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Tiger Woods granted permission to travel out of U.S. for DUI case treatment
WPBF 25 NEWS STARTS WITH THE BREAKING NEWS. NOW AT NOON. BREAKING NEWS, NEW DETAILS JUST OUT IN A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED POLICE REPORT INVOLVING TIGER WOODS AND THAT JUPITER ISLAND CAR CRASH ON FRIDAY. YEAH. THAT REPORT SAYING TIGER WOODS EYES WERE BLOODSHOT AND GLASSY AND HIS PUPILS WERE DILATED WHEN HE WAS INTERVIEWED. THAT’S ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS AT THE SCENE. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU. I’M STEVEN GRAVES AND I’M TIFFANY KENNEY. RECORDS ALSO SHOW WOODS MOVEMENTS WERE SLOW AND LETHARGIC. THAT’S ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS THERE ON THE SCENE. JOLIE RODRIGUEZ IS AT THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WITH THE DETAILS. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, WOODS CLAIMS HE WAS LOOKING DOWN ON HIS PHONE AND CHANGING THE RADIO PRIOR TO HIS ACCIDENT. HOWEVER, ULTIMATELY, DEPUTIES ON SCENE DETERMINED HE WAS IMPAIRED AFTER CONDUCTING A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST. A NEWLY RELEASED A REPORT FROM THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DETAILS THE CRASH INVOLVING TIGER WOODS AND A TRUCK WITH A TRAILER DRIVEN BY JEREMY BULLARD ON SOUTH BEACH ROAD. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, BULLARD WAS SLOWING DOWN AND SIGNALING TO TURN RIGHT INTO A DRIVEWAY WHEN WOODS WAS DRIVING BEHIND HIM, MOVED INTO THE ONCOMING LANE TO GO AROUND, THE REPORT SAYS. HE THEN HIT THE TRAILER, LOST CONTROL, AND HIS SUV FLIPPED ONTO ITS SIDE. WOODS CLIMBED OUT THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE. DEPUTIES SAY THEY NOTICED SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT WHILE SPEAKING WITH HIM, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, WOODS TOLD DEPUTIES HE HAD BEEN LOOKING AT HIS PHONE AND CHANGING THE RADIO BEFORE THE CRASH. THE DEPUTY INVESTIGATING THE CASE WROTE THAT WOODS WAS SWEATING PROFUSELY, MOVING SLOWLY AND HAD BLOODSHOT, GLASSY EYES WITH DILATED PUPILS. WOODS DENIED DRINKING ALCOHOL OR USING ILLEGAL DRUGS, BUT TOLD DEPUTIES HE HAD TAKEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION EARLIER THAT MORNING, ALONG WITH IBUPROFEN. THE REPORT ALSO SAYS SOME OF THE SOBRIETY EXERCISES WERE MODIFIED AFTER WOODS DESCRIBED LEG AND BACK INJURIES. AFTER THOSE EXERCISES, THE DEPUTY DETERMINED WOODS WAS IMPAIRED AND PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST. THE REPORT ALSO STATES DEPUTIES FOUND TWO HYDROCODONE PILLS IN HIS POCKETS AT THE JAIL. WOODS REGISTERED 0.00 ON TWO BREATH TESTS, BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY HE REFUSED TO PROVIDE A URINE SAMPLE. WE WENT TO BULLARD’S HOME FOR COMMENT. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME. WOODS’S ARRAIGNMENT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. REPORTING IN MARTIN COUNTY, JOLIE RODRIGUEZ WPBF 25 NEWS JOLIE. THANK YOU. OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT WOOD’S FIRST ARREST OR ACCIDENT. WE DO HAVE MORE ON HIS OTHER CASES AND WHAT LEGAL EXPERTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE MOST RECEN
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Tiger Woods granted permission to travel out of U.S. for DUI case treatment
A Florida judge has granted golf legend Tiger Woods permission to travel during his DUI case.On Wednesday, Martin County Judge Darren Steele granted Eldrick Tiger Woods’ request to travel out of the United States to enter into a comprehensive inpatient treatment facility. On Tuesday, Woods announced on social media that he was stepping away from the public and golf to seek treatment.Woods was arrested on March 27 on suspicion of DUI, damage and refusal to submit to a test.Woods has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
A Florida judge has granted golf legend Tiger Woods permission to travel during his DUI case.
On Wednesday, Martin County Judge Darren Steele granted Eldrick Tiger Woods’ request to travel out of the United States to enter into a comprehensive inpatient treatment facility.
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On Tuesday, Woods announced on social media that he was stepping away from the public and golf to seek treatment.
Woods was arrested on March 27 on suspicion of DUI, damage and refusal to submit to a test.
Woods has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
