Archive for October, 2005

Bond set for Williston

Bond set for Williston man charged with 3 counts of felony DUI in crash that killed family (Times and Democrat)Family members say Phil Neeley’s and Anne Price Neeley’s story was a love story a long time in the making. The Neeleys, along with Phil’s son, Matt, were killed Oct. 21 when their car was crushed […]

Suspected DUI kills Cal

Suspected DUI kills Cal student (Inside Bay Area)BERKELEY — A 20-year-old University of California, Berkeley psychology student was hit and killed by a man suspected of drunken driving on University Avenue early Thursday morning, police said.
DUI checkpoints around Luzerne County will be conducted more frequently as part of an unprecedented state-wide (Citizens Voice)The initiative, […]

Rankin man loses appeal

Rankin man loses appeal in DUI-related fatals case (The Biloxi Sun Herald)JACKSON, Miss. - The state Court of Appeals has rejected a Rankin County man's claims that he was tried twice for the same crime although the charges involved two separate deaths in a DUI-related accident in 2002.
Woman faces DUI charge in fatal head-on collision […]

Deterring DUI Arrests A

Deterring DUI Arrests A Concern For Ramsey (Washington Post)District Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey said yesterday he is worried that recent controversy over the city's drunken driving law might cause police to avoid arresting dangerously impaired drivers.
Poison guitarist sentenced to 80 days for DUI (SanLuisObispo.com)LOS ANGELES - A guitarist for the rock group Poison was […]

State Supreme Court Overturns

State Supreme Court Overturns DUI Conviction (WLEX-TV Lexington)(AP) — A Kentucky Supreme Court ruling now gives drunk drivers room to question blood-alcohol tests that are narrowly above the legal limit. Friday the court unanimously overturned the ruling of a Lexington man, who was convicted of driving under the infuence.
DC City Council questions DUI arrests (WIS-TV […]

JTA CFO Charged With

JTA CFO Charged With DUI Manslaughter (First Coast News)JACKSONVILLE, FL — JTA's CFO, Daniel Gulliver, was issued an arrest warrant Wednesday afternoon and charged with two counts of DUI manslaughter and one count of serious bodily injury.
District attorney gets grant for DUI prosecutor (Columbia Daily Herald)State Rep. Tom DuBois, R-Columbia, and State Rep. Joey Hensley, […]

Florida DUI law could

Florida DUI law could push open source (vnunet.com via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)'I'm not drunk, your software is'
JTA Official Wanted For DUI Manslaughter (WJXT News4Jax.com via Yahoo! News)Police have issued an arrest warrant for a high-ranking city official on a charge he killed two people in a car crash after he'd been drinking.

Tide's backup QB arrested

Tide's backup QB arrested on DUI charge (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)NORTHPORT, Ala. - Alabama backup quarterback John Parker Wilson was arrested and charged with DUI early Sunday morning, according to Northport police.
BREAKING NEWS - Tide's backup QB arrested on DUI charge (Clanton Advertiser)NORTHPORT (AP) - Alabama backup quarterback John Parker Wilson was arrested and charged with […]

Suspected DUI driver hits

Suspected DUI driver hits teen (North County Times)First name only please. All comments are screened before they appear online. Click here to view additional comment policies.
Man charged with vehicular homicide, DUI (phillyburbs.com)Police say David A. Cannon, 19, was drunk and speeding when he crashed his car, causing the death of Ronald "Petie" Shultz.

Deputy is assaulted by

Deputy is assaulted by man facing DUI charges (Sparta Expositor)A Sparta man, who spit on a White County deputy and cursed the officer, has been charged with DUI after Deputy Craig Wilson smelled a strong odor of alcohol.
Man Hurt In Crash; Cited For DUI (The Omaha Channel)OMAHA, Neb. — A man is injured overnight in […]

Stockard Channing gets probation

Stockard Channing gets probation on DUI charge (Entertainment Weekly)LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Stockard Channing, who plays the first lady on NBC political drama "The West Wing," has pleaded no contest to driving under the influence of alcohol last year, the City Attorney's Office said on Tuesday.
Channing Pleads No Contest to DUI (Zap2It)LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) […]

DUI arrests (KTVA)Officers with

DUI arrests (KTVA)Officers with the Anchorage Police Department and the Alaska State Trooper DUI Enforcement Team from Palmer arrested 15 people on drunk driving charges as part of this weekend's federally funded "You Drink and Drive, You Lose" campaign.
The Woodlands congressman arrested on DUI charge in South Dakota (Daily Sentinel)DALLAS — A Republican congressman from […]

DUI dropped against ex-officer

DUI dropped against ex-officer (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)SARASOTA COUNTY — Prosecutors dropped a drunk driving charge against a former sheriff's deputy who failed sobriety tests at a DUI checkpoint in March.
DUI charge against driver dropped (North County Times)TEMECULA —- A driving under the influence charge has been dropped against an Anza teen whose car crashed on Pala […]

Driver jailed in fatal

Driver jailed in fatal DUI crash (Daytona Beach News-Journal)DAYTONA BEACH — A 33-year-old Daytona Beach man accused of driving under the influence in a crash that left three tourists dead was taken back into custody during a hearing Thursday, prosecutors said.
DUI dropped against ex-officer (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)SARASOTA COUNTY — Prosecutors dropped a drunk driving charge against […]

Aggravating the DUI menace

Aggravating the DUI menace (Toledo Blade)THE Ohio Supreme Court's narrow decision in a Dayton aggravated vehicular homicide case will be cheered by criminal defense lawyers throughout the Buckeye State, but it seriously obstructs public efforts to rid the highways of dangerous drunken drivers.
Glitch in DUI may be trend Exclusive (TimesLeader.com)WILKES-BARRE – A judge’s ruling that […]

Another DUI for Fish

Another DUI for Fish (Galesburg Register-Mail)ALEDO - A Mercer County man who was convicted of a drunk diving double fatality seven years ago has been arrested for another DUI. Bruce Fish, 48, was taken into custody Saturday night by Mercer County sheriff's deputies and is being held without bond.
Officer On Leave After Weekend DUI Arrest […]

Rep. Graves quits committee

Rep. Graves quits committee post, drops controversial DUI defense (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)Republican state Rep. David Graves of Macon today announced that he is resigning his House committee chairmanship and giving up his fight to use legislative immunity as a defense in one of his two DUI cases.
Graves drops DUI immunity plea (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)A Macon lawmaker under […]