A couple who attended a wedding in Anna Maria were stopped in Holmes Beach on their way to a hotel.
Holmes Beach police arrested Colt Hankamer, 25, of Daytona Beach, for driving under the influence and refusing to submit to a DUI test.
Officer Alan Bores pulled over the black Ford pickup at 12:26 a.m. Sept. 17 in the 3300 block of Gulf Drive after he observed the vehicle cross the double-yellow center lines and swerve into the bicycle lane, according to a police report.
Hankamer allegedly told the officer that he and his passenger had attended a wedding in Anna Maria, where they had two drinks before heading for a hotel in Bradenton.
According to the report, the passenger said, “We came from a wedding and neither of us are sober.”
Hankamer handed the officer his and the female passenger’s driver licenses. He told Bores he was giving him the passenger’s license because it was her car, but the passenger refuted Hankamer’s statement.
Bores asked for proof of insurance, which Hankamer allegedly could not provide, and the vehicle registration, which the officer noted was in Hankamer’s mother’s name.
The officer took Hankamer into custody after an allegedly poor performance on the field-sobriety test and he refused to submit to blood-alcohol breath tests.
Hankamer was transported to the Manatee County jail, where he was released after posting a $1,000 bond.
His attorney filed a not-guilty plea Sept. 26 to the DUI-related charges.
Hankamer also was ticketed for failing to drive in a single lane and provide proof of insurance.
His arraignment is set for 8:25 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.