An Illinois man has been sentenced on a lesser charger after he arrested earlier this year in a golf cart in The Villages.
Anthony Siwinski, 33, of Chicago, pleaded no contest this past week in Sumter County Court to a charge of reckless driving, reduced from a charge of driving under the influence. He has been placed on probation for one year and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service.
Siwinski was driving a green Yamaha golf cart at about 11:30 p.m. March 8 when he failed to come to a complete stop at the intersection of Canal Street and Old Mill Run at Lake Sumter Landing, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
During a traffic stop, Siwinski handed the deputy his Illinois driver’s license. He admitted he’d had, “Like four drinks.” He said he’d been drinking a City Fire.
He was asked to rate himself on a scale of 0 to 10 in terms of intoxication, with 0 being sober and 10 being heavily intoxicated. He rated himself as a 3. He struggled through field sobriety exercises and refused to provide a breath sample.
