A 24-year-old Boca Raton man faces a misdemeanor DUI charge after Delray Beach police arrested him at about 2:49 a.m. Nov. 8 on West Atlantic Avenue, according to a probable cause affidavit reviewed by BocaNewsNow.com.
A sergeant running a traffic detail in the 700 block of West Atlantic spotted a blue Toyota SUV heading east at about 2:20 a.m. A laser reading clocked the vehicle at 46 mph in a 35 mph zone. The SUV pulled into a parking lot at 945 West Atlantic Avenue, where officers said the driver, Ethan Antonio Edge, smelled strongly of alcohol and had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. His passenger told officers that Edge was the designated driver.
Police said Edge gave shifting accounts of how much he had been drinking, first saying two drinks, then three tequilas. At the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office testing facility, he told officers he had four tequila-and-pineapple drinks at Tin Roof. His two breath samples measured .198 and .190. Florida’s legal limit is .08.
The affidavit says Edge struggled with field sobriety exercises. He was charged with DUI with a blood alcohol level of .15 or higher and taken to the Palm Beach County jail. The report lists him as a manager at the Häagen-Dazs on East Atlantic Avenue. He is scheduled to appear at the South County Courthouse on Dec. 7.
Charges are allegations, and Edge is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
