Probation was the sentence for a 23-year-old Palmetto man who pleaded no contest to driving under the influence in Holmes Beach.
Twelfth Circuit Judge Robert Farrance sentenced Nicholas Burns Easterling Oct. 6.
The 12-month probation includes requirements to complete a DUI course and a victim-impact panel, a six-month driver’s license suspension, a 10-day vehicle impoundment and 50 hours of public service. Half of the public service time can be substituted for payments of $10 per hour.
Holmes Beach police arrested Easterling in March after an officer reported observing him driving into a bicycle lane in the 5200 block of Gulf Drive.
In his DUI case, the judge ordered $2,241 in court costs and fines.
Easterling also was fined for failing to drive in a single lane, no proof of insurance, expired registration and open container.