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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Ocala man popped for DUI was four times the legal limit

Matthew Edward Pietrzak

An Ocala man was reportedly four times the legal limit when he was charged with DUI recently.

At around 1:39 a.m. Sunday, a Marion County sheriff’s deputy observed a vehicle traveling westbound on East Fort King Street being driven by a white male who was not wearing a seatbelt. The vehicle approached a stop sign at SW 1st Avenue and came to a stop completely past the white stop bar, according to the sheriff’s office report.

The deputy then saw the vehicle approach SW 2nd Avenue and come to a complete stop where there is not a posted stop sign. The vehicle then made a very wide turn northbound onto SW 3rd Avenue before the deputy conducted a traffic stop, the report said.

The deputy spoke with the driver – Matthew Edward Pietrzak, 27, of 56 SE 1st Ave. – and immediately noticed the odor of alcohol on his breath. Pietrzak, whose eyes were bloodshot, agreed to perform a series of field sobriety exercises and failed every one of them, according to the report.

Pietrzak submitted to a breath test that returned results of .330 and .329 grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. The legal limit in Florida is .08. Pietrzak was charged with DUI with a BAC level above .15 and taken to the Marion County Jail, where he was released later Sunday on $1,000 bond.