A 36-year-old father was arrested Saturday night in Miami Beach and accused of driving drunk with his 6-year-old son unsecured in the car, according to police and jail records.
Officers stopped Jacobo Juc-tipol at about 9 p.m. near Washington Avenue and 18th Street after noticing he was not wearing a seat belt, according to a police report. The officer wrote that he smelled alcohol on Juc-tipol’s breath, which grew stronger as he talked. Police said they found seven Corona beer cans in the white Toyota Yaris he was driving, six of them unsealed.
A breath test showed a blood alcohol content of .168, double the Florida legal limit of .08, the report said. Officers cited him for driving under the influence and driving without a valid driver’s license. He also faced a child neglect charge with no great bodily harm.
Miami-Dade corrections booked Juc-tipol shortly after 2:30 a.m. Sunday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, inmate records show. He has a Guatemalan passport and lives in Miami Beach, and he also has an immigration hold from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to police and jail records.
