A driver with numerous suspensions of his license was arrested in The Villages.
Manuel Estrada Hernandez, 50, of Lady Lake, was driving a white SUV at about 11 a.m. Friday northbound on Blackthorne Terrace when he ran a stop sign at the intersection with County Road 466, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy followed Hernandez and stopped him at the entrance to the Village of Bridgeport at Laurel Valley.
During the traffic stop, Hernandez admitted he did not have a valid license, but produced documents, claiming they showed he was working to get his license re-instated. Those documents included paperwork that showed he owes $950 in re-instatement fees and that his vehicle requires an ignition interlock device.
A computer check revealed that Hernandez has had 10 suspensions and/or revocations of his license…