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Miami Herald
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
‘El Gordo y la Flaca' star stopped for speeding in Florida. That wasn't all, cops say
'Carlitos el Productor,' from 'El Gordo y la Flaca,' was arrested on the Space Coast of Florida early Sunday. According to a police report from the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, the trouble for the diminutive comedian (real name: Juan Espinosa), began around 2 a.m., near Rockledge. The probable cause affidavit says a deputy traveling northbound on I-95 observed a car in another lane approaching at a 'very high rate of speed.' Radar indicated the vehicle, a 2018 black Chevrolet Equinox, was going 118 mph in a 70 mph zone. The officer initiated a traffic stop and smelled a 'distinct odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating' from Espinosa, the driver. Also noted was 'nystagmus,' or rapid, involuntary eye movement, which indicates possible alcohol consumption, the complaint said. In the back seat, the officer saw two children sleeping; a passenger was asleep in the front seat as well. The Cuba native, who turns 42 May 29, refused a field sobriety test and was arrested. Later released on $6,500 bond, he faces two charges of child neglect and driving while intoxicated. The Miami resident — who was born with achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder — has said that confidence and a sense of humor helped him succeed. 'Either they laugh at me or they laugh with me,' the TV personality recently told Rodner Figueroa on his podcast 'Face to Face,' adding he feels 'six feet tall.'
CBS News
20-05-2025
- CBS News
"El Productor" of "El Gordo y la flaca," clocked at 118 mph with wife, sleeping children inside vehicle, deputies say
Juan Espinosa, better known as "El Productor" for Univision's show "El Gordo y la flaca," was arrested early Sunday on charges of driving under the influence and child neglect, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. Authorities said Espinosa was driving with his wife in the passenger seat and their two children, ages 1 and 8, asleep in the back seat when he was stopped around 2:20 a.m. on I-95 northbound. Deputy says vehicle clocked at 118 mph According to the sheriff's office, a deputy observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. Deputies said the vehicle began to slow down in preparation for a traffic stop, but was recorded going approximately 118 miles per hour before it pulled over in the center median. When the deputy approached the vehicle, he reported smelling alcohol and observed signs that Espinosa appeared to be under the influence, authorities said. Deputies said they were shocked to discover not only Espinosa's wife in the front seat, but also two sleeping children in the back. Espinosa refused sobriety tests, deputies say Officials said Espinosa refused to perform field sobriety exercises and declined to provide a breath sample. He was arrested and booked on charges of DUI and child neglect without great bodily harm.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Yahoo
Florida man arrested, accused of DUI, driving 118 mph with sleeping children in car
A father was arrested early Sunday after he was pulled over by a Brevard County deputy who clocked him at 118 mile per hour on Interstate 95. The deputy said Juan Espinosa was driving a Chevy Equinox northbound on I-95 when the traffic stop was initiated. Espinosa pulled onto the center median and the deputy said he noticed a smell of alcohol coming from him, a Brevard County Sheriff's Office social media post states. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< The smell of alcohol and the speed at which Espinosa is accused of driving wasn't the biggest surprise to the deputy. 'The biggest shock was finding Espinosa's wife in the passenger seat, and then a sleeping 1 year old and 8 year old in the back of the vehicle!!' the post states. Espinosa is facing charges of DUI and Child Neglect Without Great Bodily Harm. 'I feel the need. The need for speed,' Espinosa reportedly said. 'That ... quote was relating to flying fighter jets and not a Chevy Equinox going up I-95!!' the sheriff's office social media post states. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
