Neighbor: Conditions Improving For Woman, Premature Baby Delivered After DWI Accident

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Through the use of a translator, the family of the pregnant woman who was struck by an allegedly drunk off-duty FDNY firefighter in the Bronx says the woman and her premature baby girl are showing signs of improvement.
“Baby is now very nice, is good. And last night, she feel good now,” the neighbor said on behalf of the family.
As 1010 WINS’ Juliet Papa reported Friday, 42-year-old Mamtaz Begun was seven months pregnant when she was hit by a car driven by Sean Farrell, a lieutenant with the FDNY’s Battalion 16 in Harlem.
The accident happened at the intersection of White Plains Road and Westchester Avenue around 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
Begun was walking across the street with a 39-year-old friend when they were struck. She was on the way home from a doctor visit at the time of the accident, Papa reported.
Begun was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where the baby girl was delivered successfully.
Farrell remained at the scene of the accident, told officers he had drank two beers and refused to take a Breathalyzer test, police said. He was charged with DWI and refusing to take a breath test.


Source:http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/07/neighbor-conditions-improving-for-woman-premature-baby-delivered-after-dwi-accident/

DWI patrols increased for spring break

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers will increase DWI patrols now through March 23, coinciding with spring break. DPS troopers will focus on DWI patrols in locations when alcohol-related crashes are most frequent and areas with high concentrations of spring break activity.
During last year’s spring break, DPS troopers made more than 1,000 DWI arrests. DPS enforcement also issued more than 11,400 speeding citations, 1,600 seat belt/child safety seat tickets, and made 552 fugitive arrests and 463 felony arrests last year during spring break.
DPS spokeswoman Elena Viramontes said she did not know the exact number of DWI patrols that will be added during spring break, but that “everyone that is available will be working.”
 “All of us go out and work throughout that period,” Viramontes said. “We’re just trying to make sure that all the citizens are safe.
DPS officials advise drivers to slow down, eliminate distractions like cell phones while driving, use their seatbelts and refrain from driving fatigued. They also asked drivers to make sure their vehicles are properly maintained before taking a trip.
The enhanced patrols that target intoxicated drivers are funded by a Texas Department of Transportation grant.
TxDOT spokesperson Mark Cross said it was important for the agency to issue a grant for this time frame due to the rising number of fatalities occurring on Texas roads in connection with alcohol consumption.
During the 2013 spring break period, 30 percent of all people killed on Texas roadways were involved in a DUI alcohol related crash, and DUI deaths increased by 23 percent compared to 2012.


Source: http://www.oaoa.com/news/crime_justice/law_enforcement/article_18752378-a64b-11e3-8833-0017a43b2370.html

Schenectady woman charged with DWI

ROTTERDAM - A woman was charged with drunken driving after a traffic stop on Interstate 890 on Thursday, State Police said.

Lena M. Terry of Schenectady was pulled over after she failed to use the directional signal when she changed lanes, troopers said.

Terry allegedly had a blood alcohol content of .18 percent, more than double the legal limit — .08 percent — to be charged with driving while intoxicated.

She was charged with aggravated DWI and ordered to appear in town court on March 20.



Source:http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Schenectady-woman-charged-with-DWI-5297646.php

Machias man arrested for DWI following two-car crash

MACHIAS – A 39-year-old Machias man was arrested by state police for felony drunken driving after he allegedly caused a rear-end crash Thursday at the intersection of Lakeview Boulevard and State Route 16 in Machias.

Steven Howe was arrested on the felony charge after it was confirmed he had a previous DWI conviction in the last decade. He also was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. He faces further proceedings in Machias Town Court in several weeks. No one was injured in the accident.



Source:http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/cattaraugus-county/machias-man-arrested-for-dwi-following-two-car-crash-20140307

Driver faces DWI charge in LIE crash

A Medford man was drunk and speeding late Tuesday when he rear-ended a car, then sideswiped a sport utility vehicle on the Long Island Expressway, Suffolk County police said.
The 10:48 p.m. accident closed the eastbound LIE between Exits 64 and 65 in Medford for a short time and caused "minor injuries" to the driver and three passengers of a 2012 Kia Sorento, police said.



Source:http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/driver-faces-dwi-charge-in-lie-crash-1.7289613

Students learn dangers of DWI

College students soon to go on Spring Break are learning about the deadly consequences of drinking and driving, without downing mixed drinks or putting themselves in danger. The Injury Prevention Coalition of Southeast Texas and Lamar University set up a demonstration today at Lamar to help students see and feel what it's like to drink and drive.

Students put on "fatal vision goggles," which are goggles that distort vision and simulate what it's like to be intoxicated. Then, they attempted to walk a straight line. It's one of the tests officers use to help decide if someone's drunk. With the goggles on, it was nearly impossible to pass.

At another station, students wore the goggles and attempted to drive a simulator. Adonis Bateaste attends Lamar University, and gave it a whirl.

"It was hard. It puts in the delayed reaction for you, and trying to over correct yourself whenever you're drunk driving," said Bateaste. "If that's how it is to drive drunk I'm pretty sure it's impossible."

That's the point the Injury Prevention Coalition wants to drive home to students.

"I think they don't realize what the consequences are when they're in that vehicle," said Department of Public Safety Trooper Stephanie Davis, "until they put those fatal vision goggles on, and they actually wreck out, or they crash with a police officer or crash in a head on, on video."

Volunteers on Segways drove around campus to attract more students to the simulation.


Source:http://www.kfdm.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/kfdm_students-learn-dangers-dwi-9121.shtml

Troopers charge two in Clifton Park with DWI in weekend crashes

CLIFTON PARK >> State police arrested two people during the weekend in separate incidents for DWI following instances where the drivers had driven their vehicles off the road into snowbanks.

No injuries or damage to other vehicles were reported in either incident.

Samuel E. Kyle, 21, of Clifton Park was arrested on March 1 after troopers responded to a report of a vehicle off the road shortly before 2 a.m. on Main Street. Kyle is scheduled to appear in the Clifton Park Town Court on March 12.

Erin K. Burke, 22, of Schenectady was arrested on March 2 after troopers responded to a report of a vehicle off the road about 4:15 a.m. on state Route 146. Burke was charged with aggravated DWI when she registered a blood alcohol content level of .20 percent. She is due to appear in the Clifton Park Town Court on March 27.


Source:http://www.saratogian.com/general-news/20140305/troopers-charge-two-in-clifton-park-with-dwi-in-weekend-crashes

Ventnor man charged with DWI after his SUV overturns on Atlantic City beach

A Ventnor man who overturned his sport utility vehicle on the Atlantic City beach with his two young children inside was drunk, according to charges against him.
Police were called to Kingston Avenue just before 4 p.m. Tuesday, and found the SUV overturned with two children inside.
Mike Tripician, 30, a Ventnor firefighter, apparently tried to flee police by running into the ocean, and also kicked an emergency medical technician in the face, according to the report.
The children  — ages 2 and 16 months —  were in their car seats and did not suffer any physical injuries, Sgt. Monica McMenamin said. Both were taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s City Campus right after the crash as a precaution.


Source:http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/ventnor-man-charged-with-dwi-when-his-suv-overturned-on/article_62f8080c-a47f-11e3-bc61-0019bb2963f4.html

Man accused of DWI, driving wrong way on Saw Mill

YONKERS (WABC) -- A Yonkers man is under arrest on a DWI charge after police say they prevented him from driving the wrong way on the Saw Mill Parkway Tuesday morning.

Westchester County Police say Kenneth Breil, 42, was observed asleep at the wheel of a Chevy Tahoe facing east on Executive Boulevard adjacent to the Saw Mill River Parkway.

An officer knocked on the car's windows and shouted at the driver but was initially unable to awaken him.

When Breil awakened, according to police, he ignored the officer's command to shut the vehicle off and then drove away, going through a red light and crossing both the southbound and northbound lanes of the Saw Mill River Parkway.

The vehicle then drove the wrong way on the exit ramp used by motorists exiting from the northbound lanes of travel.

An officer used his patrol car to block the Tahoe from driving from the exit ramp into the lanes of oncoming traffic.

Breil was charged with a felony count of Driving While Intoxicated due to a previous DWI conviction. He was also issued several summonses.


Source:http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/northern_suburbs&id=9454724

Constable’s office launches Spring Break DWI initiative

Harris County Constable Ron Hickman’s office is working on reducing the amount of Impaired Drivers on our roadways, and Minor related DWI crashes by having DWI STEP patrol units patrolling during the 2014 Spring Break periods.
Texas has a Zero Tolerance Law for minors and alcohol; this means drivers younger than 21 years old cannot operate motor vehicles with any amount of alcohol or drugs in their systems.
For a first offense, you face:
1. License suspension not to exceed 2 years.
2. Up to a $500 fine.
3. An Alcohol Education Program at least 12 hours long.
4. An additional 180 days of license suspension if you don’t complete the Alcohol Education program.
5. 90 days of license suspension if your judge gives you community service. This means you’ll also have an ignition interlock device.
The Harris County Precinct Four Constable’s Department, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration invite everyone to report all impaired or reckless driving in north Harris County to 911 or 281-376-3472.
Asst. Chief Mark Herman said, “The Zero Tolerance alcohol laws for minors, means if there is any detectable about of alcohol in them while operating a motor vehicle they will be arrested.



Source:http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/magnolia/news/constable-s-office-launches-spring-break-dwi-initiative/article_68f006fc-8c24-5bc2-9f83-934e0fab00a1.html

Drawn-out drama: Dina Lohan leaves court with a serious face as the latest hearing in her DWI case is postponed

Dina Lohan got all dressed up in her courtroom best for nothing.
On Tuesday the mother of actress Lindsay Lohan was told that her hearing in Long Island, New York for a September DWI (driving while intoxicated) had been postponed, according to RadarOnline. The blonde is due back in court next month.
The 51-year-old looked serious as she exited the court house with attorney Mark Heller.
Not exactly known for her modesty, the mother arrived to the court house in a Rolls-Royce with Heller.
Dina was conservatively dressed in a navy overcoat, purple blouse underneath a grey and black cardigan, black wide legged slacks and black shoes.
Her blonde locks were loosely styled with bangs as she hid under dark sunglasses and carried a green handbag.


Source:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2573205/Dina-Lohan-leaves-court-sullen-face-latest-hearing-DWI-case-postponed.html

Austin police chief arrests DWI suspect

AUSTIN, Texas — A top law enforcement officer in Central Texas has arrested a suspected drunken driver after seeing the man's vehicle stopped near Interstate 35.
Austin police Chief Art Acevedo, who runs a department of about 2,300 personnel, made the arrest himself Friday afternoon. An arrest report says the suspect was passed out behind the wheel.
Travis County jail records show 44-year-old Christopher Colvin was being held Tuesday on a driving while intoxicated charge. No attorney was listed for Colvin, whose bond was set at $10,000.
Officials say Acevedo was driving when he noticed an SUV stopped but with the engine still running in a turn lane near I-35. A police report says the chief saw an open container of beer in the vehicle and that Colvin smelled of alcohol.


Source:http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Austin-police-chief-arrests-DWI-suspect-248361611.html

BR man receives 6th DWI arrest

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
A man was arrested early Friday morning for driving while intoxicated, making this incident his sixth DWI charge.

It happened at approximately 2:11am at 4100 Florida Blvd in Baton Rouge on February 28th.

Police say 51-year-old Ronald Ray Sims was heading west in a 1997 Acura with his headlights off. Authorities say the vehicle was seen traveling in and out of the lane, and when Sims was pulled over, he showed signs of extreme intoxication.

Sims took a sobriety test and did poorly, and he refused a Breathalyzer test. He was charged with his 6th DWI, reckless operation, drinking while in a motor vehicle, open container violation, headlights violation charges, and other traffic violations.

According to the probable cause report, officials disclosed the dates of the other DWI charges received by Sims. There were two separate incidents on April 30th and May 16th of 2010.


Source: http://www.bayoubuzz.com/louisiana-news/baton-rouge-news/item/620637-br-man-receives-6th-dwi-arrest

MSU basketball player arrested on suspicion of DWI

Missouri State University basketball player Emmanuel Addo was arrested for suspected driving while intoxicated at 1:59 a.m. today, according to Springfield police.

The traffic stop occurred at Jefferson Avenue and St. Louis Street in downtown Springfield, according to police spokeswoman Lisa Cox.

Addo transferred to MSU for his final season of college basketball eligibility as a post-graduate student from Northern Colorado. He has appeared in 27 games, with 18 starts, but has seen his playing time diminish in the last month.

The 6-foot-8 forward from Toronto is averaging 4.3 points and 1.9 rebounds for the season. He has 38 points over the team’s last 18 games.

No further details of the arrest were available.



Source: http://www.news-leader.com/article/20140302/NEWS01/303020116/Missouri-State-Addo-arrest?nclick_check=1

Taos man charged with sixth DWI

 37-year-old Taos man whose driver’s license was suspended after his fifth conviction on charges of driving while intoxicated was arrested Saturday morning (Feb. 22) for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Tomás Sandoval was stopped by a New Mexico State Police officer near the intersection of West Romero and Cuchilla roads shortly after midnight, according to a statement of probable cause filed in Taos County Magistrate Court.
Sandoval had allegedly been swerving in and out of his lane.
When a patrolman approached the vehicle, the 37-year-old reportedly switched seats with a woman riding with him.
He failed several field sobriety tests and claimed to have consumed five beers, according to court documents. A breath test demonstrated Sandoval had a blood alcohol content between .23 and .26. A blood alcohol content of .23 percent is consistent with a person weighing approximately 160 pounds consuming 10 12-ounce beers.


Source:http://www.taosnews.com/news/article_5835f8c6-9fce-11e3-8407-001a4bcf887a.html

Wyandanch woman faces assault, DWI charges after parkway crash

A Wyandanch woman will face a judge Sunday for allegedly driving drunk and high on drugs when her car flipped over and seriously injured a passenger in the vehicle, New York State Police said March 1.

Keira Corbin, 20, was charged with vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated, driving while ability impaired by drugs, unlawful possession of marijuana and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.


Source: http://www.examiner.com/article/wyandanch-woman-faces-assault-dwi-charges-after-parkway-crash

Kerry Kennedy acquitted at DWI trial

WHITE PLAINS, New York - Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was acquitted in New York on Friday of charges of driving under the influence of a drug.

A jury deliberated for an hour and 10 minutes following a four-day trial that featured Kennedy's turn on the witness stand.

After jurors left the courtroom, Kennedy friends and family members, including her 85-year-old mother, Ethel Kennedy, applauded. Kennedy hugged lawyers, William Aronwald and Gerald Lefcourt, and, in an unusual move, shook the hands of the prosecutors.

As people filed out of courtroom, Kennedy told reporters she was not angry with the prosecutors who brought the case.

The 54-year-old former wife of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced a charge of driving while impaired after swerving off the road in her Lexus SUV and careening into a tractor-trailer on a New York interstate in morning rush-hour traffic in July 2012.


Source: http://www.ktvq.com/news/kerry-kennedy-acquitted-at-dwi-trial/

Lackawanna man pleads guilty in his sixth DWI case

A Lackawanna man with five felony DWI convictions has pleaded guilty in a Hamburg drunken driving crash that seriously injured his passenger and ended with the suspect wading into Lake Erie as he tried to flee.

Douglas Kersten, 43, pleaded guilty this week in State Supreme Court to first-degree vehicular assault and felony driving while intoxicated in connection with the May 18 crash.

Prosecutors said Kersten, another man and a woman spent the morning and early afternoon drinking at a party in Lake Erie Beach in the Town of Evans. They said Kersten stole the woman’s car keys and drove off with the other man.

Kersten lost control of the car and vaulted down an embankment along the lake in Hamburg, ejecting his companion who suffered a traumatic brain injury, prosecutors said.

Kersten punched a good Samaritan who tried to help him, prosecutors said. Kersten then ran away and waded into the lake where the Erie County Sheriff’s Office helicopter was called to assist Town of Hamburg police in rescuing him.

Police took him into custody and obtained a court order to draw his blood. Testing showed he had Xanax, a drug prescribed to treat panic and anxiety disorders, and marijuana in his system and that he had a blood alcohol content of 0.16 percent, which is twice the legal limit for DWI.


Source:http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/lackawanna/lackawanna-man-pleads-guilty-in-his-sixth-dwi-case-20140228

Missouri State Highway Patrol to set up DWI checkpoints

MACON, MO. -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol is encouraging drivers to think twice before drinking and driving.

'Troop B' troopers will be conducting DWI enforcement operations in Adair and Marion counties in March.  Saturation checkpoints will be set up on highways that have had a history of DWI crashes. The patrol is committed to removing intoxicated drivers from the highways, and monitoring speed and other violations that cause crashes.  Sergeant Brent Bernhardt encourages motorists to protect themselves by having a designated driver if they do plan on drinking.  Bernhardt says over 30% of the traffic crashes in the state of Missouri are a direct cause of drivers driving under the influence.

Source:http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=1013539#.UxGoMOOSzyo

Officials: Man charged with DWI twice in 5 hours after guilty plea to felony

A Gansevoort man was arrested on driving while intoxicated charges twice in about 5 hours late Thursday and early Friday after he was stopped for speeding in Queensbury and drove a car into a snowbank in Glens Falls, police said.

Those arrests came hours after he pleaded guilty to a felony burglary charge in Saratoga County Court related to a sexual assault of a woman he knew in her home last September, officials said.

Myles C. Jarvis, 26, of Putnam Road, was arrested by the Warren County Sheriff's Office after an 8:56 p.m. traffic stop on Quaker Road in Queensbury, according to the Sheriff's Office.

He was pulled over for speeding and driving erratically, and found to have a blood alcohol content of 0.12 percent, police said. He was charged with misdemeanor DWI and released pending prosecution in Queensbury Town Court.


Source: http://poststar.com/news/blotter/police-man-charged-with-dwi-twice-in-hours/article_dffc4fb4-a085-11e3-9c46-0019bb2963f4.html