A warrant remains active for the arrest of Rosely Padilla-Najera, 34, of Haines City, following alleged violations of probation.
Holmes Beach police arrested Padilla-Najera Oct. 1, 2023, after she was found driving suspiciously. Padilla-Najera, who did not have a driver’s license, displayed signs of impairment and her vehicle had multiple open beer bottles.
An officer asked Padilla-Najera to perform field sobriety exercises, which she refused.
She was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and transported to the Holmes Beach Police Department.
There, she registered breath samples with results of 0.145 and 0.142 grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. The state’s legal blood alcohol level limit for driving under the influence is 0.08.
Padilla-Najera was transported to the Manatee County jail, where authorities found cocaine.
So Padilla-Najera. released on $3,360 bond, was charged with two felonies and three misdemeanors.
The state attorney’s office dropped a felony charge for introducing contraband into a detention facility and a misdemeanor charge for driving with a suspended license.
The court reached a resolution for the remaining charges by Dec. 5, 2023, after Padilla-Najera pleaded no contest to every charge.
Judge Charles Sniffen of the 12th Circuit Court ruled that day to withhold adjudication against her for felony cocaine possession.
Sniffen also found Padilla-Najera guilty of two second-degree misdemeanors.
He sentenced her to serve 24 months of probation for the felony charge and 12 months of probation for the DUI, to be served concurrently.
However, the Florida Department of Corrections issued a warrant Feb. 8 for Padilla-Najera’s arrest due to multiple alleged probation violations.
Such warrants are only resolved by an arrest or voluntary surrender, or if the court recalls them.
Violating probation allows a judge to revoke their sentence and impose any penalties that could have been imposed for the initial charges.