By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
A DEA undercover agent in Florida is accused of tapping a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy on the head during a DUI stop last December, the Palm Beach Post reports.
The agent apparently became frustrated during a field sobriety test.
“You’re under arrest for DUI,” PBSO deputy Patrick Zeitz said. Then, “You’re lucky I’m not charging you with something stupid like Batt-Leo.” Batt-Leo is battery on a law-enforcement officer, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison, the paper explains.
“You, as somebody who does this profession, should know better,” Zeitz said.
“You’re right,” Brendan D’Arcangelo said. “You’re right, bro.”
The DEA has refused to say whether he is still employed at the agency.
He faces four counts of DUI with damage to property or a person, first-degree misdemeanors each punishable by up to a year in jail. A plea conference is set for April 5.
The paper reports that D’Arcangelo’s pickup slammed into two vehicles stopped at a red light. No one was seriously injured.
