A Cortez man was arrested for driving under the influence in Bradenton Beach at more than three times the legal blood-alcohol limit after police observed him driving and weaving a Honda on the road without headlights at night.
Jeffery Pansiera, 30, was traveling north on Bay Drive North at 1:53 a.m. Dec. 16 when BBPD Officer Steven Masi noticed erratic driving.
He stopped Pansiera in the 100 block of Third Street North and the motorist told police he had one drink and he was on his way home from a friend’s house.
Masi noticed signs of impairment and called the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office to assist with a DUI investigation.
The motorist agreed to take field sobriety tests, which he performed poorly, according to the MCSO report.
He was transported to the Manatee County jail, where he provided two breath samples measuring 0.263 and 0.262 blood-alcohol content, according to the police report. The legal BAC limit is 0.08.
Police found two open containers of alcohol in an inventory of the contents of Pansiera’s car.
He was released on $500 bond, pending an 8:25 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, arraignment at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.