Man with Monkey in Truck Charged With DUI

NBC Miami ^ | Friday, May 4, 2012 | Brian Hamacher

[nickcarraway]

Man facing DUI and possession of wildlife charges after small monkey found in truck

A Florida man is facing DUI charges after police pulled him over for speeding and discovered a money in his truck Thursday.

Eugene Carl Kotelman, 36, for Largo, was stopped around midnight in the area of East Bay Drive and Belcher Road, according to a Largo Police arrest affidavit.

Kotelman has bloodshot and glassy eyes, poor balance and his breath had a distinct alcohol smell, according to the report. He refused to perform field sobriety tests, the report said.

Police said Kotelman was driving on a suspended license and had been previously charged many times with driving on a suspended license and numerous times for DUI.

During the stop, officers noticed a "small monkey" in Kotelman's truck and it was given to Kotelman's friend. Kotelman was booked into the Pinellas County jail on $5,000 bond.

But after Kotelman bonded out of jail on the DUI charge, he was charged with possession of wildlife and two counts of violating fish and wildlife rules and booked into jail again.

The monkey was placed in the custody of state officers.

[nickcarraway]

ALWAYS have a monkey designated driver!

[A_Tradition_Continues]

Just a “trunk monkey” assisting the impaired driver.

[JRandomFreeper]

Stuff like this can happen.

Seriously.

/johnny

[Ken H]

Right turn, Clyde.

[Liberty Valance]

Ha!

[Slings and Arrows]

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[dr_lew]

Why am I thinking of Wally’s service monkey in DILBERT ?

[LukeL]

I need to ask, what is the non ping list for?

[unkus]

Poor little monkey. LOL

[JRandomFreeper]

How do you go about bailing out a monkey?

/johnny

[Terry Mross]

Of course he had poor balance and was weaving. He’s got a monkey on his back!

[Slings and Arrows]

Breaks my heart to see a monkey that young go bad.

[Apparatchik]

There’s a country music song in there somewhere.

[Apparatchik]

There’s a country music song in there somewhere.

[Slings and Arrows]

Non-pings, of course.

[unkus]

Breaks my heart to see a monkey that young go bad.

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Yep, it’s tough to see those little guys go bad. It’s the

Gorillas that are worrisome. Those critters can go really,

really bad.

[unkus]

Bail is usually 20 bananas.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Moral of the story. Don’t monkey around, always use a designated driver.

[golux]

Bail is usually 20 bananas.

Yes, but no chance at appeal.

[unkus]

Bail is usually 20 bananas.

Yes, but no chance at appeal.

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You’re a clever monkey. LOL .

[Doogle]

punchline:...”yeah OK, but you don’t have to hit me in the head”

[Republican1795.]

No wonder he has to have a monkey riding shotgun: he’s drunk.

[Slings and Arrows]

And then you get...

...gorilla warfare.

[You knew that was coming.]

[Slings and Arrows]

...or you’ll be hit with a monkey wrench.

[ansel12]

I miss the old days.

I miss driving 55 miles without headlights, well buzzed, drinking plenty of beer, with a monkey and a girlfriend, then getting to a gas station where I traded the monkey for some gas, and something to do with the(alternator/regulator? whatever).

Thirty six hours later I was free of it all, except for the girlfriend, I got a friend to drop us off on the freeway, made sure that I had no ID, searched my pockets and found about 11 (or 35) cents, threw that away, and set off hitchhiking for many months of adventure.

[Safetgiver]

Right turn, Clyde.

[Safetgiver]

Damn, beat me.

[Ramius]

Wait a second here... Was the monkey driving? If he was, that’s a clean way out of the DUI charge. Assuming of course that the monkey was sober.

[Ramius]

Wait a second here... Was the monkey driving? If he was, that’s a clean way out of the DUI charge. Assuming of course that the monkey was sober.

[Ramius]

Whoops.

[Lancey Howard]

"Does your minkey have a li-sonce?"

[rpkgolf]

a lot of bananas

[onona]

groan....

[lowbridge]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3GpxAyM6yc

[Daffynition]

Poor, dear Mr. Kotelman, he was a victim of a car jacking and got left holding the bag. Where is Al Sharpton on this?

[pepsionice]

There are obvious questions here. Is the monkey a legal US-resident monkey, or a illegal-alien monkey? (laws in Bama would apply if this had occurred there).

Then you have to wonder if the monkey had been smoking in the cab with Eugene...which would be illegal up in some New England state.

Finally, you have to wonder if the monkey had all of his vaccinations...otherwise, the health department would be involved.

[count-your-change]

“Officer, the monkey was driving and he hasn’t had a drop”.

[Daffynition]

**Kotelman has bloodshot and glassy eyes, poor balance and his breath had a distinct alcohol smell** What do ya think tipped the cops off?

[Arrowhead1952]

There’s a country music song in there somewhere.

That is the same thing I thought about - perfect country and western song by David Allan Coe.

You Never Even Called Me By My Name!

[Slings and Arrows]

No way that bra is monkey-size.

[goseminoles]

Why did he get pulled over? Was he spanking his monkey?

[TheOldLady]

Do you need bail money, John?

[tnlibertarian]

[RatRipper]

Sounds like a set-up for a Jerry Clower story

[PhiloBedo]

..now, if it had been an orangoutang................

[GreenHornet]

Kotelman has bloodshot and glassy eyes, poor balance and his breath had a distinct alcohol smell, according to the report. He refused to perform field sobriety tests, the report said. Police said Kotelman was driving on a suspended license and had been previously charged many times with driving on a suspended license and numerous times for DUI.

Sounds like profiling to me.

[null and void]

Did they shock the monkey?

[nickcarraway]

I need to ask, what is the non ping list for?

If you have to ask, you'll never understand.

[unkus]

And then you get...

...gorilla warfare.

[You knew that was coming.]

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LOL- Perfect end line by you.

That was fun.