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.

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SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) — Police arrested a Santa Rosa man with 19 DUI convictions over 30 years for driving on a suspended license Friday afternoon.
Petaluma police, who were conducting a special Habitual DUI Driver Stakeout Program that targets repeat DUI offenders in Sonoma County, received a tip recently that 68-year-old William Beall was driving his Mercedes on a suspended license, Sgt. Jim Stephenson said.
Police staked out Beall’s Oak Lane home in Santa Rosa and saw him drive away around 2 p.m. He was not intoxicated when he was pulled over, Stephenson said.
Beall is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday morning in Sonoma County Superior Court.



Source:http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/03/08/north-bay-man-with-19-dui-convictions-arrested-for-driving-on-suspended-license/

KULPMONT - A Shamokin man was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol following a crash in the 900 block of Chestnut Street early Friday morning that left the street littered with debris and one vehicle atop a snowbank.

Kulpmont Police Patrolman Patrick McAndrew said charges are pending against Joseph Payne, 29, who refused a blood test shortly after crashing his car into a parked car at 12:30 a.m.

McAndrew said Payne, who was uninjured, was operating a 2001 Saturn west on Chestnut Street (Route 61) when the right front of his vehicle struck the left rear of a parked Saturn, owned by David Dallabrida, of 922 Chestnut St., causing extensive damage to both vehicles.

The Dallabrida vehicle was moved partially onto the sidewalk and snow pile and into the back of a parked Jeep Cherokee, owned by Patrick Burns, 936 Chestnut St., causing damage to the front end of the Saturn and the right rear of the Cherokee.

McAndrew said Payne claimed he lost control when he hit a patch of black ice while looking down at his phone.


Source: http://newsitem.com/news/man-in-custody-after-suspected-dui-crash-in-kulpmont-1.1646846

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

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

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

 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