Details of suspended UGA football assistant's DUI arrest released in police report - Online Athens
The Georgia football support staff member arrested early Saturday morning on charges of DUI and failing to maintain his lane of travel had a receipt in his pocket from a downtown Athens bar totaling $24, according to an Athens-Clarke County... Courtney Coard, a 29-year-old defensive graduate assistant at Georgia, was stopped shortly before 3 a. m. Saturday on West Broad Street at King Avenue after an officer noticed his 2008 Nissan Maxima weaving in the roadway. The report indicates that the arresting officer smelled alcohol on Coard, and noted that Coard’s “eyes were blood shot red and watery. ” Coard performed poorly on a series of roadside sobriety tests, and at one point, when receiving instructions on performing a test of his balance, Coard “had to use a building he was standing next to to prevent himself from falling,” according to... Coard opted twice during the traffic stop not to submit to a preliminary breath test — which is voluntary, like other field sobriety tests — and when asked by the arresting officer why he chose not to do so, Coard “stated there was no reason,”... The report goes on to note that Coard was charged with DUI based on the officer’s assessment of his poor performance on the roadside sobriety tests. Source: onlineathens.com
