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Defense evidence in Nick Adenhart not admissible

Bethany Eanes — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:13:36 +0100

An Orange County judge ruled on Wednesday that the attorney for the man accused of driving under the influence in an accident that took the life of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart cannot introduce evidence the driver of Adenhart's car was drinking. According to Judge Richard...

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Missouri law creates central drunk driving offense database

Dan Jaffe — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:49:09 +0100

The new Missouri DWI laws are in effect as of August 28, 2010. House Bill 1695, signed by Governor Jay Nixon in June of this year, changed several provision of the laws. Many of the changes will have a direct impact on repeat offenders or those registering a high blood alcohol content (BAC) level...

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Wrong-way 405 accident leads to California DUI charge

Bethany Eanes — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:03:53 +0100

A wrong-way driver on the 405 Freeway in North Hills, CA, ended with charges of drunken driving and possession of a controlled substance Saturday morning. 22-year-old Luis Castro, a Sylmar resident, was allegedly driving North in the southbound lane of the 405 near Nordhoff Street, in the...

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California DUI case leads Roy Ashburn to gay rights movement

Bethany Eanes — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:53:18 +0100

The saga surrounding Roy Ashburn's March 4 arrest for drunk driving continues to unfold, as the previously outspoken anti-gay activist uses the event to spur a gay rights campaign. Ashburn was pulled over after leaving a gay bar in Sacramento, and he had a male companion with him at the time of...

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4-year sentence in Los Angeles vehicular manslaugher case

Bethany Eanes — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:50:38 +0100

Following a plea of no contest to a 2009 DUI vehicular manslaughter, Paul Kyu Kim, 21, was sentenced to four years in prison. The accident occurred on July 2, 2009 when Kim was traveling home from RA Sushi in Torrance. Kim admitted he had been drinking with friends at the restaurant. He was 20...

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Suspected Red Bluff, CA, DUI crash injures 5

Bethany Eanes — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:32:46 +0100

One man was charged with DUI following a crash early Sunday morning that injured 5 individuals. The accident occurred just after midnight when Dickie Wayne Puckett, 57, was traveling on Antelope Boulevard in Red Bluff, Tehama County, California. Officers discovered Puckett had been driving west...

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Oregon Judge Sentences Milwaukee Drunk Driver to Five Years

Debora Reynolds — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:14:56 +0100

Clackamas County Circuit Judge Robert D. Herndon sentenced Katie Warren, 22, to five years in prison and suspended her driver’s license for life, in February of this year. Ms. Warren, who is from Milwaukee, was on a rafting trip down the Clackamas River with friends. She had been drinking...

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After Appeal, Kentucky DUI-homicide Defendant Pleads Guilty

Debora Reynolds — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:24:57 +0100

A Jessamine County, Kentucky woman has pleaded guilty for the second time to charges stemming from a 2006 crash that killed four people, while driving under the influence of alcohol. Melissa Helton was the subject of much litigation, including a 2008 Kentucky Supreme Court case. According to The...

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Houston Drunk Driver gets 40 Years

Debora Reynolds — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:08:53 +0100

13-year-old Nicole Lalime was just getting off the school bus, excited about Christmas break, when a drunk John Jacob Winne ran three stop signs, hit the school bus and ran over Nicole in December 2008. The young girl had survived surgery, the previous year, for scoliosis and had a newer,...

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Former Chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Charged with DUI

Debora Reynolds — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:54:14 +0100

Matthew Amorello, the former chairman of the MA turnpike authority, who was ousted by the MA Governor, in 2006, after part of a tunnel ceiling collapsed and killed a woman. Mr. Amorello was charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene after causing damage to property. The...

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Widower of Illinois DUI homicide victim gets settlement

Debora Reynolds — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:56:10 +0100

A Chicago strip club has paid a one million dollar settlement, the maximum allowed by their insurance company, to the husband of April Simmons and family of John Chiariello. Ms. Simmons, 27, who was eight months pregnant, was hit head on by a car driven by John Homatas. John Chiariello was a...

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Daughter of Illinois Woman Killed by DUI Driver Files Suit

Debora Reynolds — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:03:57 +0100

On May 6 of this year Oswaldo Gonzalez, 36, of Little Village, Illinois, allegedly drove through several stop signs at high speeds before hitting Alicia Pedroza's SUV. Ms. Pedroza, who was 58, was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. Three other passengers in Ms. Pedroza's vehicle, which...

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Big Brother Cast Member Charged With Illinois Aggravated DUI

Debora Reynolds — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:44:07 +0100

Tonya L. Casper, former cast member of Big Brother has been charged with aggravated DUI in Sangamon County, Illinois. Along with that charge were charges of Speeding, Reckless Driving, two counts of Reckless Conduct, DUI and Reckless Homicide. She was arrested in May of this year and is being...

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Illinois Woman Sentenced to Fifteen Years in DUI Crash

Debora Reynolds — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:36:03 +0100

Sandra Vasquez was sentenced to fifteen years in jail for a car crash that killed five teens in 2007. She was drunk at the time of the accident. Ms. Vasquez collapsed in the courtroom after hearing the testimony and verdict. She was charged with aggravated DUI and reckless homicide, which carries...

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Huntington Beach DUI suspects may be listed publicly

Bethany Eanes — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:54:30 +0100

In order to curb DUI offenses, Huntington Beach, CA, police may begin posting the names of DUI suspects on the police department's website. DUI suspects in the area have undergone this type of punishment in the past; they were listed in the local Huntington Beach Independent for years. However,...

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Tehama County to participate in California DUI crackdown

Bethany Eanes — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:46:44 +0100

Tehama County announced its participation in the state-wide anti-DUI campaign to take place between now and September 6. The county is aiming to reduce traffic fatalities during a normally dangerous month on the road. Officials say the county has already reduced fatalities nearly 30 percent in...

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Lindsay Lohan driving after California DUI jailtime

Bethany Eanes — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:54:46 +0100

Lindsay Lohan's high profile DUI case has concluded this week with the starlet receiving full driving privileges after her release from rehabilitation. Lohan served 14 days in jail and 22 days in rehabilitation following her 2007 DUI conviction and subsequent jail sentence for multiple...

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Bell City Manager pleads guilty to California DUI

Bethany Eanes — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:44:23 +0100

Former Bell City, California, city manager, Robert Rizzo, pleaded guilty to a DUI charge stemming from a March arrest in Huntington Beach. The 56-year-old man accepted a plea deal to one count of DUI with a BAC over .2 percent; his BAC was recorded at .28 percent at the time of his arrest. The...

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Legislature passes California DUI bill to increase suspensions for repeat drivers

Bethany Eanes — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:46:32 +0100

Assembly Bill 1601 has passed both houses to increase license suspension minimums for three-time repeat DUI offenders to 10 years. The current mandatory suspension is three years. Now, thanks to a bill sponsored by Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, the suspension will more than triple. Gov. Arnold...

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San Marcos DUI suspect pleads not guilty to manslaughter

Bethany Eanes — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:29:41 +0100

A mother of four pleaded not guilty in connection with a suspected DUI accident that lead to the deaths of three people in early August. 33-year-old Debbie Sumi was charged with DUI and three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter when she lost control of her SUV on Highway 78 in the early morning...

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