NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
May 25, 2009
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
DESTIN MAN CHARGED
WITH DUI AFTER MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS
Robert Scott Whitehead
A Destin
man faces multiple charges in connection with two motor vehicle accidents in
Destin around 9:30 Saturday evening, May 23rd. Investigators have charged
38-year old Robert Scott Whitehead of 4507 Furling Lane in Destin with DUI with
property damage and personal injury, refusal to submit to a blood alcohol level
test (2nd offense) and leaving the scene of a traffic crash with property damage
and personal injury.
Investigators
say Whitehead hit a car at the intersection of Highway 98 and Scenic 98 and then
another vehicle near the Track, causing major traffic back-ups.
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