Monday evening, August 11th, at around 10:05 pm, Deputy Flores was standing in a parking lot on South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, when she noticed a gold Chevy Corvette pulling out of a parking space while doing a burnout (intentionally spinning the tires to create smoke and obnoxiously loud and unnecessary noise).

Then the Corvette began a controlled skid sideways, resulting in more ridiculous smoke and noise.

The Corvette stopped for a moment, did another burnout, and then began to drive away.

Deputy Flores conducted a traffic stop.

The driver was identified as 46-year old Alexander Malykhin of Lakeland.

Malykhin was belligerent and uncooperative with the deputy.

What motivates a 46-year old man to behave this way? Perhaps it was the Yingling beer he said that he had with his dinner.

Malykhin was unsteady on his feet, his eyes were bloodshot, and his speech was slurred. He was also armed with a handgun in his waistband.

A field sobriety test produced numerous indicators of impairment, and Malykhin was #ArrestedByThePolkCountySheriffsOffice.

At the jail, Malykhin provided two breath samples at 11:23 pm, revealing a breath alcohol content of 0.089 and 0.083 G/210L.

Alexander Malykhin was charged with: DUI, Reckless Driving, Resisting without Violence, and Having a Firearm Readily Accessible While Under the Influence of Alcohol.

Polk County Sheriff