A judge has jailed an elderly drunk driver for four years

Linda Cowles, left, and Melanie Cole, daughters of car crash victim Laura Dupuis, 82, stand outside Ontario Superior Court on University Ave. on April 7, 2011.

A judge has jailed an elderly drunk driver for four years, finding he had more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood when he crashed head-on into a TTC bus, killing his two elderly female passengers.

Eric Kannstadter, 73, who uses a walker and appears frail, stood with difficulty and showed no emotion as Ontario Superior Justice David Aston also banned him from driving for life.

Despite it being only 10:10 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2007, Kannstadter had at least 282 milligrams of alcohol per 100 mL of blood when he veered his 2000 Hyundai Elantra into oncoming traffic and hit the bus on Bergamot Ave., near Islington Ave. and Rexdale Blvd.

His passengers, Laura Dupuis, 82, and her friend Eileen Broadhurst, 81, died later in hospital.

 source:http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/970957--elderly-drunk-driver-who-killed-two-passengers-jailed-4-years?bn=1

Police Taser Drunk Driver Resisting Arrest Video

Drunk driver video

Police Taser Drunk Driver Resisting Arrest Video

Man stopped on DWI charge in parking lot ‎

QUEENSBURY -- A man with a 0.25 percent blood-alcohol level was kept from leaving a grocery store parking lot by a patron Wednesday night, police said.
Collin F. Patnode, 28, of Queensbury was charged with aggravated felony driving while intoxicated at the parking lot of Hannaford on Quaker Road, according to the Warren County Sheriff's Office.
Patnode was charged with the felony after a prior DWI conviction in 2004. He was released pending further action in Queensbury Town Court.
source:http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Man-stopped-on-DWI-charge-in-parking-lot-1326879.php

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State Reports More Than 200 DWI Arrests for March

State Reports More Than 200 DWI Arrests for March

Minnesota's increased DWI enforcement program, called NightCAP focuses on the 13 deadliest counties in the state, with Blue Earth County being one of them.Their latest campaign netted nearly 200 arrests statewide, and as News 12's Ryan Gustafson tells us, law enforcement is seeing something positive come out of the program.Since the state's NightCAP DWI enforcement campaign began in the fall of 2008, more than 850 DWI arrests have been made during the high visibility patrol nights.56 of them in Blue Earth County.Officials say the high visibility enforcement reminds people to drive safe, and takes dangerous drivers off the road.Deputy Thomas Coulter says, "We're out there, we're going to keep fighting it, keep locating the impaired drivers and put as many of them as we can into jail and take them off the road.It is good that we're getting them off the street, but on the same token, it's kind of alarming to see that many of them."Although there were six DWI arrests during Blue Earth County's St. Patrick's Day NightCAP, Deputy Coulter was encouraged by the 20 designated drivers law enforcement found that same night.Something they feel is a sign that they're getting their point across.Deputy Coulter says, "Typically we'll see maybe ten or 11 and we saw almost over double of that. So the message is getting there.And that's important to law enforcement, because the alternative is not something they want to do.The worse job for law enforcement is going to tell the family of those that have lost someone that they've had a death in the family.

Man Arrested for the 12th Time on DWI

Man Arrested for the 12th Time on DWI

STILLWATER — A Minneapolis man was arrested for the 12th time on DWI-related charges after he rolled his car off the road into a Stillwater house.

Daniel Lynn Mills, 42, was arrested March 20 after he allegedly crashed in the 1200 block of First St. N. He was charged with two counts of felony DWI, as well as possession of an open bottle in a vehicle and driving after cancellation.

According to the Washington County criminal complaint: Police responded after a neighbor reported the crash and found Mills’ vehicle wedged against the house. Mills was attempting to remove items from the vehicle. He was so drunk that officers had to hold him by the arms to prevent him from falling down.

Mills claimed a friend was driving the vehicle and the friend had fled after the crash. Mills refused to identify the friend. He also said he had been playing with the gears and may have caused the crash, during which the vehicle rolled twice before striking the house.

Mills was in possession of two sets of car keys. A bottle of whiskey, an open bottle of soda that smelled of whiskey, and an empty Oxycodone prescription bottle were found in the vehicle.

The defendant was combative and verbally abusive toward officers, according to the complaint, and refused to take an intoxication level test, stating “I was already in prison for this offense before.

Mills recently had been released from prison, where he had been since his 11th drunk driving conviction in November, 2006. He had an active arrest warrant for failing to comply with the terms of his release. He also has convictions for check forgery and aggravated robbery, according to state records.

Berryville Mayor charged with DWI

Berryville Mayor charged with DWI, drug possession for second time


BERRYVILLE -- Berryville Mayor Tim McKinney was booked into the Washington County Detention Center early Thursday morning for alleged DWI, careless driving, possession of a controlled substance (marijuana), and possession of drug paraphernalia.

This was his second drug and alcohol-related arrest in less than a year.

According to reports, McKinney was returning home from Washington, D.C., Wednesday evening after attending a mayor's conference in the nation's capital on behalf of the City of Berryville.

His return flight was booked on United Airlines flight 5991, scheduled to arrive at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport at 7:46 p.m. Wednesday.

According to a sheriff's office report, a traffic stop was initiated on McKinney's vehicle less than an hour later, at 8:21 p.m., as he was traveling south on I-540.

The report, filed by Cpl. Brad Cavender, states that he got behind a black truck, which was reportedly weaving and crossing the fog line, and initiated a traffic stop on the truck.

Cavender said he could "smell a strong odor of intoxicants" coming from the truck, and claimed McKinney was unstable on his feet during several tests.

Cavender said he placed McKinney under arrest for DWI and transported him to the Washington County Detention Center for a breathalyzer test. During a subsequent inventory of the truck, Cavender said an officer found a "small black film canister with marijuana in it."

Jail records show McKinney was officially booked into the detention center at 2:12 a.m. Thursday, March 19.

McKinney was also arrested 12 months ago, on March 24, 2008, for speeding, DWI and marijuana possession while on his way home from Eureka Springs.

At the time, McKinney claimed the small amount of marijuana was not his, and he apologized for his behavior, asking that he be allowed to finish out his current term of mayor after serving the city for 18 years.

He did retire from his Entergy job, which required a CDL license, saying he planned to retire soon and didn't want to battle to keep his CDL license.

"I made a mistake and will atone for it," he said at the time. "I made some bad decisions. I feel bad for the embarrassment I've cause the city or others."

Four months later, during a plea arrangement that was reportedly "average" in its fines, fees and suspended jail sentence, District Court Judge Marianne McBeth noted that all suspended fines and jail time were subject to no similar arrests occurring within 12 months.

McKinney was released from the Washington County Detention Center at 7:11 a.m. Wednesday on a $2,595 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Springdale District Court on April 16.

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City manager gets probation, fine in DWI case

City manager gets probation, fine in DWI case

A judge has sentenced Vidor City Manager Ricky Jorgensen to one year probation and a $2,000 fine following his DWI conviction.

Jorgensen was arrested for DWI on December 23, 2005. Authorities say Jorgensen was charged after he ran into a DPS patrol car which was stopped on I-10 while the trooper investigated another accident.

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A jury in Orange County convicted Jorgensen on February 4, 2009.  

He faced a punishment ranging from two years probation to between 3 and 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

One of the jurors from the trial attended today's hearing. She agrees with prosecutors, that justice was served. 

Vidor City Mayor Ray Long tells KFDM Jorgensen's job as City Manager will not be affected by the conviction or sentence. He says Jorgensen was suspended for 30 days, without pay, after his arrest, and the council feels that is sufficient enough punishment from them.

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