Drunk Driver With Monkey: Police Accuse Eugene Kotelman Of DUI And Driving Without License

Eugene Kotelman was arrested for allegedly drunken driving in Largo, Fla. with a monkey in his trunk

LARGO, Fla. -- A Florida man is charged with felony drunken driving and wildlife violations after police discovered a small monkey in his truck.

Largo Police say Eugene Carl Kotelman was speeding when they stopped him Thursday. He was driving on a suspended license and had been previously charged numerous times with driving on a suspended license and DUI.

Officers noticed a "small monkey" in Kotelman's truck and released the primate to his friend.

After Kotelman was released on bond from the DUI charge, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers charged him with possession of wildlife and two counts of violating fish and wildlife rules. They took custody of the monkey.

Police did not have a way to contact Kotelman and no current phone listing could be found.

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Comments

[DA5050]

09:03 AM on 03/23/2013

More monkey business in Fla.....what's new.

[Slim Zentwang]

11:22 PM on 01/08/2013

Quiet as it's kept, the monkey was his girlfriend!

I know that's where I keep my girlfriend...

[IgorvonWurttemburg]

08:26 PM on 08/13/2012

The monkey was The Devil in disguise and made poor Eugene do it all !

[Sarge106]

07:10 PM on 08/13/2012

which one is the monkey?

[auntie samantha]

01:28 PM on 07/26/2012

It's a jungle out there.

[Christopher Eric Kulbeda]

08:29 PM on 06/25/2012

Why fries me is they don't explain why there was a monkey in the damned trunk!

[lex19999]

09:16 PM on 10/02/2012

Why fries me
Huh ?

[Aristofat]

03:55 PM on 06/24/2012

Isn't there a style of martial arts called the drunken monkey?

[Patience Kea Johnson]

12:32 AM on 07/25/2012

It was in the TRUCK not the TRUNK

[humbertou]

11:32 AM on 06/12/2012

Well after many times in Jail for DUI driving without license you expect the judge will deny the bond, bu he had a valid argument, when the judge ask him the reason why is driving in that conditions? he answered is because the monkey made me do it and I did not want monkey around.

[bob riversmith]

12:40 PM on 06/06/2012

People occasionally ask me why I live in a remote cabin in the mountains with bears and cougars for neighbors ...

Read through these accounts of crazy criminal behavior and then restate the question.

Humans, a failed evolutionary experiment.
=)

[oneyippie]

12:35 PM on 06/06/2012

He was just monkeying around...

[wayneriley]

07:07 PM on 06/04/2012

Hey, Hey, it's the Monkees?
What Were They Thinking?
Iraq is a dangerous place. In addition to car bombs, roadside bombs and all manner of improvised explosive devices, American troops must also watch out for old-fashioned landmines. Iraq is riddled with such mines, left over from conflicts past, and clearing them is a dangerous and time-consuming process.
If only there was a faster, cheaper, crueler way to do it. Perhaps one involving monkeys?

Dear God, What Have We Done?
Enter Morocco: the land of the Casbah and the source of Europe's best hashish. While not an official member of the coalition of the willing (hey, not everyone's cool enough to hang with the likes of Estonia and Tonga), Morocco has been supportive of the US-led effort in Iraq. So supportive, in fact, that in 2003, they offered to contribute their most precious, non-hash resource to the cause: monkeys.
And not just any monkeys--these monkeys were trained to detect landmines. And by "detect," we mean "run around shrieking and flinging monkey poo until they step on one."
The Result:
Fortunately, there wasn't a result. The US military, perhaps caving into PETA or just feeling that the situation in Iraq was volatile enough without adding wave upon wave of suicidal monkeys to the mix, declined the offer.

[aku66]

01:42 PM on 06/04/2012

They forgot to mention his name is Filo Bedo!!!

[emncaity]

04:54 AM on 06/01/2012

Eh, the old driving-the-small-monkey-around-town tune. Same old same old. Heard it a million times.

[frnick2u]

11:01 PM on 05/18/2012

That's the only way he could keep the monkey off his back

[dbrett480]

04:26 PM on 05/16/2012

If you are drunk driving in Florida, it only makes sense to have a monkey with you.