Posts tagged alcohol
Hydrangea Street Crash
Oct 1st
Investigators found a 2003 Jeep Wrangler had driven through an intersection, glanced off of a parked 2006 Toyota Pickup, and then struck the house. The point of impact was a bedroom, where two residents were sleeping. The residents were identified as Brian Hubbel (36) and Jennifer Lyles (33) who were both taken to Flagler Hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the Jeep has been identified as Grant Ness (34) of St. Augustine. He was originally transported to Flagler Hospital in critical condition, but has been taken to Shands Trauma Center in Jacksonville for further treatment.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but alcohol and speed are considered factors in the crash. According to investigators, Ness was not wearing a seatbelt.
Source: St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office
Drinking and driving
Sep 21st
St. Augustine Police Department Announce Charges
The St. Augustine Police announced that toxicology results have come back from FDLE concerning a crash that occurred on the eastside of the Bridge of Lions the night of July 4, 2012. This case could have been much worse, just fifteen minutes before, the fireworks ended and the crowd had dispersed. The only injury in this crash was the driver.
Thersea D. Long was injured in that accident and a blood sample was requested by Traffic Officer Chris Miller with SAPD. That sample was taken to FDLE to be examined for alcohol in Long’s system. The results came back as positive for alcohol 0.125. 0.125 is well above the State of Florida’s legal limit. T. Long has been convicted of multiple counts of Driving Under the Influence since 1983.
The appropriate paperwork has been filed with the State Attorney’s Office at the St. Johns County Courthouse, St. Augustine, Florida.
Source: St. Augustine Police Department
“Limitless” More Like ‘Overblown’
Mar 29th
LIMITLESS takes its title from the idea of how many opportunities are available to us if we were able to use 100% of our brains instead of the mythological 20% that we use in our everyday lives.
However, scientists say that we already use 100% of our brains, and so the premise of the movie needs a better explanation.
Bradley Cooper plays Eddie Morra, a writer with a book contract, but he looks more like someone with an alcohol or drug problem.
That might be because he doesn’t act like a writer, either, because he is behind on his book, having written only one word, and that word is the first-person, singular pronoun “I.”
Eddie gets even more down on his luck when his girlfriend Lindy breaks up with him, but then his life changes dramatically when he accidentally meets the brother of his ex-wife on the street.
Vernon tells Eddie that he is working for a company that has come out with a new pill called NZT48 that lets you access 100% of your brain, but then he gets interrupted by a phone call and has to leave.
However, Vernon gives Eddie his business card and one of the NZT pills “on the house,” saying that they normally cost $800 apiece.
And the rest, as they say, is this movie.
Special effects show an impression of what happens to Eddie when he takes the pill. “I wasn’t ‘high,’ I was just clear,” he tells us in voice-over narration. “I knew what I wanted to do and how to do it.”
And he does. The next morning, the effects of the pill have worn off, and Eddie gives his book manuscript to his publisher, saying that if she doesn’t like it, he will return the advance.
Then when Vernon doesn’t return Eddie’s calls, Eddie goes to see Vernon with the objective of getting more pills.
And here is where the movie starts leaving the audience with unanswered questions.
Here is also where more characters enter the story, including a Russian loan shark and his hooligans, a financial businessman played by Robert De Niro, a mysterious man who seems to be following Eddie around New York City, and even Eddie’s ex-wife, Melissa.
LIMITLESS makes a thriller out of limitless opportunities, but it is more like “overblown” with unanswered questions.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”