A 62-year-old Bradenton man was arrested June 30 for intoxicated driving when two breath tests yielded results of more than 11 times the legal limit.
Daniel Flanagan attracted law enforcement’s attention at 12:18 a.m. when a Bradenton Beach police officer noticed a van traveling at high speed without headlights on the wrong side of Cortez Road West.
The officer had to “reach speeds of approximately 100 miles per hour” to catch and stop the vehicle headed east over the bridge into Cortez, according to the arrest report.
A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy dispatched to the scene had Flanagan perform two breath tests with results of 0.93 for both. The legal limit is 0.08.
Flanagan was arrested for DUI and issued two traffic citations. He was taken to the Manatee County jail, where he was held overnight.
Flanagan will be arraigned Tuesday, Aug. 3, at the Manatee County Judicial Center in Bradenton.
— Amy V.T. Moriarty