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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich arrested for DUI weeks after pleading guilty to similar charge
UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated – yet again. Miletich was booked by Scott County (Iowa) police Monday at 9:57 a.m. local time on a charge of DWI (third offense), according to online jail records. No other details about Miletich's arrest have been made available at this time. Miletich, 59, had pleaded guilty April 25 to a charge of DWI and was granted two years probation. As part of the agreement, Miletich also had to complete an anti-drunk driving education course. That charge stemmed from a Sept. 14, 2023 arrest during which police say they found an intoxicated Miletich passed out behind the wheel at a gas station with the car still in drive. However, Miletich was also charged with a misdemeanor of driving while license denied or revoked stemming from an alleged incident March 6, 2025. Miletich pleaded not guilty April 16 and the legal proceedings for that charge are ongoing. This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Hall of Famer arrested again: Pat Miletich booked for another DUI
USA Today
21-05-2025
- USA Today
UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich arrested for DUI weeks after pleading guilty to similar charge
UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich arrested for DUI weeks after pleading guilty to similar charge UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated – yet again. Miletich was booked by Scott County (Iowa) police Monday at 9:57 a.m. local time on a charge of DWI (third offense), according to online jail records. No other details about Miletich's arrest have been made available at this time. Miletich, 59, had pleaded guilty April 25 to a charge of DWI and was granted two years probation. As part of the agreement, Miletich also had to complete an anti-drunk driving education course. That charge stemmed from a Sept. 14, 2023 arrest during which police say they found an intoxicated Miletich passed out behind the wheel at a gas station with the car still in drive. However, Miletich was also charged with a misdemeanor of driving while license denied or revoked stemming from an alleged incident March 6, 2025. Miletich pleaded not guilty April 16 and the legal proceedings for that charge are ongoing.
USA Today
30-04-2025
- USA Today
UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich gets probation after pleading guilty for OWI
UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich gets probation after pleading guilty for OWI UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich has been given probation after pleading guilty to an OWI charge, according to court documents. Miletich, 57, was granted two years of probation under supervision, according to an order filed by Judge Patrick A. McElyea in Scott County (Iowa) court April 25, per online records. Local news outlet WHBF first reported the development. On April 12, Miletich pleaded guilty to the class D felony of operating while under the influence of third offense or subsequent offense. The charge stemmed from a Sept. 14, 2023 arrest. Police said that according to witnesses, Miletich was driving on the wrong side of the road, drove over an embankment, was asleep at the wheel while the car was still running, and had to be reminded by the officer on scene to put the car in park after exiting the vehicle. Probation came as part of a plea agreement. Court documents show Miletich also completed an anti-drunk driving education course. The plea came a little over one month after he was charged with a serious misdemeanor of driving while license denied or revoked from an alleged incident March 6, according to online records. Miletich pleaded not guilty on April 16. Miletich's arrest came the same day as a press conference for his rivalry fight vs. former UFC fighter Mike Jackson. Miletich appeared at the press conference hours after his arrest and went on to lose the October 2023 bout when he did not come out for the third round.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Yahoo
UFC Hall of Famer Miletich pleads guilty to OWI: Scott County Court records
A 58-year-old UFC Hall of Famer who faces a felony charge of OWI – third offense has pleaded guilty and is scheduled to appear in court for sentencing, according to court documents. Pat Miletich of Bettendorf, known as 'The Croatian Sensation,' and who also has been a sports commentator, was arrested after an incident Sept. 14, 2023, arrest affidavits show. Scott County Court records dated Tuesday show Miletich pleaded guilty to the Class D felony of operating-while-under-the-influence, third offense, court records say. In the criminal plea, he wrote that he operated a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and on two previous occasions in the last 12 years, he was found guilty or pleaded guilty to OWI or a like offense in Iowa or another jurisdiction. He will be sentenced April 25 in Scott County Court, documents show. The incident Sept. 14 Arrest affidavits say a pedestrian called dispatchers to say a gray pickup truck traveled the wrong way on Devils Glen Road in the caller's lane of travel, arrest affidavits show. Police say the truck drove over a grass embankment and parked at the Shell station, 3718 State St., Bettendorf. Both the caller and Miletich were at the Shell station when officers arrived, arrest affidavits say. The caller confirmed the RAM 1500 was the truck that the caller saw. 'I observed the defendant asleep in the drivers' seat of the above mentioned RAM 1500 while it was running,' an officer writes in the arrest affidavits. 'The defendant left the vehicle in drive and had to be reminded several times to place the vehicle in park mode after officers had to wake him up.' Miletich told officers he was drinking alcohol while watching DekHockey at Crow Creek Park, police say, adding that Miletich said he was in North Dakota, then said he drove back from North Dakota two days ago. He admitted to drinking wine, affidavits show. Miletich had 'bloodshot, watery eyes, slurred speech, unsteady balance, and an odor of ingested alcohol,' police say in affidavits, which show he refused all field sobriety testing prior to refusing a preliminary breath test. Officers saw tire tracks in the grass along the sidewalk on the west side of Devils Glen Road consistent with the caller's observations. Affidavits say 'A rut was found in an area covered with gravel along the sidewalk in line with the tire tracks and gravel was scattered on the concrete nearby.' In affidavits, police say there was gravel dust covering the rear passenger side tire of (Miletich's) truck that was consistent with the gravel/dust in the rut. Officers also saw fresh damage to vegetation growing on a retaining wall on the north side of the Shell parking lot where it appeared something had struck the wall. According to affidavits, there was damage and vegetation on the front of the RAM 1500 that Miletich had been driving consistent with the vegetation on the retaining wall. 'The defendant's driving behavior is captured on traffic cameras at Devils Glen Road/State Street, and consistent with the complaint,' police say in affidavits. The charge of a third OWI is a Class D felony, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
