From St. Petersburg Times:
...Foltz had never been arrested before in Florida, according to state criminal records, and has not been arrested since. The DUI charge against her was dropped.
In her lawsuit against the city, Foltz said that Martens had no probable cause to arrest her. Her description of the incident in the jail is different. She says she suffered broken ribs and an injured shoulder as a result of being slammed three times against a brick wall without justification, and her lawyers submitted evidence they argue shows a history of questionable behavior by Martens.
One of those pieces of evidence is a video of Martens' other traffic stops the night he arrested Foltz. Largo's attorneys argued the video was irrelevant, but U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew ruled that one traffic stop from that night is relevant. In the video, according to Foltz's lawyers, Martens tells another officer, "I didn't smell nothing. I just tell everyone I can smell it."
[...]Martens no longer works for Largo. He moved on to the Tampa Police Department. In 2005 he was honored by Mothers Against Drunk Drivers along with other Florida law enforcement officers who made more than 100 drunken driving arrests in a single year, according to a St. Petersburg Times story. While many of the other officers needed the entire year to compile that number, Martens made 104 arrests in just 61 workdays in late 2004. Full article here.
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