Daytona Beach Police handled France driving incident properly, according to State Attorney
Quote selected text Published December 13th, 2006 in NASCAR News
Officers who responded to the riverfront condominium of NASCAR President Brian France after a witness reported a man driving “at a very reckless speed” last month, handled the case properly, the State Attorney’s Office has said. A letter from the State Attorney’s Office sent Friday to Daytona Beach police came after an internal investigation to determine whether officers gave France special treatment the night they went to his Marina Pointe residence.
On Nov. 6, a motorist called 911 after spotting a man in a Lexus racing down Ridgewood Avenue, Orange Avenue and Beach Street. The caller, store clerk Shirley Hill of Daytona Beach, followed France to the guard shack of his condo while she spoke to the dispatcher and described how the man was driving on curbs, struck a parked car and then scraped a tree. Hill had no idea the driver she was pursuing was the NASCAR CEO until a condo security guard told her. When questioned, France told officers he was driving and drinking a soda when he “bumped into something,” the initial report states.
When police checked the inside of his four-door car, they saw evidence of a spilled soft drink. The 44-year-old France was not cited and he was not given a field sobriety test. Police at the scene said he did not smell of alcohol, Chief Mike Chitwood said at the time. However, the same week the incident occurred, Chitwood ordered an internal-affairs investigation into how the officers handled the case. The chief said he asked the State Attorney’s Office to weigh in on the matter because he wanted to know whether his officers should have leveled some kind of charge against France.
But in a two-sentence letter dated Dec. 8, Assistant State Attorney Robert J. Bobek wrote: “Based on the report you provided, we believe the officers took the appropriate action.” Results of the internal affairs investigation were not released Tuesday and Chitwood could not be reached for comment.
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THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CASE OF RICH PEOPLE GETTING AWAY WITH ANYTHING AS LONG AS THEY FORK OVER A LARGE SUM OF MONEY …HE WAS PROBLY DRUNK U DONT SPILL A DRINK AND WRECJ INTO SHIT FOR 3 OR FOR DIFFRENT STREETS …
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CASE OF RICH PEOPLE GETTING AWAY WITH ANYTHING AS LONG AS THEY FORK OVER A LARGE SUM OF MONEY …HE WAS PROBLY DRUNK U DONT SPILL A DRINK AND WRECK INTO SHIT FOR 3 OR FOR DIFFRENT STREETS …
He should have been arrested for reckless driving at least, thats what we do here.
I mean come on he hit a parked car, kept driving and its obvious
he wasnt going to report it, if he was he d stopped.
Brian France is a dork anyhow. I mean come on who gets rid
of all the great tracks, Rockingham, North WIlkesboro, Darlingtons next.
And who comes up with this whacked Chase for the cup crap.
Id hammered him.
hey cops are cool he didnt get a break because hes rich, he got a break because he problebly showed respect and didnt bullshit the cops. i got alot of breaks and i mean alot and iam just a poor old slob like the rest of us .
hey cops are cool he didnt get a break because hes rich, he got a break because he problably showed respect and didnt bullshit the cops. i got alot of breaks and i mean alot and iam just a poor old slob like the rest of us .