Mark Karim was fully handed out behind the wheel of a truck on I-95
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – So early Saturday morning at 2:44 a.m., whereas we have been all at house sleeping secure and sound in our beds, Brevard County Sheriff’s Deputy Edward Hamilton was responding to a name the place a truck was reportedly stopped within the right-hand lane, obstructing visitors at mile marker 199 on I-95.
As Deputy Hamilton arrived on the scene, he noticed a pickup truck that was fully blocking the right-hand lane, and as he approached the automobile, it didn’t take very lengthy to determine why.
The driving force of the truck, Mark Karim, was fully handed out behind the wheel with the automobile nonetheless in drive and his foot on the brake.
Karim was fully unresponsive, so Deputy Hamilton needed to awaken him rigorously, take away him from the motive force’s seat, and rapidly get the automobile off the roadway earlier than it may trigger a serious crash on I-95.
As all of this was going down, Deputy Hamilton additionally noticed a handgun on the motive force’s facet floorboard and a 12-pack of Twisted Tea on the passenger facet floorboard, with solely six remaining unopened. In police work, we name {that a} clue!
With the automobile now safely off the roadway, Deputy Hamilton turned his consideration to Karim, and naturally, no shock to anybody, he reeked of alcohol and checked all the opposite packing containers of an individual who was intoxicated.
You already know, stuff like slurred speech, bloodshot watery eyes, unable to face nonetheless with out swaying, and naturally, my private favourite…napping on the wheel of a truck in the midst of I-95!
Karim suggested Deputy Hamilton that he was in Orange County and had been to a strip membership the place he had consumed just one beverage. Based mostly upon his stage of intoxication, I’m gonna guess that his one drink was served in a “Huge Gulp” cup!
Karim was supplied a area sobriety check which he declined and likewise refused to offer a breath pattern, so he acquired cuffed and stuffed and transported to “Ivey’s Iron Bar Lodge” the place he was held on a $2,500 bond for Driving Below the Affect and Carrying A Hid Firearm!
An extra search of the automobile additional revealed a second firearm that was hid beneath the motive force’s seat, and as you’ll be able to see within the {photograph}, it was absolutely loaded with an prolonged journal.
Nice job by the citizen who referred to as within the incident earlier than somebody acquired harm and Deputy Hamilton for working diligently to maintain our neighborhood secure “Whereas You Have been Sleeping!”
TYPE OF CALL: Automobile Blocking Visitors At Mile Marker 199 on I-95
TIME OF CALL: 2:44 A.M.
RESPONDING UNIT: Deputy Edward Hamilton
ARRESTED: Mark Karim
BOND: $2,500.00
CHARGES: 1. Driving Below The Affect, 2. Carrying A Hid Firearm
– Sheriff Wayne Ivey
Originally posted 2023-05-29 04:09:27.