrested after being caught driving despite knowing his license was suspended for DUI last year.
An officer observed a silver passenger vehicle traveling south on U.S. Highway 27/441 approaching Beam Street at 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Fruitland Park Police Department. A check using the license plate revealed the registered owner, 19-year-old Julio Maximo Ixchop Xiloj, had an active suspension for DUI from July 27, 2024.
The officer subsequently conducted a traffic stop and approached the driver’s side window. He asked Ixchop Xiloj why he was driving despite knowing his license was suspended, to which he advised that he had nobody else to drive him. He also had not gotten the DUI permit yet, the report said.
Once a K-9 unit arrived on scene, the officer asked Ixchop Xiloj to get out of the vehicle. He was then placed in handcuffs and put in the back of a patrol vehicle, the report said…