Florida Highway Patrol Officers arrested prominent Lake County attorney and civic leader Bruce Duncan and charged him with DUI-manslaughter connected to the death of retired postal worker Herbert "Steve" Muller. Duncan faces 15 years in prison if convicted of the second-degree felony resulting from a collision in which his Nissan pickup truck drove into the path of Muller's motorcycle.
The accident occurred less than a mile from Duncan's home. Muller was returning to his home in Mount Dora after riding with friends to Daytona Beach and Biketoberfest. Duncan was returning from the Florida Gators football game against Arkansas at the time of the crash. Duncan was turning onto Majestic Oaks Drive, in the Orlando suburb of Tavaras, when his truck collided with Muller, who was headed west on Wolf Branch Road. A blood test administered at the crash scene indicated Duncan's blood alcohol measured 0.16 twice the level at which a driver is presumed impaired under Florida state law.
Duncan's family has long been a prominent and influential family in Lake County. His great-grandfather, Henry Holcomb Duncan, drafted the legislation that created Lake County from land in Orange and Sumter counties. Duncan is president of Family Dynamics, a Leesburg based land development firm. He was previously an assistant public defender, assistant Lake County attorney, and Lake's economic-development director.
He has also been prominent in civic activities in Lake County. He is chairman of the executive board of Life Stream Behavioral Center, which is dedicated to providing mental health and substance-abuse services for Lake and Sumter counties. He was also master of ceremonies for local charity events.
Duncan's attorney accompanied him to Lake County Jail where he was released after posting $50,000 bail. The next court date in the matter has not yet been set.
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