Phoenix police officers arrested an 18-year-old a couple weeks ago after he was suspected of hitting several cars in Phoenix on July 9 and then fleeing the scene of each accident. AZ Family News reports that teenager now faces a variety of criminal charges, including charges of leaving the scene of an accident and driving under the influence of drugs.
The police identified the 18-year-old suspect as Tyler Abbott. The young man allegedly hit a neighbor's car when leaving an apartment complex at 43rd Avenue and Bell Road in Phoenix. The suspect then allegedly hit two more parked cars after leaving the complex and hit another pickup truck that was parked in a driveway after failing to make a proper turn.
Tyler Abbott was booked on two counts of leaving the scene of an accident, one count of possession of prescription drugs, and one count of a drug DUI. Yet a Phoenix DUI attorney would argue that the suspect should not be charged with DUI unless there's enough evidence from a chemical test that the suspect had drugs in his system and that he was impaired by those drugs when he was driving the vehicle.
It's possible that the teenager could just be a bad driver and that he was not impaired by drugs at the time of the alleged crashes. With a DUI case, an Arizona DUI attorney will evaluate all the evidence in a case and ensure that the defendant's legal rights are protected.
Related Resources:
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Drunk Driving Down; Drugged Driving Sky High (FindLaw's Blotter Blog)
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Look For a Phoenix DUI Attorney (FindLaw)
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Drugged Driving Hits the News (FindLaw's Phoenix DUI Blog)
