Criminal Law

Celebrity DUI Arrests of Last 5 Years

Posted on March 08, 2011
From 2006-2010 Hollywood’s brightest stars also found themselves shining under the lights of the police. This interactive timeline looks at the actors, actresses, musicians and celebrities who were arrested for drunk driving. What kind of charges were these stars facing? It depends whether the DUI is a misdemeanor or felony...

Major League Baseball Player Crisp Arrested for DUI

Posted on March 04, 2011
Coco Crisp, known for a name that reminds fans of breakfast cereal and his productive major league baseball career, was arrested for DUI in Scottsdale, Arizona, during Spring Training last week. According to MLB.com, Crisp was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol in the Spring Training home of his team, the Oakland Athletics, when police [...

Illinois Man Convicted of Aggravated DUI in Girlfriend?s Daughter Death

Posted on February 24, 2011
An Illinois man, Cecil Conner, was found guilty of the drunk driving death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son. The conviction came after Conner’s defense team attempted to shift some of the blame for the child’s death to a police officer...

Former California Firefighter Gets Nine Year Sentence in DUI Death

Posted on February 09, 2011
Mitchell Green, of Kern County, California, near Bakersfield, served in the army for six years in Bosnia and Afghanistan, and he was a firefighter on the local force. He didn’t have a criminal record to speak of, and his friends called him a model citizen...

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A Rising Baseball Star and a Famous Baseball Twin Face DUI Arrests

Posted on February 03, 2011
Two figures in the baseball world faced DUI arrests recently, adding their names to the long list of prominent athletes to face scrutiny about their drinking and driving. Delino DeShields Jr. is a youngster on the verge of his pro career, while Ozzie Canseco is the twin brother of major league star and steroid poster boy [...

Tougher Tennessee DUI Laws Take Effect in 2011

Posted on January 10, 2011
Several new laws in Tennessee DUI laws will make penalties for drunk driving, and repeated and excessive drunk driving harsher. One new DUI law that has gone into effect will call for those DUI offenders who register a blood alcohol content higher than ...

Florida DUI Suspect Punches Deputy, Slips Out of Handcuffs and Pants

Posted on December 28, 2010
In Bayou George, Florida, a woman pulled over for suspected DUI has been arrested on additional charges, after she slipped out of police handcuffs as well as her clothes and allegedly assaulted a deputy following a car crash. Samantha Wilson, a 22-year-old woman, was put in custody after she crashed her car at 4 p...

Montana Attorney General Wants More DUI Monitoring

Posted on December 15, 2010
Montana has a history of a DUI culture that is not as critical of drunk driving offenses as other parts of the country. Recently, the state’s efforts to curb drunk driving have led to more stringent policy. Now, the state’s Attorney General, Steve Bullock, has proposed the expansion of a pilot program that calls for repeat [...

Celebrity Singers Facing DUI Trouble

Posted on December 06, 2010
Several celebrity songbirds appeared in the headlines recently for issues related to DUI arrests and DUI charges. One is a Grammy winning songwriter, producer and actress best known for her soul-pop music, and the other is a one-time teen heartthrob slated to appear in a film about Liberace...

NFL Wide Receiver Mike Williams Arrested on Suspicion of DUI in Florida

Posted on December 01, 2010
Mike Williams, a rookie wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Florida, early in the morning before he was to show up at practice the next day. The arrest garnered headlines because Williams has become one of the best players on the Tampa Bay team after being drafted only [...

California Beach Considers Posting DUIs to Facebook

Posted on November 24, 2010
Facebook and other social media sites are playing a much larger role in the way that lawyers and lawmakers publicize information. Now, according to an article in the LA Times, officials in Huntington Beach, California, have sparked a new debate surrounding DUI information and the social media giant...

Biker With Cerebral Palsy Arrested for DUI in Utah

Posted on November 12, 2010
In Utah, a highway patrol officer arrested a man with epilepsy and cerebral palsy for DUI, after pulling him over as he rode a motorized bicycle, according to an article in CBS News. Mike Tilt’s disabilities would make it difficult for him to complete a field sobriety test under any circumstances, and he warned the officer [...

Former Yankee Jim Leyritz on Trial for DUI Manslaughter

Posted on November 05, 2010
Jim Leyritz once played in the most famous ballparks alongside baseball stars like Derek Jeter and Roger Clemens, but now he is on trial for DUI manslaughter after a tragic night left a mother dead. The Florida DUI trial has most recently featured the testimony of a witness who testified that Leyritz ran his Ford Expedition [...

Oklahoma State Football Player Apologizes Following DUI Arrest

Posted on November 01, 2010
Justin Blackmon, a sophomore receiver on the Oklahoma State football team, was arrested under suspicion of DUI this week, after he was pulled over on the interstate around Dallas-Ft. Worth. Blackmon announced an apology following the announcement of his DUI arrest...

California Man Charged With Manslaughter in DUI Crash

Posted on October 22, 2010
Anthony Guarino, 57, of San Diego, California, will stand trial on felony charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, DUI and other charges, following a deadly crash that killed an area father. According to an article from 10 News, Marc William Durham was killed in the crash of August 20, 2010...

California City Council Candidate Cleared of DUI Checkpoint Misconduct

Posted on October 14, 2010
A DUI checkpoint was the scene of what some call a local politics power play, but the local government candidate in question was acquitted of criminal wrongdoing after interacting with police at the checkpoint. Planning commissioner Jim Righeimer is a candidate for the City Council of Costa Mesa, California, in the upcoming elections...

Drunk Drivers Endanger Children, Steal Police Car

Posted on October 07, 2010
Unfortunately, as we’ve chronicled many times before, driving under the influence and poor decision-making tend to go hand-in-hand. In a couple of incidents reported in the news recently, alleged drunk drivers endangered children — a far too common occurrence — and police in two separate incidents stemming from DUI...

Florida Dealership Markets a ?DUI scooter?

Posted on October 02, 2010
In Clearwater, Florida, a motor scooter dealership decided to implement an aggressive campaign to meet the needs of “specialized” market by offering what they call “DUI scooters.” These “DUI scooters” are small, electric mopeds that are bright red and blue, with pedals, headlights and windshields...

DUI Trial for Driver in MLB Player?s Death Continues

Posted on September 30, 2010
The trial of DUI defendant Andrew Gallo is now focused recently on whether Gallo knew that driving drunk was a dangerous decision just before he hit and killed Nick Adenhart, a pitcher for Major League Baseballs’ Anaheim Angels, and two other people...

Another DUI with Baby on Board and A Man Faces 3 DUI Charges in One Night

Posted on September 23, 2010
This week?s DUI stories feature a poor parenting decision, and an active night for a man charged with 3 DUIs in a single evening of driving. Baby On Board It is all too common in the world of DUI news to hear about a parent?s use of poor judgment. Not only do they allegedly drive drunk, but [...

Kentucky DUI Case Put Breathalyzer Burps Under the Microscope

Posted on September 19, 2010
In a DUI case in Kentucky, a judge in the case acquitted a man suspected of DUI because of a burp. According to the Courier-Journal, a judge found Bertrand Howlett not guilty of DUI because the judge had a personal recollection from his experience as a prosecutor of DUI cases years ago that a burp at [...

Illinois Financial Broker Gets 5 Years in DUI Death

Posted on September 05, 2010
Michael Penachio was driving his Mercedes Benz over 100 miles per hour down the highway when he crashed into and killed a single mother and journalist, Danielle Baker in 2007. Penachio was drunk driving down the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago, Illinois when the avoidable tragedy struck, according to the Chicago Tribune article...

Paris Hilton Faces Drug Charges After Boyfriend?s DUI Stop

Posted on September 03, 2010
Paris Hilton has faced public embarrassment before, and no we?re not talking about her reality TV series with Nicole Richie. She?s had sex tapes revealed, been arrested for DUI and even spent a little time in jail. Now, though, after her boyfriend was stopped for suspected DUI, she could be facing the most serious stumble of [...

DUI Problems Continue for Mary Kennedy

Posted on August 30, 2010
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.?s wife was once again arrested for DUI, this time for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs. Mary Kennedy was pulled over for speeding at 8 in the morning, according to the Journal News, when police decided to perform sobriety tests and made the arrest for driving while impaired by drugs...

NHTSA Starts DUI Campaign With New DUI Statistics

Posted on August 28, 2010
The U.S. Department of Transportation is kicking of this year?s campaign against drunk driving with some new data gathered about the habits of drivers when it comes to alcohol. One piece of data gathered from surveys released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates that 8 percent of all drivers have driven drunk in [...

Weird DUI News Roundup for August

Posted on August 25, 2010
Here’s a round-up of the latest bizarre DUI news from across the country, including an update the goat rescued in a DUI checkpoint. Bride-to-Be Gets DUI Hours Before Wedding According to an Associated Press article, a bride headed home from her bachelorette party was driving drunk with a

Athlete Blames Cat for His DUI Arrest

Posted on August 23, 2010
English cricketer Graeme Swann was recently stopped for drunk driving at 3 in the morning in Nottingham, England. His excuse for driving under the influence? His cat, which had gotten lodged underneath the floor of his home. According to his story, as reported by the Telegraph, Swann had returned home from a birthday celebration with his [...

Florida Elementary School Teacher Jailed in DUI, Won?t Return to Class

Posted on August 21, 2010
An elementary school teacher at an elementary school Florida will not be returning to her classroom after she was arrested for DUI. She is also accused of threatening the police during the stop. Joann Tomas taught third-grade Spanish at Dr. Williams Chapman Elementary school, according to the Miami Herald...

12-Year-Old Charged With DUI in Minnesota

Posted on August 19, 2010
When 19-year-old Benjamin Repinski asked someone to drive him home he may have thought he was doing the right thing. After all, he knew he had been drinking and shouldn’t be driving. Unfortunately, the driver who agreed had also been drinking – and was only 12-years-old...

Florida Marine Charged in Tampa DUI Manslaughter

Posted on August 16, 2010
Captain Scott Patrick Sciple, a Marine Corps captain who has been decorated with three Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for his service, has been charged with DUI manslaughter after a fatal crash on the Florida highway. Pedro Rivera, 48, was killed in the crash, which occurred at around 4 in the morning on April 25, [...

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