Latest / Crime Stories with Nancy Grace / Tiger Woods in Rollover Car Crash Arrested on DUI Charges | Crime Alert 6AM 03.30.26
Transcript
- 0:00Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicole Parton.
- 0:04Speaker 1: Tiger Woods was arrested on Friday in Florida under suspicions
- 0:09Speaker 1: of driving under the influence. This is reported by Martin County,
- 0:13Speaker 1: Florida Sheriff John Budenseek. Woods was operating a land rover
- 0:17Speaker 1: when he collided with a pickup truck that was towing
- 0:20Speaker 1: a small trailer. The sheriff informed the media that the
- 0:23Speaker 1: impact caused woods vehicle to tip over on its side.
- 0:27Speaker 1: Upon police arrival, Woods exhibited signs of impairment. According to
- 0:31Speaker 1: the sheriff.
- 0:32Speaker 2: At the Martin County jail, and even on seeing we
- 0:36Speaker 2: really weren't suspicious of alcohol being involved in this case,
- 0:38Speaker 2: and that proved to be true at the jail. So
- 0:41Speaker 2: mister Woods did a breathalyzer test Blue triple ZEROS, but
- 0:44Speaker 2: when it came time for us to ask for a
- 0:46Speaker 2: year analysis test, he refused, and so he's been charged
- 0:50Speaker 2: with DUI with property damage and refusal to cemit to
- 0:54Speaker 2: a lawful test. In the crash, no one was injured.
- 0:57Speaker 2: Mister Woods and not seen to be injured, and the
- 1:00Speaker 2: other gentlemen were not injured.
- 1:02Speaker 1: Fortunately, Woods did not sustain any injuries from the incident.
- 1:06Speaker 1: He was seen departing from the Martin County jail later
- 1:09Speaker 1: that night, as reported by w PBF, The investigation indicated
- 1:13Speaker 1: that Woods was driving erratically prior to the crash. The
- 1:17Speaker 1: sheriff said just before two pm, a pressure cleaner truck
- 1:21Speaker 1: was heading north on South Beach Road and was preparing
- 1:24Speaker 1: to turn into a driveway. As it slowed to make
- 1:27Speaker 1: the turn, the driver noticed a dark land rover speeding
- 1:31Speaker 1: passed in his mirror. The driver attempted to move to
- 1:34Speaker 1: the side of the road, but the narrow two lane
- 1:36Speaker 1: road lacked a shoulder. In an effort to avoid a collision,
- 1:39Speaker 1: the land rover clipped the trailer, causing it to roll
- 1:42Speaker 1: over on its side. The driver of that land rover
- 1:45Speaker 1: managed to escape, identified as Tiger Woods. The sheriff noted
- 1:49Speaker 1: that Woods was cooperative during the encounter, although he was
- 1:53Speaker 1: quote not attempting to incriminate himself, he was cautious in
- 1:57Speaker 1: his statements. However, when it came time to give a
- 2:00Speaker 1: urine test for jail, he declined. He also clarified that
- 2:04Speaker 1: Woods was not under the influence of alcohol. Woods took
- 2:08Speaker 1: a breathalyzer test and registered Zeros, but when requested to
- 2:12Speaker 1: do a year analysis, he refused, leading to the DUI charge.
- 2:18Speaker 1: We are the Sheriff's office, and while we acknowledge we
- 2:21Speaker 1: arrested a prominent individual, the law applies to everyone. If
- 2:25Speaker 1: a law is broken, we will enforce it, reiterated the sheriff.
- 2:28Speaker 1: At fifty years old, Tiger Woods is attempting a comeback
- 2:32Speaker 1: in golf after suffering a ruptured achilles tendon over a
- 2:35Speaker 1: year ago and undergoing his seventh back surgery last year.
- 2:39Speaker 1: This is not woods first encounter with car accidents or
- 2:42Speaker 1: DUI charges. He was previously arrested for a DUI in
- 2:46Speaker 1: twenty seventeen and cited for careless driving in two thousand
- 2:50Speaker 1: and nine. His most recent car accident before this crash
- 2:54Speaker 1: occurred in twenty twenty one in Los Angeles. Since then,
- 2:57Speaker 1: Woods has participated in eleven tournament over the last five seasons,
- 3:02Speaker 1: finishing only four of them. For crime injustice news after this,
- 3:11Speaker 1: a mother from Wisconsin tragically discovered fatally stabbed earlier this month,
- 3:17Speaker 1: had been dead for several days before police found her body.
- 3:20Speaker 1: According to reports, the Milwaukee Police Department announced the initiation
- 3:25Speaker 1: of a homicide investigation following the discovery of forty one
- 3:29Speaker 1: year old Janey Pendleton's body in a home on March thirteen.
- 3:34Speaker 1: Although the police did not release her name, local news
- 3:37Speaker 1: outlets and social media tributes identified her. A search warrant
- 3:41Speaker 1: obtained by WISN revealed that investigators initially estimated Pendleton had
- 3:47Speaker 1: endured more than twenty stab wounds across her body. However,
- 3:51Speaker 1: an autopsy later confirmed that she had been stabbed a
- 3:54Speaker 1: staggering one hundred and seven times and had already been
- 3:58Speaker 1: dead for several days when her body was discovered. The
- 4:02Speaker 1: affidavit also noted that Pendleton's right forearm displayed a distinctive
- 4:07Speaker 1: shoe print. Authorities received authorization to search the home of
- 4:11Speaker 1: a man who was acquainted with Pendleton and reportedly provided
- 4:15Speaker 1: inconsistent statements to police. This person has not yet been
- 4:19Speaker 1: named as a suspect in the investigation. Pendleton's social media
- 4:23Speaker 1: profiles reflect her as a loving family member who expressed
- 4:28Speaker 1: a sincere love for her children. In a selfie shared
- 4:31Speaker 1: on Facebook on February twenty four, she expressed, I'd love
- 4:35Speaker 1: me so much. Following her passing, Pendleton's daughter posted a
- 4:40Speaker 1: heartfelt photo of the two of them accompanied by a
- 4:43Speaker 1: caption forever US Forever Mom. The investigation remains active. The
- 4:48Speaker 1: police are urging anyone with information to reach out to
- 4:51Speaker 1: four one four nine three five seven three six zero
- 4:56Speaker 1: or submit an anonymous to via crime Stoppers at four
- 4:59Speaker 1: one four two two two three tips or through the
- 5:02Speaker 1: p three tips app. Police in Utah are asking for
- 5:06Speaker 1: the public's help and locating a missing teen. Fifteen year
- 5:10Speaker 1: old Cassandra Alexander was last seen in the area of
- 5:14Speaker 1: one P fifty Price Avenue in South Salt Lake City
- 5:18Speaker 1: at around two thirty am on March twenty seven. Cassandra
- 5:22Speaker 1: was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black leather jacket,
- 5:25Speaker 1: and a gray T shirt. She was carrying a blue
- 5:28Speaker 1: lelo and Stitch backpack. Her family and authorities are extremely
- 5:32Speaker 1: concerned for her safety and are urgently asking for the
- 5:36Speaker 1: public's help. If you have any information regarding Cassandra's whereabouts,
- 5:40Speaker 1: please contact local law enforcement at eight one zero eight
- 5:44Speaker 1: four zero, four thousand and For the latest crime and
- 5:48Speaker 1: justice news, follow Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite
- 5:51Speaker 1: podcasting app. With this crime Alert, I'm Nicol Parton