Criminal Law

Driver in Deadly Carl?s Jr. Crash Faces DUI Charges, Too

Posted on February 28, 2010
The charges continue to mount for a man who drove his car into a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in El Cajon, California, killing one unsuspecting driver. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the driver, Richard Alfred Daus, was recently charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence at the time of the deadly accident...

DUI Arrest for Germany?s Top Protestant Bishop

Posted on February 26, 2010
Margot Kassmann is the country?s highest Protestant minister, and she is the head of the Evangelical Church in Germany. And as we?ve seen many times, those in high office are not immune to driving under the influence and the impact that it can have on a life and a public image...

Wild DUI Arrests in Florida and Pennsylvania

Posted on February 22, 2010
Drunk driving and poor decisions continue to go hand in hand. This week offered several more strange stories, about two DUI suspects who were foolish enough to drink and get behind the wheel. The first story is that of a Florida woman who was driven by a lusty urge to visit her imprisoned with a man [...

After DUI Stop, Trooper Shot, Husband of Drunk Driver Suspected

Posted on February 20, 2010
Washington State Trooper Scott Johnson is lucky to be alive after he was shot in the head early on a recent Saturday morning. After all, the bullet was still in his head when he was released from the hospital. As officials work to solve the case, a recent turn has thrown some light on who may [...

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Multiple DUI Arrests Lead to Lifetime Driving Ban

Posted on February 18, 2010
A Canadian man has been arrested for drunk driving so many times the courts didn’t just suspend his license: They banned him from driving for life. According to an article in the Canadian Press, Nova Scotia resident Terry Naugle has racked up a total of 68 convictions in past 32 years...

Illinois Investigates Charges of False DUI Arrests

Posted on February 15, 2010
Do you feel you were pulled over for DUI for no reason whatsoever? It’s possible that is the case, at least in Illinois, where lawsuits and internal investigations are looking widespread charges of false DUI arrests. According to Chicago’s ABC7 news site, around 40 lawsuits were filed against Richard Fiorito for alleged false DUI charges...

DUI Suspect Takes Cop Car for Joyride on Super Bowl Sunday

Posted on February 13, 2010
While millions of Americans were enjoying the excitement of a thrilling Super Bowl, Ryan Larson of Elkhart, Indiana, was allegedly enjoying a different kind of excitement. The roller coaster ride of the game between the Saints and the Colts was quite different from the cop car joyride Larson experienced...

Super Bowl Sunday DUI Arrest Round-Up

Posted on February 11, 2010
Law enforcement agencies often target holidays and popular party days as a time to step up DUI check points and DUI enforcement. This was the case for the most recent Super Bowl Sunday, as cops stepped up their presences on the nation?s highways, hoping to cut down on DUI and encourage responsible alcohol consumption...

Experts Testify on BAC Level in Fatal DUI Trial in New Jersey

Posted on February 07, 2010
Experts believe that the man charged in a fatal DUI from 2006 may have had a BAC four times the legal limit, NJ.com is reporting. On April 20, 2006, a car hit two teenage girls as they walked down the side of a New Jersey road coming back from a movie theater...

Woman Charged with DUI while Taking her Child to School

Posted on February 05, 2010
A Florida woman’s decision to drink and drive is once again highlighting the unexpected consequences a DUI can have. Tampa Bay Online reports a that a 39-year-old woman is accused of driving an 11-year-old child to school while under the influence of illegal drugs...

Actors and Athletes Alike Face DUI Charges

Posted on February 03, 2010
From actors to athletes, local police departments show no favoritism to those that drink and drive. Rey Maualuga, a linebacker for the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals,- was recently arrested in Covington, Kentucky, for allegedly driving under the influence...

New Hampshire Woman Gets 3 DUI Arrests in 1 Week

Posted on February 01, 2010
The penalties for a DUI conviction can dramatically increase with multiple convictions. But one woman in New Hampshire pushed these laws to their limits recently. The Associated Press recently reported that a woman in Concord, N. H. was arrested three times in one week for allegedly driving under the influence...

Maryland Law Would Require DUI License Plates

Posted on January 30, 2010
DUI Offenders in Maryland may soon be easy to spot. Delmarvanow.com, the online arm of the Salisbury Daily Times, is report that state legislators have introduced a bill that would require repeat DUI offenders to place a special license plate on their vehicle...

Minnesota Supreme Court Upholds DUI of Parked, Sleeping Driver

Posted on January 28, 2010
In 2007, a Minnesota man was arrested after police found him asleep at the wheel of his car, parked in his designated spot in front of his own apartment building. According to the Star Tribune, Daryl Fleck was drunk, and he was subsequently charged with driving under the influence...

NFL Hall of Famer Bruce Smith Pleads Guilty to DUI

Posted on January 24, 2010
National Football League Hall of Fame defensive end Bruce Smith recently pleaded guilty to drunk driving in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Associated Press reports that Smith cited a desire to be a responsible asset to the community in his decision to plead guilty...

School Bus Driver Arrested for DUI While on Field Trip

Posted on January 22, 2010
School bus driver Brian Dunlap faces a litany of charges after he was arrested and charged with DUI while on the job driving teenagers to a field trip destination. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that chaperons on the field trip called 911 when they noticed that Dunlap, their bus driver, was acting strangely...

South Dakota Woman Sets State Blood Alcohol Content Record

Posted on January 18, 2010
A South Dakota woman received a dubious honor in December when she doubled the state’s previous record for blood alcohol content. On Dec. 1 of last year, state troopers found Marguerite Engle passed out in the driver?s seat of a stolen van on the side of a highway...

St. Cloud Woman Arrested for DWI with Infant

Posted on January 12, 2010
A woman in St. Cloud, Minn. was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of hitting a pedestrian with her car while in a parking lot, according to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. The woman was allegedly driving drunk, and had an infant in the car with her...

Orange County Teenager Suspected of Felony DUI

Posted on January 09, 2010
After a single-vehicle drunk driving crash that sent one man to a trauma center with severe injuries, an 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI. Danielle Everman of Fountain Valley, Calif. was arrested in December after she crashed her Ford Explorer into a guard rail, severely injuring her passenger, 20-year-old Jacob Dearman...

DUI Laws: New York Gets Strict

Posted on January 07, 2010
Last year, New York state saw about 12,000 DUI-related deaths, according to local CBS news. As a result, the state has recently enacted strict new DUI laws to help decrease the number of fatal accidents. State Governor David Patterson signed the Child Passenger Protection Act, which outlines some of the toughest DUI laws in the country [...

Colorado Springs Crime Lab Botched BAC Tests

Posted on January 04, 2010
The Associated Press is reporting that hundreds of DUI cases could be impacted by the flawed results of blood-alcohol tests coming out of an area crime lab. According to law enforcement, at least 82 blood tests since January 2009 have registered higher blood-alcohol contents than they should have...

Did You Get Killed Because You Drove Drunk? Should?ve Signed This Contract

Posted on December 30, 2009
Stop and think before you get behind the wheel on New Year’s Eve. This is the motto of one Georgia funeral home – a family business that has been running Operation Stop and Think for the past 10 years. According to a CNN report, McGuire, Jennings and Miller Funeral Home in Rome, Ga...

DUI Fines Pay for New Cruisers, Breathalyzers

Posted on December 28, 2009
If you’re drinking and driving in the state of Illinois this holiday season, keep this in mind: When pulled over for DUI, the money you pay in fines will go in part to funding new cop cars and updated breathalyzer machines. According to a report from the Illinois News Tribune, as much as 20 percent of [...

Total DUI?s Top 10 DUIs of the Decade

Posted on December 18, 2009
The first decade of the new millennium came in with a bang – everyone was freaked out about Y2K, and ringing in the year 2000 might have been the biggest party Times Square has ever seen. Along with all the fun to be had in the 2000s, there was also many-a-busted celebrity found to be “under [...

Taxi Vouchers for the Holidays ? Helping Curb DUIs?

Posted on December 14, 2009
A charity group based in Beverly Hills – the Lev Foundation – has a printable voucher for a $10 cab ride posted on its Web site. The vouchers will be available through the month of December. According to an Associated Press article, the Lev Foundation was created last year by the friends and family of 25-year-old [...

DUI While Asleep in a Buggy

Posted on December 09, 2009
An Amish man was arrested for DUI when he was discovered sleeping ‘behind the wheel’ of a moving buggy, according to an Associated Press report. The horse was spotted pulling the buggy at a slow walking pace in the middle of the road on Sunday night...

DUI Fatality Rate Has Fallen!

Posted on December 04, 2009
According to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, the number of deaths caused by drunk driving decreased by seven percent between 2007 and 2008. The number of deaths in 2007 was 13,041 and in 2008 it was recorded at 11,773, which is 1,268 fewer deaths than the previous year...

A Day of DUIs on Washington?s Whidbey Island

Posted on December 01, 2009
In Oak Harbor, Wash., a small community off the coast of Washington on Whidbey Island, two bizarre incidents occurred on the same day, both allegedly involving driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The first accident involved a 22-year-old woman who was driving her Volkswagen Beetle on Midway Boulevard, a road that travels directly toward [...

Hey Sonic Employee? I Mean, Officer. Oops.

Posted on November 27, 2009
In DUI-related news, it seems that a good number of strange stories tend come out of the woodwork. Poor decisions have a tendency to lead to more poor decisions, and sometimes the results can be pretty weird. The variety of odd cases is remarkable, from a motorized recliner and a self-propelled barstool to a man charged with [...

Driving Under ?The Hills? Influence: Stephanie Pratt Busted for DUI

Posted on November 24, 2009
The newest reality celebrity to join the DUI arrest list was ?The Hills? cast member, Stephanie Pratt. According to a CNN article, Pratt was arrested last month for a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence while on the way home from a Hollywood nightclub...

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