I have bad news to share out of Dayton, Ohio where local TV weather sensation Jamie Simpson, the guy who went NUTS on-air back on Memorial Day weekend when viewers got mad over tornado coverage while Dayton was being blowing apart, was arrested Thursday morning for DUI, his second DUI since 2014. Jamie, who ‘left’ his prime local CBS affiliate job in 2015 after the 2014 incident, had rebuilt his weather brand via that one shining moment back in May.
Now it appears Jamie Simpson might have himself a serious problem on his hands since part of his 2014 agreement was a five-year deal that he stay out of trouble, especially on the alcohol side. Now, according to media reports, he’s not even out of jail on bond.
In 2014, Simpson, then-the Chief Meteorologist at Dayton’s channel 7, WHIO-T.V., was charged in Greene County for driving while drunk. Public records say in that case, Simpson drove his car off the road and hit a tree. According to toxicology results listed in the crash report, Simpson’s blood-alcohol level was .228.
In the 2014 case, Simpson was sentenced to 180 days in jail, with the judge suspending all but three days on the condition Simpson has no similar violation in the next five years and that he do a term of probation of two years. The judge gave Simpson credit for three days in jail because Simpson said he voluntarily went to a 30-day outpatient treatment facility and would continue follow-up treatment.
It gets worse for Jamie. His current employer, Channel 22 in Dayton, seems to have fired him before the latest incident even occurred. WKEF and WRGT told the Dayton Daily News Simpson wasn’t even employed by the station as of early this morning.
The video that had Jamie’s career back on track:
WATCH: Weatherman @JamieFOX45Now in Dayton, Ohio snapped at viewers complaining on social media about the network's decision to cut into The Bachelorette Monday evening with emergency tornado warning coverage
"I'm done with you people, I really am. This is pathetic" pic.twitter.com/m4nxmoUUkY
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) May 28, 2019
Jamie Simpson wouldn’t be getting this type of play if it wasn’t for that viral video in May that went absolutely bonkers
God love Jamie Simpson. Sales benefit tornado relief in Dayton. I just about died when he said “I’m done with you people “ . People were complaining the Bachelorette was interrupted with a tornado warning for an EF 4 that was hitting the city of Dayton . pic.twitter.com/zeOayfkBb6
— Ronnie (@ronniecperry) June 1, 2019
Jamie Simpson FTW! I grew up watching this guy #Dayton #tornado pic.twitter.com/MFBB839oIY
— No Me Importa (@NikkiThumbz) May 28, 2019
