Earlier this year, Nieves pled guilty to two counts of DUI manslaughter and had waited several weeks for the judge to make a determination about the length of her sentence.

Sources indicate that, at the time of the accident, Toni Nieves was already on probation for a previous drunk driving incident when she struck and killed 18-year-old Bradley Summersill and his 22-year-old friend, Brian Walker.

Summersill and Walker had been driving to a nearby town to pick up a friend’s mother when their car was struck by Nieves’ vehicle.

The sentencing was fraught with emotion, as the mothers of the two men held up pictures of their dead sons while Nieves refused to lift her eyes to look at the pictures.

Summersill’s mother made an emotional appeal to Nieves, telling her that she “should have never been on the road that night,” as she fought back tears.

In response to the emotions displayed by the families of the victims, Nieves’ stepfather, Frank Petrillo, later offered an apology on her behalf, saying there was a “lot of anguish here and a lot of feeling” and noting that he and his family were deeply sorry for the tragic result of the accident.

At the time of the fatal DUI accident, Nieves was already serving probation for a previous DUI, and sources say that the terms of her probation prohibited her from driving, much less driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Sources say that Nieves’ blood alcohol content was measured at 0.189 percent, which is significantly higher than the legal limit of .08. She claims that she saw the other vehicle’s taillights and, instead of hitting her brakes, accidentally hit the gas pedal.

During the court proceedings, Nieves’ family claimed that Summersill, the driver of the other car, should share a portion of the blame because he allegedly pulled in front of Nieves’ car and reportedly had a blood alcohol level of 0.10 percent after the accident.

The judge may have taken this mitigating factor into consideration when sentencing Nieves, because the young driver faced a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.

Instead, Nieves will serve a decade in prison, which will be followed by five years of court-supervised probation. In addition, Nieves will eventually have to pay $20,000 in restitution to the families of the two sons for the cost of their funerals.

Refusal to take a field sobriety test in Oregon leads to an immediate license suspension. Even if you have a BAC level lower than .08 you may still get cited for DUI if you perform poorly during the test.

Oregon DUI arrests can cost the driver dearly. The fines and other charges are expensive. If you have been arrested and charged with a DUI in Oregon you must immediately seek representation by an experienced Oregon DUI attorney.

You can find a full list of possible punishments for a DUI conviction in Oregon. These punishments are really just the tip of the iceberg though as anyone convicted will also face increased insurance premiums for years to come. Anyone convicted of a DUI in Oregon will also be responsible for the cost of installation and maintenance of their ignition interlock device. If you’ve been arrested for a DUI visit our website to find an experienced Oregon DUI attorney that will help you fight to get your charges reduced or dismissed.

Floyd’s drunk driving arrest happened late one night in March 2011, when his white Cadillac ran a stop sign just a block from the main entrance to Notre Dame’s campus.

When police arrested Floyd, they found that his blood alcohol content was 0.19, which is more than twice Indiana’s legal driving limit of 0.08.

According to Floyd, as soon as he was arrested, he “thought it was over.” The term “it” apparently refers to his playing career, which was indeed threatened by his off-the-field activities.

Sources say that the DUI arrest was Floyd’s third encounter with police during his brief tenure in South Bend, Indiana. In May 2009, Floyd was cited for underage drinking, and was also cited for the same charge in January 2010.

Before he was able to return to the team after his DUI, his coach, Brian Kelly, set a series of strict guidelines Floyd had to meet in order to be reinstated to the team. Floyd met these conditions, and ultimately had a stellar senior season for the Fighting Irish.

In addition to his success on the field, Floyd earned his degree in sociology just nine months after his arrest. And Floyd contends that the drunk driving incident forced him to reconsider his priorities as a person and a player.

According to Floyd, he recognized during his junior season that he had to meet a higher standard of behavior than the average college student.

In his words, “[b]eing in the spotlight all the time at Notre Dame, it’s hard to go out. You can’t be very social because there’s always stuff out there, plus media and people’s cellphones and such things like that.”

In recognition of these unique difficulties, Floyd says that he “kind of changed my whole” social scene and he and a small group of friends “kept each other in line and watched out for each other.”

Thanks to his efforts to modify his behavior after his brush with the law, Floyd proved to NFL teams that he could be a reliable professional, and he was rewarded for his efforts by being selected as the 13th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Brown will not have to spend any time in jail after his arrest last month for drunk driving, and will have to pay a fine of $390. In addition, Brown will have to attend a 90-day alcohol education program according to prosecutors from the city attorney’s office.

The famous singer had been arrested March 26 in Los Angeles after a California Highway Patrol officer saw him talking on his cell phone while driving, which is not allowed in the City of Angels.

After police pulled him over, they suspected that Brown was intoxicated, and asked him to perform a field sobriety test. Much to his chagrin, Brown apparently failed the test, and was promptly taken into police custody.

Sources say that Tiffany Feder offered her services as a DUI attorney to Brown, who arrest came only four days after the Los Angeles County coroner’s office released their findings about the cause of Whitney Houston’s death.

Houston and Brown were married for 14 years before the celebrity power couple divorced in 2007. The pair had a tumultuous end to their marriage, and their marital difficulties were reportedly compounded by Brown’s numerous troubles with the law.

Most notably, Brown had another drunk driving incident in Florida in 1996. In addition, sources have long speculated that Brown, like his former wife, had a long struggle with drug and alcohol abuse.

The couple’s dirty laundry was aired often during their 2005 reality show, which was simply titled “Being Bobby Brown.”

Brown’s relatively light sentence has stirred some criticism by observers who are suspicious of what they perceive as favorable judicial treatment for celebrities who are arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Brown faced a maximum sentence of a year in county jail if he had been convicted, and critics will likely complain that his probation sentence is too weak.

However, the vast majority of criminal cases, including DUI cases, end in a plea bargain. And, in a plea bargain, defendants typically admit to their guilt in exchange for a lighter sentence.

Thus, it’s very common for a DUI defendant to receive a relatively light sentence after pleading guilty, and there is little evidence that Brown was the recipient of any favorable treatment.

Sources say that Jerry Arthurs is wanted by state police for leaving the scene of a DUI accident in which his wife was paralyzed from the neck down.

The crash occurred on New Year’s Eve in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when Arthurs was reportedly driving while intoxicated down a dark country road when he smashed his vehicle into a tree on the side of the road.

Neither Arthurs nor his wife was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident, but Arthurs’ wife, who is the mother to the couple’s 6-month-old son, clearly suffered the brunt of the force of the impact.

After the accident, Arthurs reportedly called some friends to come and retrieve him while he left his wife suffering in the passenger seat. Police later discovered his wife, who spent 33 days in the hospital recovering from her injuries.

At first, doctors feared that she would be a quadriplegic because she could only feel sensation above her neck. However, after four months of rest and rehabilitation, she can reportedly use her arms and hands, and is regaining some movement in her legs.

According to Chiane Arthurs, the victim of the crash, “I can walk with a walker, not by myself, I have to have assistance. But I can take steps and stuff.”

Of course, the injury and her husband’s incredible actions have left emotional scars. In her words, “you cannot imagine the struggle and emotional and physical pain and everything that comes with an injury like this. It completely turns your life upside down.”

Fortunately, though, the woman is recovering, and she says her son was her primary motivation to regain her strength. Not surprisingly, she has filed for divorce from her fugitive husband.

For his action, Arthurs has been charged with ten separate crimes, including leaving the scene of an injury accident, driving drunk and causing great bodily injury, failing to render assistance at the scene of an accident, and failing to report a personal injury accident.

When Arthurs is finally caught, he will likely face a sentence that is far more serious than what he would have faced if he hadn’t fled the scene of the accident.

According to a spokesman for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Arthurs is a “fugitive on the run, and we’ll spare no expense finding this person.”

The attorney for the defendant had already made a case for dismissal as the original sobriety test showed only a .07 BAC level. Mr. Randolph’s Virginia DUI attorney used this fact combined with the video evidence to build the defense that ultimately led to the DUI charges being dropped.

The above case shows that police reports can be misleading. An experienced Virginia DUI attorney can find discrepancies in the police report that will lead to a dismissal or at least a reduction of the charge. Having an expert in the field of Virginia DUI law is your only option if you want to save your license and keep your driving record clear. If you are facing a Virginia DUI go to our website and contact an experienced Virginia DUI lawyer to insure the best possible outcome in your case.

Sources say that 36-year-old Keri Lee Koch has been charged with driving under the influence and reckless endangerment for his driving exploits. In addition, officials have charged Koch with reckless assault for his tussle with Alaska State Troopers at the scene of the accident.

The scene at the accident was, in brief, disturbing. A witness who reported the crash said he saw Koch and his young daughter fall to the ground while the ATV continued down the road.

When state troopers arrived on the scene, Koch was reportedly unconscious, but his daughter was conscious and screaming for help.

When medics arrived, sources say that Koch woke up and refused to leave the ambulance in which his daughter was being treated for serious head trauma, despite repeated requests for him to leave by both medics and police.

After he repeatedly refused to leave the ambulance, a state trooper grabbed Koch’s arm to pull him out, and the two fell to the ground after Koch resisted. Soon, though, the trooper was able to place Koch in handcuffs and under arrest, according to the criminal complaint against Koch.

Sources indicate that Koch was taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and was later released. His daughter, however, was not so fortunate.

Apparently, the young girl was also taken to the hospital after she was treated for head trauma at the scene and was placed on a ventilator.

The girl’s whereabouts now, however, are unknown, as a hospital employee told sources earlier this week that the girl was no longer at that hospital, and no information about her condition was available at press time.

With his daughter being treated for head trauma, a DUI arrest was likely the last thing on Koch’s mind, but he will soon have to answer for his irresponsible actions.

According to sources, Koch had a blood alcohol content of .108 long after the crash, and he admitted to drinking a “few shots” before climbing behind the wheel of his ATV.

And, given the fact that the accident involved such a young child, and that he was involved in a physical altercation with police after the crash, a court is unlikely to take pity on Koch when it is time for sentencing.

The fact that there may have been extenuating circumstances played a part in this case. The attorney for the soldier had presented evidence that the marine was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The AP story said that this case has the military more aware of how it evaluates and treats returning soldiers with this disorder. The soldier’s experienced Florida DUI attorney was able to use his knowledge of the law to bring an end to this trying ordeal by developing the most suitable defense strategy for the case.

Florida DUI lawyers can find many different ways to help drivers charged with a DUI in Florida. Anyone who has been charged with a DUI in Florida should be sure to hire a Florida DUI attorney to evaluate every part of the arrest and any extenuating circumstances. If you are facing a Florida DUI go to our website to find an experienced Florida DUI attorney that will work diligently to see that the charges against you are reduced or dismissed.

A police report indicates that Salazar was seen swerving through traffic in his 1999 Volvo just after midnight last Thursday night. When police pulled him over, they discovered that he appeared to be intoxicated and smelled strongly of alcohol.

After he was taken to the police station, Salazar took a took a breathalyzer test and his blood alcohol level registered as a .121, which is significantly higher than the legal limit of .08.

After blDUIng a .121, Salazar was immediately arrested and was booked in a New York jail on three separate counts of driving under the influence.

There is a bit of irony to Salazar’s arrest, as the character he is most famous for spent most of the “Scarface” film eluding police by performing a series of increasingly illegal (and dangerous) errands.

Of course, in the film, his character meets an untimely end at the hands of a drug rival, so the ending to his real-life brush with the law will be much more pleasant, although it could still lead to a heavy fine, jail time, or a suspended license.

Interestingly, in an interview with TMZ, Salazar admitted to drinking on the night he was arrested, but he claims that he believed he was sober enough to drive.

And, in his interview, Salazar does nothing to dispel the myth (or reality?) that police and other members of the criminal justice system are just as susceptible to the cult of celebrity as the rest of us.

According to Salazar, he believed he might be able to get off with a simple warning after one of the responding officers recognized him from “Scarface” and pulled up the actor’s picture on his cell phone.

The officer’s alleged interest in the celebrity, however, did not get Salazar off the hook, as the actor is currently out on bail and still awaiting his court date for his three DUI charges.

So, if nothing else, this incident could help assuage the concerns of a public that is wary of celebrities receiving preferential treatment from police officers and judges alike.

After all, if one of Tony Montana’s most lethal lieutenants cannot avoid the long arm of the law, then other celebrities will likely also receive fair treatment under DUI laws, as long as the responding officers are as impervious to celebrity as these noble officials.

There has been a change in training procedures that has led to many more officers getting the DUI certification training much sooner than years before. There has also been five additional field sobriety instructors added to the local police department to aid in the testing of drivers stopped.

South Carolina has some very serious punishments associated with a DUI conviction including heavy fine, insurance surcharges and a 6 month license suspension.  Avoiding these penalties requires the assistance that only an experienced South Carolina DUI attorney can provide.

If you hope to secure the best possible verdict in a DUI hearing you must have an experienced attorney in your corner.  Any number of mistakes or procedural errors may have been made during the course of your DUI investigation.  An experienced South Carolina DUI attorney will be able to quickly identify these mistakes and use them to construct the most effective defense strategy.