Polk County DUI Attorney Blog

After numerous dealings with the law, a Leesburg doctor may lose his hospital privileges while he awaits trial in jail without bond. Two local hospital administrators have stated that they plan on terminating the accused, 51-year old Dr. Akram Ismail, clinical practicing privileges at both Leesburg Regional Medical Center and The Villages Regional Hospital. Ismail practices internal medicine and gastroenterology in the central Florida area.

In 2004, the doctor faced DUI and reckless driving charges after allegedly getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. In 2005, Ismail served 90 days in jail for disrupting a flight headed to Orlando from New York. Alcohol may have also been involved at the time of his second arrest.

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Two central Florida parents are in trouble with the law after being stopped on suspicions of DUI. The parties of a 7-month old baby boy did not strap him into a car seat. The arresting officer initiated a traffic stop on a pickup driving erratically. The father and driver of the vehicle, 25-year old Jeremy Bryant, exhibited signs of intoxication and agreed to submit to a blood alcohol test. He blew .08 and .076.
Bryant confessed to police that he drank five beers and smoked crack cocaine prior to the traffic stop. Officers arrested him on DUI charges.
The mother of the baby, 20-year old Erica Steadt, sat in the passenger seat of the vehicle. Steadt was also under the influence and admitted to drinking and smoking crack for the past several days. Officers arrested the mother and charged her with child abuse and neglect.
No harm to the baby came of this incident. He remains in the custody of his great-grandmother. The Department of Children and Families is now involved and will be following this case.

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