After a DUI arrest, suspected drunk drivers have several options. They can take a breathalyzer test or refuse to do so, they can bail themselves out or spend the night in jail, and they can determine how they behave in front of the police. Rarely, though, do DUI suspects take the ill-advised choice of running [...]
The Chicago Tribune recently reported that a woman with a BAC of three times the legal limit hit a dozen cars before driving into an office building owned by the Children’s Memorial Hospital. The driver was charged with misdemeanor DUI. Although a first offense DUI is considered a misdemeanor it could lead to some [...]
A recent DUI arrest in Missoula, Montana, spun out of control when the driver began attacking local police, who responded to the abuse by tasing the man twice and hauling him off to jail after his fourth DUI arrest. Police arrested 40-year-old Roy Vincent Adams on suspicion of drunk driving after they perceived that his [...]
Highlighting a trend that has grown more common across the United States, several cities in Texas are deciding to force suspected DUI drivers to take blood tests if they refuse to take the less-invasive breathalyzer tests. The controversial practice—known as “no refusal” testing because suspected drunk drivers cannot refuse the blood tests—has also taken hold [...]
A New Jersey police officer who serves with the Midland Park police was arrested for driving while under the influence. In an ironic and embarrassing twist he had just been part of a demonstration in a DUI class in a police academy course. Joseph Gaeta was given controlled amounts of alcohol in the class to [...]
Berks County Pennsylvania is making a special effort to cut down on DUIs during the Christmas and New Year’s weekends. Special patrols and checkpoints, funded by the Pennsylvania DOT and the National Highway and Safety Administration, will be conducted to keep the streets safer during the holidays. Berks County had 19 alcohol related accidents and [...]
After a long legal battle, which included the resolution of a dispute about the validity of the charges at the Illinois Supreme Court, a woman finally pleaded guilty this week to an aggravated DUI after causing a multiple-car accident that killed two motorcycle drivers. According to the Chicago Tribune, 27-year-old Alia Bernard recently pleaded guilty [...]
When police officers are arrested for a DUI, they usually face more scrutiny than the average citizen who is caught driving drunk, and a recent incident in Miami, Florida serves as no exception. According to the Miami Herald, 32-year-old Fernando Villa, a veteran officer in the Miami-Dade County police force, was discovered by his colleagues [...]
James Loney, first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, was arrested for DUI after hitting three cars on the LA freeway and then allegedly passing out before attempting to leave the scene. Although at the time of the report no blood test results were available, California law says that you do not have to be [...]
In 2008 Judge David Hall was stopped after making a wrong turn. The officer that pulled him over allegedly smelled alcohol and asked the judge to get out of the car. Hall refused and consequent actions taken by the arresting officers have become a focus of the case that has risen to an appellate court [...]