EUSTIS, Florida—An Apopka Police officer is on administrative leave with pay after being arrested for DUI in his marked patrol car, in full uniform and blowing nearly five times the legal limit on Independence Day.
Oscar Mayorga, a 5-year veteran of APD, was assigned to the patrol division and was scheduled to work Monday, according to a statement released by APD Sgt. Kim Walsh.
Just after 6 p.m. Monday, Eustis Police received a report of a reckless driver from a witness who said a marked Apopka Police car was unable to maintain its lane near U.S. Highway 441 and Donnelly Street in Mount Dora and was headed into Eustis.
EPD pulled the police car over near on South Street, near South Mary Street and identified the driver as Oscar Mayorga, who was in full uniform, according to the report. Mayorga, who had an open beer in his center cupholder, told the EPD officer he was on his way to work, while slurring his speech, according to a report.
The officer asked Mayorga if he needed medical attention and he reportedly said he is prone to having seizures and did not feel well. An officer asked if he had anything to drink and Mayorga, who smelled of alcohol, said he had taken three Benadryl, according to the report.
EPD asked Mayorga to step out of the vehicle and he “staggered out and had to use his door for support,” the report states. EPD disarmed Mayorga, as he was in full uniform, and he was unable to maintain his balance as he walked to a nearby sidewalk.
EPD requested Lake EMS respond to the scene and Mayorga refused to be transported and told Lake EMS he drank three tall boys (24 ounce cans of beer.) EPD read Mayorga his rights and asked him again if he had been drinking and Mayorga said he drank three tall boys of Modelo beer a “few hours” ago. The officer asked Mayorga if he called in to work and what Apopka Police Department’s policy is concerning drinking before work. He said there is supposed to be at least a six-hour time difference between drinking and going to work, according to the report.
Mayorga refused to perform field sobriety exercises and he was transported to EPD where he gave two breath samples, one with a reading of .391 and the second with a reading of .385—nearly five times the legal limit.
Mayorga was arrested for DUI and transported to the Lake County Jail and an APD sergeant responded to the scene for Mayorga’s patrol car and gear. Mayorga was released from LCJ Tuesday morning on $1,000 bond.
