Rum Shack owner nabbed in DUI accident
Tags: D.U.I., hit-and-run, Jose Lambiet's Page2Live, Kevin Knight, Lake Worth, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, PBSO, Rum Shack
| Thursday 29 July 2010 7:01 am
Knight's booking mug (Click on it for more)
Too much fun at the Rum Shack?
The owner of the popular Lake Worth watering hole was pinched for DUI and hit-and-run early Wednesday.
Kevin Knight, 43, a former cruise ship bartender whose signature drink is the 4-liquor Drunken Monkey, spent most of yesterday in the county slammer after a sheriff’s deputy stopped him about 1 a.m.
According to the arrest report, Knight was at the wheel of a Jeep on 17th Avenue North in Lake Worth when he swerved into the deputy’s lane, nearly crashing into him. According to the report, Knight swerved to avoid three men walking on the side of road but hit one of them. The deputy reported seeing the man fall. The unidentified passerby suffered scrapes and bruises.
The PBSO deputy, meanwhile, stopped Knight and described him as “slow in speech.” Knight admitted to having had “a couple” but said he didn’t know he hit someone.
– With Eliot Kleinberg, The Palm Beach Post
Neener, Neener , Neener……..
Only in “LAKE WORTHLESS”
This is the publicity the Rum Shack has ever gotten. Jose’ it is impossible to have too much of a good time at the Rum Shack, have you ever sat there in the outdoors area? You can’t the downtown junkies in “recovery” will not let you alone bumming for cigarettes and bus money (to nowhere by choice)
I HATE THEM!
Well, they do give you a good pour at the Shack, great music too.
Maybe he was just speaking slowly figuring it was necessary to communicate a PBSO deputy? Most of them are mentally slow, so speaking at a slow pace with simple words is kind of in everyone’s best interest.
The music is good at the shack… Acoustics suck… they need to build some acoustic panels
Big deal, people get popped for DUI all the time. Lake Worth has nothing to do with it, if anything he learns a lesson and glad nobody was hurt. Just because he owns Rum Shack is no reason to tear him down.
Easy Crimney!!!! Nobody is going to take the nostalgia of lake worth away from ya!
Of course he didn’t know he hit someone. HE WAS DRUNK!
No worries Kevin…..I call for a round of Drunken Monkeys for all involved….including the ocipher with a hearing problem….
It is legal to Drink and Drive! You just can’t drive with a BAC(.08) over the limit. Knowing when you are at this limit is what most people have not figured out. If found guilty he will pay for his probation. In States like New York, only the DUI’s have to pay for their probation. Get busted for Pot, Crack, Oxy, etc., and you just get a slap on the wrist. It is too costly to incarcerate them for small drug offenses. The threat over losing your license for DUI causes people to pay up!
All of you people trashing Lake Worth on these blogs, listen up. Rum Shack on any night of the week, is one of the most relaxing, chill atmospheres in Palm Beach County. Nobody gives a $hi* what the guy sitting next to him drove there. Thats the beauty of the place. Go there, and be yourself. Lake Worth is one of the most interesting, old surf towns in palm beach county. If you cant appreciate that, stay away. Every city has its slummy areas. Im so sick of reading your judgemental, uneducated posts that unjustly bash a great town with some serious character. Like I said, if you cant appreciate Lake Worth, for the laid back, blue collar, surf town that it trully is, keep out… We will be just fine without you.
F$%* all you haters. Lake Worth is one of the most laid back places in Palm Beach County. Its refreshing to find a spot in South Florida where everyone its not so tight!
LAKE WORTH IS A JOKE,I WOULD RATHER LIVE IN RIVIERA BEACH..
YOUR MOM IS A JOKE
Hey, I say this guy is now a great candidate for police officer at Riviera Beach or better yet he can replace Terry Marvin at the PBSO.
Love the Rum Shack and Lake Worth.
Sorry to hear the owner made the decision to get behind the wheel while intoxicated. I sure hope the person he hit is OK.
Unfortunately drinking and driving is something too many people do, all over the world, every day….not just in Lake Worth.
I won’t turn my back on Rum Shack or judge Kevin for his mistake…he made a bad choice and hopefully the person he hit is OK and hopefully he will learn from this and not drive after having “a couple” or any for that matter….that’s all any of us can do is learn from our mistakes.
Good luck, Kevin!
How could the deputy “see the guy fall” if Knight was driving a jeep. Jeeps are too high profile to see over especially while trying to avoid kevin’s car swerving to miss the pedestrian in the street. pbso is nothing but lying garbage. They wouldn’t know the truth if it crapped on their heads
Fellas, we have to admit that Lake Worth is lame….I used to surf there years ago…Then moved north to Palm Beach and never again….When you have a high school mascot that is named after a condom….What can you expect??….Too many barnacles in LW….Palm Beach rules!!!
You are the ones who are the ball lickrs. LW is played out, Rum Shack is for old drunks, and the beach looks like you went to sleep and woke up in Guatamala. Bring back Rosies.
Hey. Like some of you have said. Everyone makes mistakes and we have all done it a time or two. But before we jump on a man and determine what kind of person he is , you should know that this man dug into his own pocket to do a benefit for slain firefighter Raymond Vasquez’ family a few years ago and is active in charitable events in this area. Its no excuse, and I know Kevin, this will be a learning experience and after all this passes, he will still be the good man that he is at heart. But for now, well Kevin, good luck bro. I’m gonna stop by for a shot of Jager….ONE !
Pier Rat = like stated above, stay in Palm Beach. Hang at Cucina’s and Bradleys with the rest of your uptight, fake, comical counterparts. Im sure you fit right in. And Palm Beach Surf aint all that pal’.
@Chastity Juggs: COngrats!!! You got it right. The guy screwed up. L/W, being a bar oner, whatever, has nothing to do with. It’s nice to see a little humanity out here.
Really “Big D”, only in Lake Worth? Lantana might have something to say about that.
Just jumping in to invite the haters to stay out of Lake Worth. If you can’t appreciate this character-filled town, with it’s unique presence, festivals like Street Painting and concerts in Bryant Park, Bike Night every Thursday, more live music per night - for free! - than anywhere else in PBC, plus reasonable prices, decent food, dog friendly bars and even friendlier people, that’s cool. Don’t come on down. The party will continue without you! All the best to Kevin, we all make mistakes and I do believe he’s innocent until proven guilty. I’ll be down the Rum Shack for sure, hoisting one in support.
BBBBBBBBBBBBuuuuuurrrrrrrrrppppppppp !
I heard Lake Worth has a giant handle near City Hall so it can flush inself once as week.
I lived in LW all my life and then moved to Atlanta, which I love. When I left FL and LW I hated it. Now when I come home to visit I can’t tell you how much I love LW and appreciate it for what it is. Granted I don’t want to ever live there or bring up a family there but its a fun place with a lot of character. Definitely beats Palm Beach where everyone is superficial and fake.
Every time LW is mentioned I get bashed for liking it! It is the only place around that is not plastic.
I heard Lake Worth City Counsel is changing the name of Lake Worth to Bumsville to more accurate depict the drug and alcohol challenged residents.
Lake Worth isn’t plastic because bums can’t get credit cards.
Sorry to hear about the mishap. Now is the time to get a handle on things before you loose everything…come home …we are waiting for you! AA
Gail and I love to swing in that seedy dump called Lake Worth! All the lonely rainbow warriors and the spent needles on the ground! WOO HOOO!
I am sure every single one of you have drank and drove. You just never “bumped” in to a person with a vehicle. Spare me the “I am better than thou” bull.
Was the pedestrian charged for walking into the jeep?…
He goes to jail and Goodman goes home. Did I miss something?
Hey all you “CITY OF LAKE WORTH HATERS” stay out in the “whitetrash UNICORPORATED LAKE WORTH” [west of i-95] SLUM WHORES,LATINO G-BANGERS and CRACK-VILLE and stop giving the EAST OF 95 part negative status. Because we all know this is where most of you grew up til you decided to move west to WELL WATER & SEPTIC TANKS! You wonder where the cancer came from?
#38…One owns a bar, one drank at a bar, you get a coin flip to which “bars” you want to be behind.
Why are reader comments allowed on this story, but not allowed on the Bo Allen story?
“SO WHAT” If he was Joe Shmoe would his name and picture be in here? What`s the big deal? Slow news day? Maybe we will see Josie`s picture in the police blotter! Will that be news? JACKBAGS!!!!!
Josie, you should change your picture! You look like you are stalking little boys
RE : comment 37……..I totally agree with you!! Has anyone ever been to west delray, west boynton, West WPB!!?? It makes LW look like a amusement park! These places are waaaay worse than any part of LW, yet you never hear anyone confuse Atlantic Ave or Clematis to these places! Why does everyone feel the need to lump DOWNTOWN LW with the western skeevy part of LW?? Just sayin…..
I agree back in the day lake worth was awesome, although times change, it is now only fit for beggars and junkies. enjoy your little slice of heaven. lake worthless,
I have known Kevin for years, and he is a class act, just made a mistake, that 99% of us have all made sometime or another. I know Kevin feel’s horrible that someone got hurt, even if it was not that bad, cause he always looks out for everyone else, and truly cares so give him a break, made a mistake, and I know he feels worse then anyone that someone got hurt.
THEY SHOULD HAVE TESTED HIM FOR COCAINE 2. WHAT A LOOSER.
Lake Worth does now, and always has, sucked. It’s been a dump since the late 60’s and any one who says otherwise is a liar….and they know it.
I came to this area to read about the arrest and not just to put a “judgmental” comment up about the man or his arrest. As I read most of these comments, it seems like a lot of you just wait for something to be posted so you can be ignorant. Sometimes it’s best to take a look at your own life and see just how “perfect” you are….everyone makes mistakes and we learn from them.
Grow up and check your own lives before throwing stones at the guy. Bet the ones making negative comments are the main ones that are dealing with screwed up issues of their own and need to feel better by finding fault in others.
For those who can empathize with this poor bastard, I invite you to join DAMM thats Drunks Against Madd Mothers!!!! Join now and receive the bonus book, Driving While Under The Influence!!! A great stocking stuffer.
Whether you are at the Ritz Cralton or The Rum Shack.Most people will have at least one drink with their dinner get behind the wheel It is all a matter of who gets caught. Stop being so hypocritical!
The PBC sheriffs let that Horse owner guy get away with murder. Typical. You and I would be busted in a heart beat.
John Goodman didn’t know he hit someone either.