Partridge Family star, teen heartthrob David Cassidy arrested on DUI charge in St. Lucie County
November 4th, 2010 by TCPalm.comBy Will Greenlee
Page2Live: DUI suspect David Cassidy, South Floridian since 2000 | Photos: South Florida homes of celebrities | PDF Read the arrest report | Photos: Celebrity jail mugs | Page2Live Hall of Shame | Page2live: Map of celebritiesST. LUCIE COUNTY — David Cassidy, the famed teen heartthrob of the 1970s best known for his role in the television show “The Partridge Family,” was arrested Wednesday on a DUI charge after a Florida Highway Patrol trooper spotted his white Mercedes weaving on Florida’s Turnpike, according to an affidavit released Thursday.
Cassidy, 60, was southbound just north of Okeechobee Road when the trooper noticed his white 2008 Mercedes traveling off the road and then on the road a number of times, the report stated. The trooper stopped Cassidy at Okeechobee Road about 6:10 p.m. after another vehicle had to brake “abruptly” to avoid a crash.
When the trooper explained the reason for the stop, Cassidy, of Fort Lauderdale, appeared “somewhat confused,” the affidavit stated. While looking for his registration and proof of insurance, the trooper said Cassidy “was very apologetic for having to be stopped.” He also looked to be nervous and fumbled with papers in the glove box.
Cassidy said he was on prescription medications. He told the trooper he’d had a glass of wine around lunch time and took “a hydrocodone” about 3:30 p.m.
After performing field sobriety exercises, Cassidy was deemed to be impaired.
Breath tests about 8:30 p.m. measured Cassidy’s blood alcohol content at 0.139 percent and 0.141 percent — greater than the 0.08 percent legal limit.
Investigators found a half empty bottle of Labrot & Graham Woodford Reserve bourbon in the right back seat floorboard of his vehicle.
Cassidy’s daughter, Katie Cassidy, was arrested in 2007 in Arizona in an alcohol related incident. She was 20 at the time and reportedly gave police false information about her identity.
David Cassidy faces charges including DUI, failure to maintain a single lane and open container violation. He was released about 3:30 a.m. Thursday from the St. Lucie County Jail on $350 bail, a St. Lucie County Sheriff’s official said.
Repeated efforts Thursday to reach Cassidy, who breeds and races thoroughbred horses, or a representative were unsuccessful.
A maid seen Thursday at Cassidy’s Fort Lauderdale home said he was not home and couldn’t provide further information, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
Cassidy shot to stardom and became a hugely celebrated teen idol after his role in the “The Partridge Family,” which premiered in 1970 and also starred Cassidy’s stepmother Shirley Jones, Susan Dey and Danny Bonaduce. “I Think I Love You” by The Partridge Family was a hit single.
Over the next several years membership in his fan club exceeded that of the Beatles and Elvis Presley, though the latter two are considered to be far more culturally significant.
Cassidy broke box office records at venues including Houston’s Astrodome and New York’s Madison Square Garden.
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November 4th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Great, there goes the comeback tour. Thanks David.
*Spoiler Alert* J.R. is not really dead, it was a dream.
November 4th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Gives new meaning to the song “Come on get happy”!!!
November 4th, 2010 at 10:01 am
He looks stoned in the picture.
November 4th, 2010 at 10:14 am
Been There – Done that!
November 4th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Correction…The bottle was half full, not half empty.
November 4th, 2010 at 10:22 am
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November 4th, 2010 at 10:48 am
Makes me wonder how many times he’s been on the road doing this. He could have killed someone. Hope he gets treatment.
November 4th, 2010 at 10:49 am
You’re grounded buster……you’ll never get the keys to the bus now
November 4th, 2010 at 10:55 am
60?? Come on now!!….Just stay home and get Plastered!!….help or no help just stay home.
November 4th, 2010 at 10:56 am
If you are pouring into the container it’s half full….if your pouring from the container it’s half empty.
November 4th, 2010 at 10:56 am
Lori Partridge grew up to be a lawyer at the law firm of Mackenzie Brackman. She changed her name to Grace VanOwen. Give her a call to help you out of this mess David.
November 4th, 2010 at 11:07 am
He was only arrested, not convicted[yet].
November 4th, 2010 at 11:16 am
IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER SUBJECT OF OUR STUPID LAWS:
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In September, a grand jury indicted Allwine on a felony charge. Prosecutors dropped that felony after she pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors on Tuesday.
November 4th, 2010 at 11:39 am
David Cassidy for Mayor of Riviera Beach! If ex-councilmen and current mayor can drive around intoxicated, then David Cassidy can too!
November 4th, 2010 at 11:40 am
If you are pouring into my glass, thank you very much.
November 4th, 2010 at 11:52 am
heck you have to be drinking to get stuck in St. Lucie.
November 4th, 2010 at 11:58 am
Give him a break! He’s an actor not a hero! He’s iconic amongst teen legends…like the Fonz and Leif Garret, Scott Baio. So he needs some support and rehab..Life sucks sometimes don’t need to be a supporter of drunk driving but an advocate for safe driving. I bet he’s really cool in person. I met Anson Williams at Starbucks in Cali as well as Eric Estrada (chips) both were really cool dudes. Give the guy a break! Next time you party David take a cab.
November 4th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Oh Danny, still wishing you had Shawn’s success… You’re lucky he turned down your part on the show….
November 4th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Not very smart, David. You could have killed someone and/or yourself. Driving while intoxicated is just plain “dumb”. Hope you don’t make this poor judgment call again!
November 4th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Of course he was drinking. He is still distraught over the way his dark-haired drumming little brother was suddenly replaced by a blond kid on the drums.
Morever, it must have been frustrating for him to be stuck in a family band where none of his siblings could really sing or play their instruments. Can you blame him for trying to get happy?
November 4th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
I think I love you!
November 4th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
At least us brady kids really sang on our songs! hmmm….I htink I’ll go for a walk outside now, the summer sun’s callin my name! Can’t ya hear it now, cant stay in the house no more, gotta get out, get me some of those ra-a-ays! Everybody’s laughin…sunshine day!
November 4th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
you got that right, Marcia! when its time to change, that means time to change…turn back the tide, go along for the ride, cant ya see?
November 4th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
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November 4th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Thank God he was not driving the family band bus with Shirley, Danny and the rest of the family on board.
November 4th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
These posts are great! Thank you all very much.
November 4th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
The phone number for Alcoholic’s Anonamous in Port St. Lucie is: (772) 873-9299. Give then a call David. They’re reall nice people and it will change your life.
November 4th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
So sorry to hear this. I was a couple of years too young to be an all-out fan, but I know a lot of girls that were really into him. I don’t think it’s fair to look upon him as a role model and be disappointed, though, just because he was once a teen heartthrob. People are human. People make mistakes. The difference between people like David Cassidy and me is that when I’ve bottomed out/sinned/screwed up/whatever you want to call it; my name wasn’t plastered all over the tabloids. Thank God!!!
November 4th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
There but for the grace of god go i………..
How about the w palm bch teacher who bit a student who was a young autistic child yesterday??? Dont see it in the paper????????
November 4th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
I would like to congratulate the cop for: A. Pulling him over before he harmed himself and/or others and B. Going through with the arrest even after he found out who he was. Great job to the FHP for not taking any crap!
November 4th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
“Over the next several years membership in his fan club exceeded that of the Beatles and Elvis Presley, though the latter two are considered to be far more culturally significant.”
Far more culturally significant? Thank you for my laugh for the day!
November 4th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
As Band Manager I have no choice…David your fired!!
PS: Leave the Woodford Reserve, Shirly and I have a date later.
November 4th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Bob W, you mean Bill W, don’t you? Keep going back until you get it….
November 4th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
The Partridge Family was a made for T.V. band patterned after the Cowsills; a real, though not so great, family band. One or two hits like: Hair and I love a Flower Girl, but not much more.
November 4th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
My husband was hit buy a drunken drive two weeks ago, luckily no one was killed, but the drive was arrested for DUI. The accident has caused a great deal of emotional stress on the family because his car was totaled, he has missed days off from work and had to get a loan out so he could buy a new car. Now we have to pay car payments, go to weekly doctors appointments, not to mention all the time spent on trying to get our affairs in order since the accident. Others are not so lucky. For instance the young man killed in Wellington a few months back by a very rich person. The message here folks, is DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE BE RESPONSIBLE when you get behind the while of an automobile. It could save your life and those around you.
November 4th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Yes, driving drunk is a poor judgment call. But how many posting readers had one more drink than they intended on Halloween, and drove the same streets and just weren’t caught? How many drank as MUCH as they intended and drove anyway? Just sayin’.
David, I still remember my fav line on TPF. You were trying to impress an older girl (in front of mom) and she ordered a drink. You said, I’ll have a Scotch on the rocks. Your mom popped her eyes open at you. You dropped your head and muttered, I’ll just have the rocks.
Glad to have you in S. Florida.
November 4th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
He is famous. you mean like the kardasian girls ?
November 4th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Wow, so one time he gets popped for a DUI. Yes, he is wrong for drinking and driving, but how many of you have done the same thing and were lucky enough not to get caught.
November 4th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
So, a has been, wanna be aging 70′s singer/actor gets pulled over for basically swerving. But John Goodman, announced by this newpaper as a “billionaire” was and is let free to roam… (now Goodman says his net worth is $8M) WOW, either Roy Black is VERY VERY expensive, or just VERY VERY good at hiding a former fat trust fund baby like Goodman
November 4th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
It’s much more fun to go out knowing your going to cab it home. Leave the car home, stay local, you can impress the chicks with how cool it is to get home safe and begin the real fun.
November 5th, 2010 at 8:45 am
oh, great, so this is why you stood me up, David? on our next date, i suppose i’ll have to be the one to drive the bus, while you par-tay in the back.
November 29th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Did you see the cop cam of Abraham Lincoln refusing to be search…..They found pot on his tall hat!!!…..Good for you Palm Beach Sheriff’s office. Now he won’t let the slaves go free!!!
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