Report: Cantonment Man Says His GPS Caused Him To Wreck; FHP Charged Him With DUI

June 13, 2025

A Cantonment man who said his GPS caused him to wreck was charged with DUI and resisting after a wreck on Highway 29.

The Florida Highway Patrol said 45-year-old Ian Jared Keatts turned his black Cadillac SUV into the ditch on the north side of Highway 29 and Archer Road intersection. Keatts told the trooper that he was traveling north on Highway 29 “when his GPS told him to make a right turn into the ditch”, according to a FHP report.

“| observed a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath, slurred speech and bloodshot watery eyes,” the trooper wrote in the arrest report. “| also observed a green wristband from Seville Quarter downtown. He was asked to exit the vehicle, and | was told to hold on.”

“He was asked again to exit the vehicle and refused to exit the vehicle. He was given a lawful order to exit the vehicle, and he refused. | reached in for his right wrist and he pulled away trying to break my grip,” the trooper continued. “He was removed from the vehicle and escorted to the ground and placed in handcuffs.”

FHP said Keatts provided beath samples of 0.139 and 0.140 above the legal limit of 0.08.

Keatts was charged with DUI and resisting an officer. He was released on a $2,000 bond.

Comments

3 Responses to “Report: Cantonment Man Says His GPS Caused Him To Wreck; FHP Charged Him With DUI”

  1. Susie on June 13th, 2025 9:49 am

    His GPS was holding his beer.

  2. Bill T on June 13th, 2025 8:16 am

    Them GPS will also cause you to go to seville drink and wreck your Cadillac in the ditch on Hwy 29 !! Crazy as it sounds it happened !!!!!

  3. Bob on June 13th, 2025 7:51 am

    “Escorted to the ground”, very polite!

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