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'Burn Notice' Star -- I Was Only Borderline Drunk!

"Burn Notice" star Jeffrey Donovan is going to have a rough time in court -- it's not exactly an airtight defense in a DUI case to argue, "I really think I'm only borderline and not too drunk."

We obtained the police report from the Miami Beach PD. The arresting officer wrote he first noticed Donovan after hearing "a loud tire screech behind me." The cop said he saw Donovan's car swerve left to avoid hitting the police car.

When Donovan finally stopped, he didn't serve himself well when he said, "Sorry, I didn't see the red light or your stopped car."

The officer says he smelled a strong odor of alcohol, asked Donovan if he had anything to drink and got this answer: "I had three drinks at the Fontainebleau."

Donovan flunked a field sobriety test and was taken into custody. That's when he said, "The only mistake I made tonight was drinking Benadryl with 3 glasses of wine."

We're thinking that's not necessarily his only mistake.

UPDATE 5:49 PM ET Donovan was just charged with one count of DUI. If convicted he could get 6 months in the slammer, but given that he's a first offender it's unlikely that he'll do any time.



Tags: arrest, burn notice, BurnNotice, busted, driving, drunk, dui, fontainebleau, Jeffrey donovan, JeffreyDonovan, miami beach, MiamiBeach

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1. Poor guy. Straighten up dude cuz I love your show.

Posted at 3:07PM on Jul 20th 2009 by atabaw

2. This guy sounds like a borderline asshole!

Posted at 3:16PM on Jul 20th 2009 by JudieI

3. doh! hopefully its a lesson leaned and you move on quick. love the show!

Posted at 3:16PM on Jul 20th 2009 by I

4. how naughty!!!!






2nd (;

Posted at 3:16PM on Jul 20th 2009 by anonyMOUSE (;

5. I like his wig.

Posted at 3:19PM on Jul 20th 2009 by Dionne Ross

6. get a limo when you are drinking
stars can afford it
how stupid!

Posted at 3:19PM on Jul 20th 2009 by selena

7. What a stupid comment!! "I really think I'm only borderline and not too drunk"! Good thing he didn't kill anyone! Stupid @ss celebs think they can get away with anything. There is no borderline drunk, you either are or aren't!

Posted at 3:21PM on Jul 20th 2009 by whatever

8. Love your show, your the man. Everyone makes mistakes. People get popped for DUI's all the time,

Posted at 3:29PM on Jul 20th 2009 by Storm

9. He has always sparked me as very arrogant. But he's still HAWT as HAYLE.

Posted at 3:28PM on Jul 20th 2009 by Xultar

10. Where is that "WHO GIVES A RATS ASS!!" guy when you need him?

Posted at 3:35PM on Jul 20th 2009 by WHO GIVES A RATS ASS Prroxy Service

11. Who is this 'tard? I've watched his show for maybe 3 minutes before his gargantuan lack of any discernible charisma or talent has me falling asleep or tuning in a TV test pattern.

Is he sleeping with a USA executive or does he have compromising photos of someone in management?

Posted at 6:40PM on Jul 20th 2009 by Pat McCrack

12. How stupid......boderline drunk..........should be arrested again for his stupidity...does that mean a person can not be a junkie...but borderline junkie...a drunk is a drunk...no matter what...a junkie is a junkie no matter what. seems this idiot is full of excuses that every judge has already heard. no such thing as being "BORDERLINE DRUNK" Either you are or you're not. Stupid freakzoid!

Posted at 3:45PM on Jul 20th 2009 by MARHA MARSHA MARSHA

13. never heard of this very stupid man..if he killed someone, he would say that the person was borderline dead anyway...MORON!

Posted at 3:48PM on Jul 20th 2009 by hello!

14. The guy I hit with my car while drunk is only mostly dead.

Posted at 3:53PM on Jul 20th 2009 by Mikey

15. mostly.

Posted at 4:04PM on Jul 20th 2009 by newt

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