Suspected DUI Crash in Santa Ana Leaves Teenager Dead, 5 Injured

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 man charged with DWI after car crashes into building

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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David Cassidy ordered back to rehab for DUI conviction

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/

Woman files excessive-force lawsuit against CHP officer in DUI arrest

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.


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Trooper fired after his latest DUI arrest

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

11-year-old dies after stepfather’s DWI crash

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/

Man charged with DWI in East Loop fatal 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.


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