A Leesburg man with a bad driving record landed behind bars after making an improper left turn.
A Lady Lake police officer saw 40-year-old Daniel Jermaine Pierce exiting the parking lot at 841 S. U.S. Hwy. 27/441 in Lady Lake. The stop sign clearly indicated no left turn. Pierce turned left and his car had to move counter to the traffic flow to make the turn.
When the officer stopped Pierce, he was handed a Florida identification card. Pierce admitted to the officer that he should not have been driving as his license has been suspended. A records check showed Pierce’s license has been suspended for seven separate issues since November 2019. It also revealed that Pierce had been convicted of driving while license suspended on June 15 of this year and on three other occasions in 2010, 2006 and 2003.
He was booked at the Lake County Jail on a third degree felony of driving while license suspended. He was released after posting $2,000 bond.
