Charges dropped against man in BUI case

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Broward prosecutors dropped charges against a cardinal Florida antheral who had been accused of boating nether the influence.

John Friedrich Higgins, 45, of Longwood, was arrested successful May 2024 successful transportation with a clang disconnected Hillsboro Inlet connected Aug. 5, 2023.

Multiple radical were injured successful the crash.

Higgins had faced 2 felony and 3 misdemeanor charges.

According to records obtained by Local 10 News, Higgins’ lawyer raised a “myriad of grounds and impervious problems” with the instrumentality enforcement probe of the case.

Higgins’ lawyer said helium had witnesser grounds that his lawsuit was not operating the vessel astatine the clip and that investigators failed to cod exculpatory evidence. His lawyer besides said carnal grounds showed Higgins was not operating the vessel astatine the time.

According to a closeout memo from the Broward State Attorney’s Office, prosecutors said they concluded aft a reappraisal of grounds provided by Higgins’ lawyer that they could “no longer beryllium (Higgins) was operating the vas erstwhile the clang occurred,” starring them to driblet the case.

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