The results of a recent study suggest that man are almost three times more likely than woman to be arrested for driving drunk, a finding that is sure to spur plenty of debate between the opposite sexes. According to a report from KIVI-TV in Boise, Idaho, which cited evidence offered on an auto insurance website, [...]
The celebrations director for Butte Montana may have been celebrating a bit too hard prior to getting behind the wheel of her car. The woman responsible for overseeing the St. Patrick’s Day and Fourth of July festivities for the city has pled guilty to a Montana DUI charge according to a Montana Standard news report. [...]
A routine DUI traffic stop in northern California ended in a bloody melee, as a man trying to escape a DUI arrest was gunned down by police after he reached for his own weapon, according to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Sources indicate that the 42-year-old driver, whose identity has not yet [...]
The Lincoln County sheriff’s office has received six new breathalyzers from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety. These devices replace older models and have a cup to blow into instead of a tube making them easier to use. The new units are also more sensitive which will allow the most accurate readings in the breath [...]
The tragic death of a pedestrian due to a DUI accident hit a Florida community hard last week, but the bizarre survival of the walker’s dog offered a unique story of its own. A man who was kayaking in the Gulf of Mexico discovered the pedestrian’s injured dog struggling to swim several hundred yards off [...]
Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. has had his DWI charge from September of last year upgraded to a more serious charge due to a no contest plea in a Las Vegas incident for DUI in 2007. The prosecution to have the charge increased to a DWI 2 due to the fact that this is [...]
In a typical DUI case, the suspect is apprehended by police officers who are wearing uniforms, or are otherwise obviously licensed police. Rarely are people suspected of DUIs arrested by civilians. A recent incident, however, in Bassett, California illustrated what happens when good Samaritans take the law into their own hands. According to a recent [...]
The governor of Georgia has gone on record to support the use of accountability courts as a way to save the state money when dealing with non-violent defendants. The Henry County court has a program where a repeat DUI offender serves 10 days then is released to get treatment for the underlying cause of continued [...]
An Idaho politician who was involved in a DUI arrest last Father’s Day claims that he cannot remember many details about his arrest, which has troubled skeptical voters and members of his own party in the Idaho Senate. According to a recent report from the Idaho Press-Tribune, which recently interviewed Rep. John McGee about his [...]
Professional baseball player Miguel Cabrera pled no contest to a DUI on January 5 according to a Sun Sentinel news report. The story quoted his attorney as saying it was the quickest way to get the case behind him. The plea allows him to perform community service and serve six months probation. A DUI in [...]