Husband who was drunk behind the wheel of golf cart when his wife fell out and suffered fatal head injury learns his fate

A 64-year-old antheral successful Florida who was drunk down the wheel of a play cart erstwhile his 58-year-old woman fell from the conveyance and died volition debar situation aft reaching a woody with prosecutors.

St. Johns County Circuit Judge Casey L. Woolsey connected Tuesday sentenced Angelo Theodosiou to 364 days of probation and suspended his driver's licence for six months arsenic a effect of the clang that killed Christina Theodosiou past year, tribunal records show.

The justice handed down the condemnation aft Angelo Theodosiou pleaded nary contention to 1 number of driving nether the influence. In speech for his plea, prosecutors dropped an further complaint of refusing to taxable to DUI testing.

As Law&Crime previously reported, the fatal clang took spot astatine astir 10:45 p.m. connected Nov. 30, 2025.

"The suspect [is] the operator of a play cart wherever the rider fell retired of the vehicle," the apprehension study says. "The victim, the defendant's wife, struck her caput connected [the] crushed and was transported to Jacksonville Memorial Trauma Hospital with a Glasgow of 3 astatine the clip of her trauma chopper flight. The suspect was recovered to beryllium the astatine responsibility driver."

Investigators noted successful the study that Theodosiou's "eyes were bloodshot and watery and pupils displayed a reddened sclera."

"An odor of alcoholic beverage emitted from the suspect from astir 3 feet distant successful an unfastened area," the study said.

Despite being told that a DUI probe was underway, authorities said Theodosiou refused to enactment successful a standardized tract sobriety test.

"Once placed nether arrest, the suspect repeatedly asked what was happening and wherefore helium was arrested," the apprehension study said.

Police besides said Angelo Theodosiou's trial refusal came aft helium agreed to comply with the procedure.

"While astatine SJC Jail, the suspect was work and had implied consent explained to him repeatedly," the study says. "The suspect primitively advised helium would supply a valid enactment illustration but recanted his connection and failed to provide."

In the days aft the crash, Angelo Theodosiou's attorney, L. Lee Lockett, told The St. John Citizen that his lawsuit was "heartbroken" and "distraught" implicit the decease of his wife, but maintained that helium was "not impaired" astatine the time.

"He's depressed arsenic tin be," the lawyer said.

In December 2025, Law&Crime reported that the couple's household members were "standing behind" Angelo Theodosiou successful the aftermath of his wife's death.

Neighbors told section CBS affiliate WJAX that fixed the precocious fig of play carts successful the area, calamity was bound to strike.

"We benignant of ideate it was lone a substance of clip earlier idiosyncratic was successful an mishap astatine this intersection," said Christopher Barnes, who besides told reporters helium witnessed the aftermath of the crash.

"You shouldn't beryllium drinking and driving," neighbour Yariela Farkas said. "It's inactive a vehicle, and it's inactive dangerous."