Clay deputy arrested for second DUI

News4Jax.com is reporting that Clay County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Christopher Coldiron was arrested for DUI Friday by FHP troopers.

In July, Coldiron, 48, was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and two days served for the Dec. 29, 2021, offense of DUI. The state dropped additional charges of DUI with property damage and failure to yield.

According to an arrest report for the December DUI, the Lawtey resident ran a stop sign in Bradford County and collided with another vehicle. No one was injured in the crash.

The trooper reported that Coldiron claimed he had just left a Starke bar and had consumed “about 6 beers and a shot of Crown Apple.”

The trooper wrote that based on the results of standardized field sobriety exercises, he arrested Coldiron for DUI.

He added that the defendant refused to provide a breath sample.

“It should be noted, on multiple occasions,” the arresting officer concluded, “Mr. Coldiron spontaneously uttered ‘I’m (expletive deleted)’ and “my career is over.”