A CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY HAS RESIGNED AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OVER THE WEEKEND. 45 YEAR OLD JEFFREY JUBENVILLE, WHO WAS A DETECTIVE IN THE ENGLEWOOD DISTRICT OFFICE, HAD A NEARLY SPOTLESS RECORD IN FOUR YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT, AND WAS A VETERAN OF TWENTY YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. SHERIFF’S SPOKESMAN BOB CARPENTER TOLD THE SUN THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE LIKELY SOUGHT TO TERMINATE JUBENVILLE IF HE HAD NOT RESIGNED. THE SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WHO STOPPED AND ARRESTED JUBENVILLE SAID IN HIS REPORT THAT HE FIRST OBSERVED JUBENVILLE’S TRUCK GOING ABOUT THIRTY MILES AN HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT JUST AFTER 12:30 SATURDAY MORNING NEAR MIDWAY BOULEVARD AND INVERNESS STREET IN PORT CHARLOTTE. HE WAS OFF-DUTY AT THE TIME. THE OFFICER SAID JUBENVILLE HAD AN OVERALL APPEARANCE OF BEING INTOXICATED, AND HE REFUSED TO SUBMIT TO FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, WHICH AUTOMATICALLY MEANS HIS LICENSE IS SUSPENDED. CARPENTER SAID THAT WOULD HAMPER HIS ABILITY TO DO HIS JOB. JUBENVILLE WAS RELEASED AFTER POSTING A $750 BOND ABOUT EIGHT HOURS AFTER THE INCIDENT, AND HIS ARRAIGNMENT HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 6TH.
