CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — The Clay County deputy who was arrested on a second DUI charge is out of jail on bond.
According to court records, Christopher Coldiron was arrested and booked into Clay County Jail on Friday after he refused to submit to a DUI test.
The spokesperson for the Clay County Sheriffs Office says Sheriff Cook has terminated Coldiron.
The spokesperson says Coldiron was actively serving his 45-day suspension from his first DUI arrest in December after his administrative review concluded. The administrative review could not begin until the conclusion of his court case.
Coldiron was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Clay County Sheriff's Office Public Information Deputy Andrew Ford said an administrative process will take place to determine Coldiron's status within the Sheriff's Office.
Coldiron is currently out on bond and is set to appear in court on Nov. 7.
He has filed for a public defender.
A newly obtained crash report indicates that the most recent crash happened on Oct. 14 at 9:52 p.m on State Road 21 in Keystone Heights.
FHP says a vehicle driven by Coldiron was traveling south on State Road 21 when it traveled off of the paved roadway to the right, traveled onto the west grass shoulder and continued over an elevated concrete culvert.
The report says the car came to final rest approximately four feet below the top of the concrete culvert, on the west side of State Road 21, in a water filled ditch, facing west.
A report from the Clay County Sheriff's Office says Coldiron was showing signs of impairment and at one point uttered to deputies, "If I wasn't so fat I would have ran."
Several open containers were also reportedly found inside the vehicle, said SJSO deputies in the report.