Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI) – DUI REDUCED TO RECKLESS DRIVING AND REMOVED LICENSE SUSPENSION

The Round Lake Beach Police observed my client turning without a signal. The officer smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath. He exhibited red and glassy eyes. My client had slurred speech and admitted to consuming (4) alcoholic drinks earlier at a bar. My client failed all the field sobriety tests that the officer had offered him. My client then blew a .096% into a portable breathalyzer test (PBT) after the failing of the field sobriety tests. The officer arrested him for DUI and took him back to the Round Lake Police Department. At the police department my client blew over the legal limit of .08% in the breathalyzer. My client desperately needed his driving privileges and could not afford a 6 month suspension. I filed the paperwork and requested a hearing. I convinced the prosecutor to reduce the DUI to a reckless driving and also removed his license suspension!