LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada’s former Republican Get together chairwoman, Amy Tarkanian, was arrested in Florida for DUI after failing discipline sobriety assessments, together with having a blood-alcohol degree of .268, in response to her arrest report.
Tarkanian, 48, was taken into custody following a crash on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, within the car parking zone of an condo advanced in Bradenton, which is about 45 miles south of Tampa.
A employee on the condo advanced mentioned he obtained some complaints about an SUV in the midst of a highway with a girl slumped over the wheel. The employee informed the Florida Freeway Patrol that he tried to wake her, paperwork mentioned.
Amy Tarkanian was arrested on April 1, 2025, in Florida on a DUI cost. (Credit score: Manatee Sheriff’s Workplace)
“When he woke her, she looked at him, took her foot off the brake, then accelerated forwards into a parked, unoccupied vehicle,” the report said. The employee mentioned he referred to as the police as a result of he may odor a “strong odor of alcohol” coming from Tarkanian.
Police paperwork mentioned an empty field of White Claw seltzers was discovered within the SUV, and Tarkanian was transported to the hospital because of being “highly intoxicated, not injured.”
The officer who arrived on the hospital to speak with Tarkanian additionally reported that she smelled of alcohol and had watery, bloodshot eyes.
Tarkanian informed the officer she was taking anti-alcohol remedy because of dependancy and that she had consumed 4 White Claws round 11 a.m.
Paperwork mentioned that when discussing the DUI with the officer, Tarkanian requested if her buddy, a decide, “Can get rid of that?”
Courtroom data present Tarkanian had a earlier DUI conviction in Las Vegas in 2008 and accomplished the courtroom’s requirement to participate in DUI faculty and a sufferer affect panel.
Jail data present that Tarkanian was launched from the Manatee County Jail on April 5.
Tarkanian is married to Danny Tarkanian, the son of the late Jerry Tarkanian, a UNLV Runnin’ Rebels coach who took the basketball crew to the NCAA championship in 1990.
