DWI Blogs

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. Source:  Read more

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 . Read more   Source

A 52-year-old Schoharie County man was arrested for driving with three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system after he drove off the road in the Town of Knox. Upon arrival they saw a white, smashed up sports car “draped in wires” and multiple telephone poles that were damaged, according to Apple.According to Sheriff Craig Apple, on May 7, at around 6:17 p.m., deputies responded to an auto accident on Berne Altamont Road. Paul Petrosino approached the deputies and said he was not injured and refused medical treatment. He submitted to a series of field sobriety tests, which he failed and was arrested for DWI. Petrosino later took a chemical breath test and his BAC was .24 percent, or three times the legal limit. Read more : Source >>  

A Unadilla man was arrested for felony drunken driving last week after police caught him driving on the Unadilla Community Field, according to a media release from state police. At about 11:45 p.m. April 30, Sidney troopers arrested Joseph A. Wilms, 38, for driving while intoxicated and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, both felonies, as well as fourth-degree criminal mischief and other traffic violations, the release said. Read full article . Source >> http://www.thedailystar.com/news/local_news/felony-dwi-charged/article_83416a51-46fb-5244-bce7-7079188c0d1a.html

Police charged a Southtowns woman with driving while intoxicated following a crash Saturday afternoon. Officers got a call that a pickup truck went off the road on South Abbott Road between Newton Road and the Route 219 overpass around 2:30 p.m.  Read more Source >> http://www.wgrz.com/news/woman-charged-with-dwi-after-op-crash/437573682

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/20...