Archive for September, 2005

DUI unit's impact felt

DUI unit's impact felt in court (The Arizona Republic)Court records show more drunken drivers are getting caught in Gilbert, providing perhaps the first evidence that the police's year-old night traffic unit is working.
DUI Suspect Drags Deputy While Trying To Escape (Officer.com)ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — For nearly two hours, deputies on the ground and in the […]

DUI Suspect Drags Deputy

DUI Suspect Drags Deputy While Trying To Escape (Officer.com)ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — For nearly two hours, deputies on the ground and in the air searched for a suspect who they said dragged a deputy while driving off from a DUI stop on Goldenrod Road. The search for the suspect finally ended early Wednesday morning.
New National […]

Police charge St. Thomas

Police charge St. Thomas man with DUI (Public Opinion)Albert J. Schmid, 51, St. Thomas, was charged with driving under the influence after Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, stopped him at 2:15 a.m. Monday at Hade and Jack roads.
Portsmouth a state leader in DUI arrests (East Bay Newspapers)PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Police Department ranks one of the […]

Teacher facing felony DUI

Teacher facing felony DUI charge (West Bloomfield Eccentric)Plymouth High School teacher Dennis Ross is due back in court Friday to face a preliminary hearing after his arraignment on one felony count of driving under the influence.
Winsted officers await court ruling Two policemen face DUI charges in Maine; suspensions on hold as chief awaits outcome (Republican […]

DUI probation violations net

DUI probation violations net 7 years in prison (Arizona Daily Sun)The judge who put a 21-year-old Flagstaff man on probation for two…
Porterville woman sentenced in DUI manslaughter case (The Biloxi Sun Herald)MERIDIAN, Miss. - A Porterville woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for DUI manslaughter involving a Sept. 4, 2004, collision on […]

Cop Cleared Of Felony

Cop Cleared Of Felony Charges For DUI (CBS 2 Chicago)EXCLUSIVE: Did a police badge help a drunk driving offender escape serious prison time for his role in a terrible crash? CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini was there as a suburban woman, severely injured in the crash, learns the fate of the ex-cop she […]

City draws athletes and

City draws athletes and their problems (The Arizona Republic)The DUI-related arrest of former Arizona State tailback Hakim Hill earlier this summer is one of at least seven athlete arrests in Scottsdale since summer 2004.
Police to conduct DUI checkpoints (phillyburbs.com)The Buckingham Township police department will be cracking down on drunken drivers during patrols this weekend.

Brother of Bucs coach

Brother of Bucs coach Gruden charged with DUI (USA Today)Jay Gruden, the younger brother of Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden and a part-time assistant coach with the team, was arrested for drunken driving early Friday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. The former Arena Football League star was stopped at about 2:30 a.m. by […]

Gruden benches return specialist

Gruden benches return specialist Cox being punished for Tuesday's DUI (The News-Press)TAMPA Tampa Bay Buccaneers back-up CB Torrie Cox learned a lesson this week. Don't mix drinking, driving and football. Cox, the team's primary kick returner, was arrested early Tuesday morning in Tampa and charged with one misdemeanor count of DUI. It was his second […]

18 arrested during DUI

18 arrested during DUI checks (Argus Courier)Eighteen people were arrested, 10 of them for DUI, by the Petaluma Police Department on Saturday, said Sgt. Tim Lyons. The department deployed extra officers during the DUI saturation patrol operations, and made more than 60 traffic stops.
Gruden benches return specialist Cox being punished for Tuesday's DUI (The News-Press)TAMPA […]

Man faces sixth DUI

Man faces sixth DUI charge (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)Thomas Spiral Talbert Jr., 31, of the 300 block of Marcum Terrace was arrested at 8:58 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of 21st Street and 8th Avenue.
Buccaneers' return man jailed for DUI charges (ABC Action News)TAMPA - An overnight DUI arrest landed Tampa Bay Buccaneers return specialist Torrie […]

Girl Sees Dead Father

Girl Sees Dead Father in Police DUI Photos (AP via Yahoo! News)A 12-year-old girl saw her father's remains in a gruesome photograph shown during a presentation by police warning teenagers about the dangers of drunken driving.
Breath-test glitch sets free 700 DUI suspects (Sun-Sentinel)SANFORD · The Florida Department of Law Enforcement just spent $2 million on […]

Court: Judge didn't err

Court: Judge didn't err in allowing preliminary DUI test at trial (Great Falls Tribune)HELENA A district judge did not err when he allowed the results of a preliminary breath test to be used as evidence against a man convicted of what was at least his fourth drunken-driving offense, a divided state Supreme Court has ruled.
Charge […]

DUI's, fatalities down this

DUI's, fatalities down this holiday, CHP reports (San Diego Union-Tribune)SAN DIEGO, 12:12 p.m. Sept. 5 (SIGNONSANDIEGO): Higher prices at the pump this year may have contributed to a lower number of DUI arrests and traffic fatalities statewide during this holiday period, a California Highway Patrol officer said today.
2nd-degree murder charge in suspected DUI crash (The […]

103 DUI arrests on

103 DUI arrests on weekend (The Arizona Daily Star via Yahoo! News)The Southern Arizona DUI Task Force arrested 103 people on charges of driving under the influence over the weekend.
Ex-'Survivor' Contestant Arrested for DUI (Stamford Advocate)MERCED, Calif. — Katie Gallagher, a contestant on the CBS reality television show "Survivor: Palau," was arrested for drunken driving […]

Police: DUI suspect fights

Police: DUI suspect fights with officials (Reading Eagle/Reading Times)A Pennside man was charged with drunken driving in the city, then scuffling with a Berks County detective and two sheriff's deputies, police said.
Marshall freshman charged with DUI (The Charleston Gazette)Marshall freshman football player Zane Bruhin was arrested Saturday morning by university police and charged with driving […]

Court: Arizonans still have

Court: Arizonans still have right to jury trial in DUI cases (KVOA Tucson)A new court ruling says Arizonans charged with misdemeanor DUI still have a right to jury trials despite a previous decision that narrowed criteria for deciding what crimes entitle a defendant to a jury trial.
Ex-FBI agent begins serving 90 days for fatal DUI […]

AL Beat: Ponson is

AL Beat: Ponson is arrested on DUI charge again; O's want him gone (Seattle Times)Sidney Ponson was arrested early yesterday on a drunken-driving charge, the latest legal problem for the pitcher considered the ace of the…
DUI efforts remove 2 impaired drivers from county roads (Lake City Reporter)Even though the planned DUI checkpoint was canceled Saturday […]