Arrested for DUI, Lawyer Blames Accident on Bad Lighting
Allegedly too intoxicated to walk a straight line, a prominent South Florida lawyer charged with drunken driving early this morning after an accident in Fort Lauderdale still reportedly retained his legal skills.
Al Milian blamed his flat feet for his inability to perform the field sobriety test and refused to take a Breathalyzer test, reports the Miami Herald. And as far as the damage caused by veering off the road and driving across the lawn of a two-story apartment building along U.S. 1 was concerned, he allegedly offered a different explanation.
”He never once apologized for ruining my property,” says property owner Susanne Morton. “Instead, he said that I didn’t have enough lights. There are lights over U.S. 1.”
Milian worked as a Broward County prosecutor for 12 years before becoming a staff attorney for the Miami-Dade Police Benevolent Association and then going into private practice four years after that, the newpaper reports. He ran unsuccessfully for the office of Miami-Dade State Attorney in 2000 and 2004.
He couldn’t be reached for comment by the Herald. However, the Sun-Sentinel says Milian disputes that he was drunk, but declines to discuss the incident further.
In addition to having a problem walking a straight line at the accident scene, Milian also couldn’t stand on one foot and count, according to a police report. “He repeatedly put both feet on the ground and said the number four twice,” the Sun-Sentinel writes.
The article says Milian apparently drove onto the apartment building lawn after he misjudged a right turn he was attempting to make onto Southeast Sixth Street.
