Ex-Krispy Kreme driver charged with hit and run DUI

TAMPA -- An ex-Krispy Kreme driver swiped a delivery truck shortly before noon Tuesday, ran into a pedestrian and drove away, police say.

According to the arrest reports, Shelton Denard Reed, 38, of 307 E. Clinton St., took a white Krispy Kreme box truck from the parking lot, hit a pedestrian at Yukon St. and Central Ave. and fled.

He was stopped by Tampa Police at E. Fowler Ave and Gillette Ave and given a field sobriety test and was arrested after failing, the report said. He also refused a Breathalyzer.

Reed was charged with driving under the influence with serious bodily injury, grand theft auto and leaving the scene. He's being held at Orient Road Jail on $6,000 bail.

There was no information available about the injured pedestrian.

-- Robbyn Mitchell, Times Staff Writer