A Coconut Creek man was arrested November 7 on charges of DUI, DUI causing property damage and leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage, according to a Coral Springs Police Department arrest report.
Police said Michael Jay Harrison, 50, was the driver of a white Infiniti that struck another vehicle near North State Road 7 and Wiles Road at about 5:32 p.m. The driver of the struck car told officers the Infiniti fled westbound on Wiles Road. Records show heavy damage to that vehicle.
About 12 minutes later, an officer spotted a car matching the reported plate on West Sample Road near Turtle Creek Drive. The officer said the driver changed lanes repeatedly and cut in front of other motorists on a rain-soaked road. Officers stopped the car in the 5400 block of West Sample Road, and the damage to the driver-side headlight, bumper and fender matched the crash, according to the affidavit.
Harrison first told police he did not know he had hit anything. Another officer reported hearing him say, unprompted, “I didn’t think I hit him that hard.” The arresting officer said he smelled a strong odor of alcohol and noticed Harrison’s glossy eyes. Harrison failed sobriety exercises at the Broward Sheriff’s Office breath testing facility and was taken to the Broward County Main Jail.
