Avery Brooks, star of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, was arrested in Wilton Connecticut according to an Associated Press story February 2, 2012. The New Jersey resident was pulled over after someone had complained to the police about his driving. Living in a different state will not help Mr. Brooks. He will still have to [...]
Experts often advise inebriated people to take public transportation rather than risk getting a DUI by driving home, but the worst possible choice is to try to combine driving and public transportation. This dangerous mixture, however, recently occurred in San Francisco when an alleged drunk driver steered his SUV into the start of an underground [...]
Richard Roberts, former Oral Roberts University president and son of famous evangelist Oral Roberts, was arrested January 24 for DUI according to a report in the Houston Chronicle. The newspaper does not have information regarding a lawyer being retained but that would be a prudent first step for Mr. Roberts. Oklahoma has recently increased DUI [...]
A Brazilian race car driver was recently arrested for a DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide after allegedly causing an accident that killed a pedestrian in Miami Beach last week, according to a report from NBC Miami. The South American race car driver, 20-year-old Joao Paulo Escudero Mauro, made his first appearance this Friday in Miami-Dade [...]
Culver Kidd, an independent state lawmaker in Georgia, is attempting to change the state’s DUI law. He has filed a bill to reduce the time the offense is carried on a convicted person’s record down to 5 years. The current state law allows for a look back period of 10 years. The move is seen [...]
There is no proper dress code for a DUI arrest, but potential drunk drivers should know that wearing nothing but underwear and socks could complicate an already difficult evening on the road. According to a recent, tongue-in-cheek, report from the Chicago Tribune, an Illinois man wearing very little clothing (on a cold winter day, no [...]
The state of Minnesota has identified thirteen counties that have had the most DUI fatalities and arrests for an increase in DUI prevention efforts. This could mean more checkpoints and other patrol measures that will be partially funded by the state’s Department of Public Safety. The rest of the funds will be from the individual [...]
Against her wishes, former Miss USA Rima Fakih will have to soon face trial for her alleged DUI after a Michigan judge refused to give the beauty queen more time to prepare her defense, according to a report from The Detroit News. District Judge Brigette Officer told Fakih that legal proceedings had dragged on long [...]
Rima Fakih, the first Arab –American woman to wear the Miss USA crown, was arrested for a DUI in December and will stand trial in March after pleading not guilty. The former beauty queen was given two BAC tests and both times registered nearly twice the legal limit. In an associated press report her attorney [...]
An off duty Oregon State Policeman was charged last month with a DUI. At his arraignment the officer filed to participate in the Oregon DUI diversion program. Officer Mitchell Hurliman has been on restricted duty since the incident. The Oregon DUI diversion program carries many requirements – the most important would be that the applicant [...]