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Destin attorney sentenced to 60 days for DUIs
SHALIMAR — Destin attorney R. Scott Whitehead was taken into custody Monday after being sentenced to 60 days in jail for driving under the influence.
Whitehead was also sentenced to 30 days, with credit for time served, for criminal mischief, according to Adrienne Emerson, the assistant state attorney prosecuting the case.
County Judge T. Patterson Maney imposed the sentence. Emerson said the state had sought a year in jail.
Whitehead was arrested twice in an eight-day period last May. The first arrest followed his leaving the scene of an accident, authorities said, and the second for speeding, driving with a suspended license and DUI.
He violated his probation on those charges when he was arrested for criminal mischief in August, Emerson said.
Whitehead chose to offer a plea on all charges.
Along with the 60-day sentence, Maney also ordered Whitehead’s probation be reinstated and ordered him to attend DUI school, consent to random testing and enter an intensive outpatient program.
Whitehead’s law firm specializes in civil litigation and criminal and family law, including drug cases and DUIs, according to its Web site.
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