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    Martin County deputy charged with DUI placed on administrati

    Martin County deputy charged with DUI placed on administrative leave

    From TCpalm.com

    PALM CITY — A Martin County Sheriff's deputy has been placed on paid administrative leave following his Saturday morning DUI arrest, according to a Sheriff's Office news release issued Tuesday afternoon.

    Deputies charged Kurt Abbott, 42, a former Florida Marlin's baseball player, with DUI after a Stuart Police officer stopped him about 3 a.m. Saturday at Martin Downs Boulevard and Waterfall Boulevard, according to arrest affidavit.

    Abbott was a member of the 1997 World Series Marlins and 2000 National League champion New York Mets.

    The police officer clocked Abbott traveling more than 60 mph in a 45 mph zone in the westbound lane of Martin Downs Boulevard and he was drifting out of his lane. The officer could smell alcohol coming from Abbott, whose speech was slurred and eyes appeared to be bloodshot, the affidavit states.

    A Sheriff's Office deputy was called because the incident occurred in the Sheriff's Office jurisdiction.

    Abbott declined field sobriety tests and later, at the Martin County Jail, he refused a breath test, cursing and yelling, the affidavit states. When a deputy read him the implied consent for a DUI charge, Abbott at first would not say if he understood the charge and then asked the deputy to read the instruction several times.

    Later on Saturday he was released from the Martin County Jail on $500 bail.

    Abbott, who receives an annual salary of $51,624 records show, will be on paid administrative leave pending the disposition of the case.

    A review of Abbott's personnel file shows he has several commendations, including one in April 2006 for rescuing a resident trapped inside a burning building and another in April 2010 for helping nab Palm Beach Gardens car burglary suspects who fled into Martin County.

    He started his law enforcement career after his baseball career ended abruptly with a busted Achilles tendon. He was hired by the Stuart Police Department in 2004 before moving on to the Sheriff's Office in 2006.

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    Theresa.a.charland
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    sheriff gets DWI

    maybe just had some problems or he was just out drinking and wanted to get home we all make mistakes he's done good for the community maybe his boss should refer rehab and let him have his jobthese officers have a very hard job out there they see peoplehe babies getting she babies getting hurt they don't get counseling and they should have counseling the sheriff should help your deputies I'm going two deputies at work for Martin County are very nice peopledon't be too hard on the guy talk to him try to help themI hope you get his job back and he doesn't do it again you're not the only one that drives with DUI he would judges in the area have to and they got their job back I hope you okay have a great day

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