Latest Jersey Devils associate coach Andrew Brunette appeared to walk away from his DUI tests, aggravating the police, in accordance with body cam surveillance footage during his Feb. 1 arrest in Florida.
The footage, posted by Fox Sports 640’s Andy Slater on Tuesday, showed Brunette being pulled over while driving his golf cart — and later storming off during a series of sobriety tests.
“Alright, I’m going to call my lawyer,” the coach might be heard saying while quitting his sobriety tests — after an officer instructed him to walk along with his “feet straight.”
That’s when two officers grabbed Brunette by the arms and told him to not walk away.
“You f–king fight me and also you’re going to f–king regret it,” the arresting officer might be heard saying before repeatedly asking Brunette to place his hands behind his back.
“Put your hands behind your back and don’t f–king move, do you understand me?” the cop said.
Brunette was then handcuffed and detained.
“I’m just attempting to go home, like a block away,” he said because the cop filled out paperwork.
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“You already know I coached the Florida Panthers,” Brunette asked, adding, “You don’t care.”
The officer responded with: “No. No disrespect, but no.”
Slater was first to report the news of Brunette’s arrest for driving under the influence in Broward County, Florida.
Police said within the body cam footage that Brunette was being pulled for not stopping at two different stop signs.
Brunette was also charged with disobeying a stop sign or yield sign, and he was held on a $500 bond, in accordance with the county’s arrest log.
He was taken to the Principal Jail in Broward County.
The deputy observed “Brunette’s speech was slurred and that he was unsteady on his feet.”
Within the arrest footage, Brunette told police that he didn’t have his driver’s license or information regarding the golf cart after which handed over his wife’s driver’s license.
He might be seen telling officers within the body cam footage that he wasn’t driving the golf cart, as his wife was sitting within the passenger’s seat.
The Devils said in a press release to The Post on the time that they “were aware of the reports” regarding Brunette and were “within the technique of gathering additional information.”
In July 2022, the Devils hired Brunette as an associate coach on head coach Lindy Ruff’s staff.
Latest Jersey general manager Tom Fitzgerald called Brunette a “walking encyclopedia hockey-wise” and likewise referenced Brunette’s coaching chemistry with Ruff, in accordance with NHL.com.
The Devils suffered a 5-1 loss to the Rangers in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on the Prudential Center on Tuesday.
Game 2 is about for Thursday in Latest Jersey.
