BKFC star Mike Perry was arrested in Florida on Oct. 12 on a pair of prices, together with driving below the affect.
Lake County Sheriff’s Office records verify that Perry was arrested by the Clermont Police Division on Oct. 12 at 1:04 a.m. native time for the driving below the affect cost, together with an offense of refusing to signal a quotation requiring a court docket look, each second-degree misdemeanors. It was Perry’s first DUI offense, based on arrest data.
Perry was launched on $1,500 bond later that morning, and is scheduled to seem in court docket on Oct. 30. The potential penalties for a second-degree misdemeanor within the State of Florida embrace a most of 60 days in jail and a fantastic of as much as $500.
In a police report obtained by MMA Preventing from the Clermont Police Division, Perry was pulled over after doing “roughly” 20 miles per hour over the pace restrict, based on the officer’s calibrated speedometer. The reporting officer famous the odor of alcohol coming from the automobile. In keeping with the report, Perry denied consuming alcohol, and was knowledgeable “his speech sounded gradual,” to which Perry responded that the officer’s “speech was quick.”
Perry refused to take a subject sobriety take a look at. After a number of warnings from the officer, per the report, that refusal would result in his arrest, Perry nonetheless declined, was positioned in handcuffs, and was transported to the Clermont Police Division for a breath take a look at. In keeping with the police report, Perry refused the breath take a look at, and refused to signal the DUI quotation — resulting in the second cost.
The previous UFC welterweight transitioned to the world of bare-knuckle boxing, turning into the face of BKFC. Perry is 5-0 within the promotion, together with wins over Michael Page, Eddie Alvarez, and Luke Rockhold. In his most up-to-date BKFC look, “Platinum” stopped previous UFC title challenger Thiago Alves in 60 seconds at BKFC’s KnuckleMania 4 in April.
Following the win over Alves, Perry took on Jake Paul in the principle occasion of a July boxing card in Tampa, the place he suffered a sixth-round knockout loss.
