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Virginia Beach Police officer to serve jail time after DUI conviction
Posted on Nov 25, 2009
The Virginia Beach police officer convicted of driving under the influence and hit-and-run decided not to appeal his sentence and has begun serving his five-day jail sentence.
The officer, Bryan K. Womble, was arrested at Virginia Beach’s Oceanfront on June 20 after crashing into a car and then driving away. Womble, a member of a police department team that specialized in enforcing drunk-driving laws, was found to have a BAC of 0.15 which is nearly twice the legal limit in Virginia.
In addition to the five day jail sentence the General District Court judge in Womble’s case, Judge E.L. Turlington Jr., suspended the officer’s driver’s license for one year and ordered him to pay a $500 fine. Womble was also ordered to attend alcohol safety awareness classes and use an ignition interlock device for six months.
According to court records, Womble’s attorney immediately appealed the case to the Circuit Court, however he later dropped the appeal.
Womble has been on administrative duty since his arrest on June 20, and the Virginia Beach Police Department has not yet decided whether or not he will keep his job. Womble's sergeant was at the scene of the incident and claims Womble said, "I'm guilty. I just want to get this over with."
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