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Saugerties police said a vehicle driven by Christopher R. Whitehead, 31, of Jane Street in the Village of Saugerties, went off High Falls Road just after 5 p.m. Sunday. The person reporting the accident told police the car was being pulled out from where it landed by a truck, and when police arrived the vehicle was gone.


Shortly afterward, police got a 911 call reporting the same vehicle was driving erratically all over a roadway in the village. An off-duty police officer and a civilian witness were able to stop the vehicle and keep both the vehicle and the driver at the scene until officers arrived.

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A Utah news anchor is accused of driving under the influence of alcohol after being stopped by a Utah Highway Patrol trooper on the freeway.

According to the probable cause statement, Shauna Lake was stopped on the I-215 South Belt near 1200 East just after midnight on Wednesday. The trooper pulled her over after noticing she was driving slower than the speed limit in the far left lane.

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ASHEVILLE – Buncombe County's new top prosecutor has hired an assistant district attorney who wrecked his car six years ago while taking prescription drugs.

Rodney Hasty was later convicted of driving while impaired.

District Attorney Todd Williams says Hasty was taking the drugs — carisoprodol and meprobamate — for a medical condition. He describes Hasty as a solid prosecutor with years of experience.

But one major crime victim advocate is already questioning Williams' decision.

Ellen Pitt, of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, says some crime victims and law enforcement officers "view this decision as an insult."

Hasty resigned following his 2009 arrest. Then-District Attorney Ron Moore said he had been a good prosecutor.



source: http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2015/01/05/buncombe-da-hires-assistant-dwi-conviction/21298519/

St. Petersburg, Florida -- The assistant city attorney for St. Petersburg has been arrested for driving under the influence.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office website states that Mark Winn was arrested early Sunday morning for DUI and refusing to submit to a sobriety test. Both charges are misdemeanors.

The Tampa Bay Times reports Winn was pulled over at 32nd Avenue N and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, where the officer observed bloodshot eyes and the smell of alcohol.

The Sheriff's Office site lists two previous arrests for DUI. In 2006, Winn was arrested for a DUI crash, while in 2008 he was arrested for DUI and again refusing to submit to testing. The Times reports his license was suspended on both occasions.

"There will be some action taken," Winn's boss, City Attorney John Wolfe told the Times. "I have to balance out his value to the city and the seriousness of the third arrest."



Source : http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2014/12/02/st-pete-city-attorney-arrested-dui-third-time/19778263/

He's no wiseguy.

Cake Boss's Buddy Valastro took to Twitter on Monday to apologize for driving while intoxicated last month.

"I thought I was fine to drive, but I wasn't. I put people in danger. I am very disappointed in myself," he wrote in one Tweet, adding, "I'll never get behind the wheel of a car again, even after one sip."

Police arrested the TLC star Nov. 13 in New York City. Valastro, owner of Carlo's Bakery in New Jersey, had been spotted swerving in his yellow Corvette just after 1 a.m. His blood-alcohol level was just above the legal limit.

RESEDA (CBSLA.com) — Authorities arrested a 24-year-old man Saturday and accused him of driving under the influence in a multi-vehicle crash that killed an 89-year-old woman in Reseda.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers were sent to the area of Wilbur Avenue and Victory Boulevard around midnight.
Lorenzo Gonzalez of Pacoima was driving a Volkswagen Jetta westbound on Victory near Wilbur Avenue about 12:20 a.m., when his car rear-ended a Nissan Altima driven by 55-year-old Moises Montano, Loa Angeles Police Sgt. William Kelly said.
A passenger in the Altima, an 89-year-old woman from Palmdale, was pronounced dead at the scene. She was later identified as Justina Lerrea.


Source : http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/11/16/1-killed-driver-arrested-in-reseda-multi-vehicle-crash/

A Park Ridge police officer was charged with driving under the influence after he crashed into a utility pole in the northwest suburb this weekend, police said.

Kevin Ryan, 39, was charged with DUI, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, driving off the roadway, improper lane usage and driving without a seat belt, said Lou Jogmen, deputy police chief.

Ryan hit a pole near Belle Plaine Avenue and Canfield Road about 3:50 a.m. Sunday, police said.

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Ryan had worked as a school resource officer at Maine East a few years ago, but most recently worked the day shift as a patrol officer, Chief Frank Kaminski said.

He was given a certificate of appreciation for seven years of dedication and service as the school resource officer, according to a December 2011 newsletter distributed by the police department.

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge-niles/chi-park-ridge-police-dui-20141029-story.html

A Rochester woman accused of driving drunk twice in a three-hour span last weekend was also twice previously convicted of driving while ability impaired.

Catherine M. Butler, 26, faces misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charges after she was arrested twice early Saturday morning while driving on Buffalo Road in Gates while dressed in a zombie costume, said Lt. Jon Ballard of the Gates Police Department.

Gates Police Chief Jim VanBrederode said it appeared that Butler had attended a zombie Halloween party at a Gates bar earlier that night.

Butler was initially stopped on Buffalo Road near Howard Road, about 2 a.m. Butler was allegedly driving without headlights when she was stopped by a Gates police officer, Ballard said.

Butler was taken to the Gates Police Department and charged before a friend picked her up.


Source: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/10/28/woman-charged-dwi-twice-hours/18053881/

A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and DUI following a multi-vehicle crash in Santa Ana that left an 18-year-old man dead and five others injured, authorities announced Sunday.

Robert Rubio, 18, was killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Santa Ana on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, authorities said.
Robert Rubio, 18, was killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Santa Ana on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, authorities said.
Herbert Granados Calderon was driving on a suspended license at the time of the collision, according to a statement from the Santa Ana Police Department. His license had previously been suspended for driving under the influence, the statement said.


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BURLINGTON — A Burlington man was charged with DWI Sunday after police say he caused a wreck resulting in a car crashing into a building.
Jose Manuel Galvan, of 4026 S. Church St., was charged with driving while intoxicated, driving without an operators' license and failure to yield the right-of-way.
He was driving south on Albany Street at 5:40 p.m. Sunday and tried to make a left turn onto Maple Avenue, according to Burlington police.
Galvan didn't yield to an oncoming vehicle that had the right-of-way, according to police, and the two cars crashed in the intersection.
The other vehicle went off the road and struck the building at Ray's Mini Storage, 1907 Maple Ave., police said.
Galvan, the driver of the other vehicle and a passenger in that vehicle were taken to Alamance Regional Medical Center for injuries that were not considered life-threatening.


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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Former teen idol David Cassidy was ordered to enter alcohol rehab for three months after pleading no contest to a drunken driving charge in Los Angeles on Monday.
Cassidy, 63, must also serve five years' probation, pay fines and take part in a nine-month alcohol education program.
He was arrested after a California Highway Patrol officer stopped him for making an illegal turn at a red light near the Los Angeles International Airport in January.
The singer-actor blew .19 -- twice the legal level -- on an alcohol test administered by the officer who stopped his rented Chevrolet Impala, according to a California Highway Patrol statement.
It was his second DUI arrest in six months and third since 2011.
His manager told CNN several days after his latest arrest that Cassidy's drinking was the result of stressful questioning he had just undergone by lawyers about a legal dispute regarding "Partridge Family" profits.
"David just completed a stint in rehab and was doing very well in sobriety," manager Jo-Ann Geffen said.


Source : http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/24/showbiz/david-cassidy-dui-plea/

A 25-year-old woman has filed a federal lawsuit against a California Highway Patrol officer who allegedly used excessive force during a suspected DUI arrest in 2012.
Standing outside the U.S. District Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles last Friday, Aloni Bonilla claimed Officer Jose A. Ramirez also violated her civil rights.
Department officials declined to comment because the litigation is ongoing, said CHP spokesman Officer Jose Barrios.
Bonilla said she was driving from her Baldwin Park home to a friend’s house in Alhambra around 1:30 a.m. on March 21, 2012, when she was pulled over on the west 10 Freeway.
She was driving on a section of the freeway that had been shut down, but never saw any traffic signs warning her of the closure when she took the Francisquito Avenue onramp.
After a Breathalyzer test detected traces of alcohol, the Cal State Los Angeles student was taken to a hospital for a blood sample, she said. At the hospital, she claimed the officer became confrontational.


Source : http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-federal-lawsuit-chp-officer-20140321,0,1598145.story#axzz2wyMrhjjb

The State Highway Patrol fired a trooper who was accused of driving while heavily intoxicated and hitting two parked cars in the Short North.

Jeremy Garner, 35, of the South Side, was charged with drunken driving, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to control after the Feb.16 incident on Starr Avenue near N. High Street.

The motorcycle officer was fired for conduct unbecoming an officer last week, after an investigation by the patrol. That investigation revealed other troopers with him at Skully’s Music Diner noticed he appeared to be drunk and unsuccessfully tried to prevent him from driving.


Source : http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/03/25/trooper-is-fired-after-latest-drunken-driving-arrest.html

An 11-year-old boy has died after his drunken stepdad crashed their car into a light pole in Brooklyn on Sunday, likely leading to harsher charges against the man, authorities said.
Anthony Pollydore, 65 — who has already been convicted twice of drunken driving — learned that he had killed his stepson, Dylan, shortly before being arraigned on vehicular-assault and other related charges in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Monday.
Those charges are expected to be upgraded to vehicular manslaughter at Pollydore’s next court appearance Friday, sources said.
The stepad remained stoic, still dressed in the all-white three-piece suit he was wearing at the time of the crash, and said nothing as a judge suspended his driver’s license and ordered him held without bail.


Source : http://nypost.com/2014/03/24/11-year-old-dies-after-stepfathers-dwi-crash/

Houston-A suspected drunken driver has been charged after a fatal crash on the East Loop South.

It happened around 3:20 a.m. Saturday.

Houston police say a 23-year-old woman was driving a Honda Civic  northbound on the East Loop she drove into a concrete wall and back into moving traffic.
Officials say the Honda was then hit by a Jeep Wrangler driven by 24-year-old Danny Sandoval.

The driver of the Honda was killed and her passenger, a 23-year-old man, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Houston police say Sandoval was not injured in the crash. He was questioned and then taken into custody.

Sandoval is charged with driving while intoxicated.


Source : http://www.click2houston.com/news/man-charged-with-dwi-in-east-loop-fatal-crash/25133938

SANTA FE – A Santa Fe woman who was driving drunk in a wrong-way Interstate 25 crash last year that injured a pregnant woman – forcing the premature birth of her baby – was sentenced Monday to 90 days in jail.

District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer agreed to give Leela Perez, 27, a conditional discharge, meaning Perez’s record will be cleared if she completes supervised probation after her jail time. The judge told Perez the requirements of her five years’ probation, including three with a GPS bracelet and hundreds of hours of community service, are going to “cost you a lot.”

Marlowe said she was not swayed by a gallery filled with dozens of Perez supporters who praised her volunteer work teaching children in Guatemala and South Korea, and working with child land-mine victims in Cambodia.

“I have to think of the victims in this case,” the judge said, adding she didn’t care if Perez’s group filled the courtroom. “You have not spent time in jail,” the judge told Perez, “and you need to.”


Source : http://www.abqjournal.com/373847/news/90-days-5-years-probation-for-woman-in-wrongway-dwi-crash.html