A drunken Hialeah man crashed a car through the brand new gate at Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, then crashed onto rocks on the beach at Naval Air Station Key West before running barefoot from police early Monday morning.
Lino Dejesus Aguirre Treminio, 32, was charged with DUI with property damage, DUI with a blood alcohol content of .15 or higher, leaving the scene of a crash, resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license.
Aguirre Treminio had a blood alcohol content of .179, according to police. He told police he had been drinking at a strip club, the name of which he couldn’t remember, and that he remembered only leaving the club, driving and smashing through the gate, reports say.
He had beers, “large mixed drinks,” smoked marijuana and had taken Advil PM, reports say.
The ruckus began at 1:26 a.m. when a witness reported seeing a sedan, later identified as a Nissan driven by Aguirre Treminio, drive through the gate at the park, back up and hit the gate again, according to police.
Arriving police followed fresh tracks in the sand to the Nissan that was found stuck on the rocks at the beach on NAS Key West property.
Aguirre Treminio exited the driver’s seat and made haste to the tree line while police yelled for him to stop. Officers called Navy police to alert them to the situation as a bevy of officers descended on the scene looking for the driver.
Aguirre Treminio was found shortly thereafter lying on the ground near a fence. A set of keys that matched the Nissan fell out of his pocket, reports say.
He told officers he was “sorry” and that they “saved” him.
There was no one else in the Nissan and no other vehicles involved, reports say.
Police found Aguirre Treminio’s shoes, which he had lost in the incident, and asked him to perform field-sobriety tests, which he reportedly failed.
He was taken to the Monroe County Detention Center on Stock Island.
Reports did not state how much it would cost to repair the new gate to the park. The gate was part of a $1.7 million project that also installed sidewalks, bike lanes, fencing and lighting. The new gate was dedicated by park, Navy and city officials in May.
alinhardt@keysnews.com
