Despite avoiding a formal conviction, Bradenton resident Tristan Hendrix, 26, will be on probation through July 2025 for alcohol-related reckless driving.
Hendrix was arrested Jan. 26 after a Holmes Beach police officer found him driving at 60 mph in a 35-mph zone and conducted a traffic stop.
Hendrix displayed signs of alcohol impairment, failed field sobriety exercises and, at the Holmes Beach Police Department registered breath samples with results of 0.148 and 0.150 milligrams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. The state’s legal blood alcohol level limit for driving under the influence is 0.08.
He was charged with a second-degree misdemeanor for DUI, but that charge was later changed to a second-degree misdemeanor for alcohol-related reckless driving.
Hendrix initially pleaded not guilty but changed his plea July 3 to no contest after entering Manatee County’s Driver Enhanced Treatment Education Rehabilitation program.
At the same hearing, Judge Heather Doyle of the 12th Circuit Court withheld adjudication of the charge against Hendrix based on his successful completion of the DETER program.
Doyle sentenced Hendrix to complete 12 months of probation and required him to complete the DETER program within 11 months.