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Jacksonville man who drove through Ironman triathlon changes plea, sentenced to 10 years

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM · 1 min read
Jacksonville man who drove through Ironman triathlon changes plea, sentenced to 10 years — News4JAX Local, Santa Cruz Community news
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A Jacksonville man who drove through the Ironman Jacksonville course while fleeing from police was sentenced to 10 years in state prison after withdrawing his guilty plea.RELATED: JSO arrests suspected drunk driver who sped through IRONMAN Jacksonville near Five Points areaDarrell Keith Simon was sentenced Oct. 20 in Duval County Circuit Court, according to the judgment. The court found him guilty of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement, leaving the scene of a crash involving injury, felony DUI, driving with a suspended or revoked license, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting an officer without violence.The court ordered a 10-year prison term on the aggravated fleeing count. It also imposed five-year terms on leaving the scene and driving with a suspended or revoked license, with the sentence on the DUI count consecutive to the aggravated fleeing sentence. Simon was credited with 157 days served.The case stems from a May 16 pursuit through the race course

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