Archive for August, 2006

DUI checkpoint set this

DUI checkpoint set this weekend (Reading Eagle)Detectives with the district attorney's DUI Enforcement Unit and local police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this weekend on an undisclosed roadway in Berks County.
Sesser police chief reports 3 DUI arrests over 3 days (Benton Evening News)SESSER - Sesser Police Chief Rob Barrett said officers had a busy weekend, […]

DUI Checkpoint (KOLD News

DUI Checkpoint (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)"We're doing a DUI checkpoint today. Have you been drinking at all?" One checkpoint at a time, sheriff's deputies are trying to make Pima County roads safer.
Fort Collins police arrest eight in DUI checkpoint (Greeley Tribune)The Fort Collins Police and Larimer County Driving Under the Influence Task Force hosted a […]

Watch Out For More

Watch Out For More Weekend DUI Patrols (WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News)Drivers beware: Police DUI crackdowns continue this weekend.
Agency starting new DUI program (Sierra Vista Herald)Sierra Vista — In 2004, nearly 13,000 people were killed in highway crashes involving an impaired driver or motorcycle operator with an illegal blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher, […]

DUI checkpoint set for

DUI checkpoint set for tonight (The Reporter)If you're drinking and driving in Fairfield tonight, make sure you're dressed comfortably for jail. Traffic officers are targeting drunken drivers between 6-11 p.m. in the 1800 block of North Texas Street via a DUI checkpoint, and they'll have no sympathy for any excuses. The event, funded through a […]

Man sentenced for fatal

Man sentenced for fatal DUI (WKYC Cleveland)Man sentenced for fatal DUI
Labor Day DUI crackdown on tap for law officers (Sidney Herald-Leader)Summer is coming to an end. School is starting, and the final holiday for the summer is around the corner - Labor Day. Did you know that the month of September is third highest for […]

Eastover Police Department wins

Eastover Police Department wins DUI Enforcement Award (WIS-TV Columbia)he Eastover Police Department is being recognized for its efforts to stop drunk drivers. The department has won the 2006 statewide DUI Enforcement Award.
Man Charged In Fatal DUI Crash To Be Sentenced (The Louisville Channel)A Louisville man is scheduled to hear his sentence after a fatal DUI […]

The Fix: Gibson cops

The Fix: Gibson cops a plea. Haley Joel Osment charged with DUI. Plus: Timberlake says, "I have trouble having sex to (Salon.com)Morning Briefing: No jail for Mel: In an announcement from the Malibu courthouse Thursday, Mel Gibson's lawyer revealed a plea deal for his client that will keep him […]

New DUI Penalites listed

New DUI Penalites listed here (Columbus Telegram)summerteeth wrote on August 17, 2006 2:56 PM : "without naming names, mary — just what IS going on that we don't know about?" Mary wrote on August 17, 2006 8:03 AM : "I do agree with stiffer penalties for DUI, it's something that should have been done long […]

Woman pleads guilty in

Woman pleads guilty in DUI case (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)A Bellevue woman with multiple drunken-driving arrests who killed another woman in a 1997 collision pleaded guilty Tuesday to her latest DUI charge.
Repeat DUI Offender Pleads Guilty (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma)SEATTLE — A woman whose driving record led to changes in the state's DUI laws pleaded guilty to drunken […]

3 young men die

3 young men die in alcohol-related accidents (The State)Experimentation … ‘That’s what killed my son’ The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating how three teenagers and a 20-year-old got access to alcohol that led to two vehicle accidents, three deaths and a felony DUI charge.
Palm Coast driver charged with DUI after collision (Daytona Beach News-Journal)PALM […]

DUI task force out

DUI task force out Saturday (Wellington Daily News)WELLINGTON - Local law enforcement will be increased Saturday, Aug. 12, as police work a DUI task force in an effort to decrease the amount of intoxicated drivers on the streets.
Like Mel, DUI suspects act out (York Daily Record)The woman sitting behind the wheel was naked. West Manchester […]

Man Charged In DUI

Man Charged In DUI Crash That Kills Woman, Injures Her Baby (WLEX-TV Lexington)A Boone County man is charged in a DUI crash Monday that killed a woman and injured her baby. Police say Jacquelyn Wright, 26, was killed when Peter Vanzijil, 31, crossed the center line in his Jeep and hit Wright's car.
City beefs up […]

Judges give varied stories

Judges give varied stories on Thomas DUI case (al.com)How did courts handle David Thomas' 1998 DUI arrest, and did Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas have any involvement in the eventual expungement of the case? Four judges told three different stories Wednesday.
Official arrested; DUI case screened (The Salt Lake Tribune)The Salt Lake City prosecutor's office […]

District attorney is cited

District attorney is cited for DUI (Deseret Morning News)A prosecutor with the Salt Lake District Attorney's Office was arrested over the weekend for investigation of driving under the influence.
Autopsy indicates DUI (Suburban Chicago Newspapers)WAUKEGAN — A toxicology exam Monday determined the blood-alcohol content of a 21-year-old Buffalo Grove woman was twice the legal limit when […]

Yorba Linda truck crash

Yorba Linda truck crash hurts one, cuts power (Orange County Register)Teenage driver arrested on DUI charge Saturday.
Number of DUI arrests increases (The Daily Times)SALISBURY — Cathy Vance has been speaking at Mothers Against Drunk Driving victim impact panels for almost five years. In front of people convicted of driving under the influence, the Mardela Springs […]

Trooper Charges Car's Passenger

Trooper Charges Car's Passenger With DUI (The Denver Channel)A man faces a DUI charge after allegedly steering the car while his friend ate a sandwich.
Court requires warning before recording drivers in DUI probes (The Olympian)OLYMPIA - Drivers whose sobriety is in question must be told if they are being recorded, and if the warning is […]

Vols signee Smith arrested

Vols signee Smith arrested for DUI (WATE-TV Knoxville)Joseph Lee Smith, a Vols signee who is at the center of an alleged sex scandal and grade tampering investigation with a school administrator, was arrested for DUI.
Passenger Fights DUI Charges (WPH CBS 21)A Cumberland County man is fighting a DUI charge, saying he was just the passenger […]

Grooms Lane man charged

Grooms Lane man charged with DUI (Princeton Times Leader)A Grooms Lane man faces DUI and drug charges after a police investigation on Cadiz Street early Friday morning. Michael B. Riley, 32, was arrested at 12:58 a.m. Friday on charges of DUI, second offense, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance and carrying a concealed […]