A 55-year-old New York man was arrested on a DUI charge Wednesday night after a Sumter County Sheriff’s Office deputy reported seeing his golf cart speeding on Lakeshore Drive and nearly clipping a curb near Lake Sumter Landing. Timothy David Youngkrans, of Webster, N.Y., later provided breath samples of .188 and .185 blood alcohol content at the Sumter County Detention Center, more than twice Florida’s legal limit.
According to Villages-News.com, the deputy caught up to Youngkrans’s gray 2026 Teko golf cart on Old Mill Run after watching it speed without illuminated taillights, with its hazard lights flashing and blue lighting glowing in the roof lining and rear passenger area. Florida law generally confines golf carts to roads designated for that use, per Florida Statutes ยง 316.212.
Bloodshot Eyes and a Vodka Receipt
The deputy reported that Youngkrans had bloodshot, glassy eyes, slurred speech and a strong odor of alcohol. A glass containing clear liquid and ice was in the cart, the report says.
According to the report, Youngkrans swayed and staggered on the sidewalk, failed the horizontal gaze nystagmus evaluation and struggled with the walk-and-turn exercise. He also complained of back pain, which he attributed to three days of yard work.
Beer Cans, a Bar Tab, and Prior Convictions
The report says a search of the cart found two Michelob Ultra cans containing liquid. A background check reportedly found two prior DUI convictions in New York, from 1991 and 2012…