36-year old William R. Collins was arrested in Murfreesboro and charged for the 6th time with DUI. Collins, who was pulled over on Old Fort Parkway, was apparently stopped for not obeying a traffic signal. The police officer who filed the arrest report wrote that Collins was unable to complete field sobriety tasks. The Burnt Knob Road resident was also charged for the first time with driving on a revoked license. Collins, who goes by the nickname of Billy, was taken to jail and placed under a $5,500 fine.
In Tennessee, the fourth DUI and any DUI after the fourth is considered a class E felony. A class E felony requires the convicted offender to serve a minimum of 150-consecutive days in jail. There is also a mandatory fine of $3,000 to $15,000. The culprits vehicle can also be seized and the offenders driver’s license can be revoked for 5-years.
