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Cake Boss's Buddy Valastro took to Twitter on Monday to apologize for driving while intoxicated last month.

"I thought I was fine to drive, but I wasn't. I put people in danger. I am very disappointed in myself," he wrote in one Tweet, adding, "I'll never get behind the wheel of a car again, even after one sip."

Police arrested the TLC star Nov. 13 in New York City. Valastro, owner of Carlo's Bakery in New Jersey, had been spotted swerving in his yellow Corvette just after 1 a.m. His blood-alcohol level was just above the legal limit.

RESEDA (CBSLA.com) — Authorities arrested a 24-year-old man Saturday and accused him of driving under the influence in a multi-vehicle crash that killed an 89-year-old woman in Reseda.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers were sent to the area of Wilbur Avenue and Victory Boulevard around midnight.
Lorenzo Gonzalez of Pacoima was driving a Volkswagen Jetta westbound on Victory near Wilbur Avenue about 12:20 a.m., when his car rear-ended a Nissan Altima driven by 55-year-old Moises Montano, Loa Angeles Police Sgt. William Kelly said.
A passenger in the Altima, an 89-year-old woman from Palmdale, was pronounced dead at the scene. She was later identified as Justina Lerrea.


Source : http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/11/16/1-killed-driver-arrested-in-reseda-multi-vehicle-crash/

A Park Ridge police officer was charged with driving under the influence after he crashed into a utility pole in the northwest suburb this weekend, police said.

Kevin Ryan, 39, was charged with DUI, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, driving off the roadway, improper lane usage and driving without a seat belt, said Lou Jogmen, deputy police chief.

Ryan hit a pole near Belle Plaine Avenue and Canfield Road about 3:50 a.m. Sunday, police said.

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Ryan had worked as a school resource officer at Maine East a few years ago, but most recently worked the day shift as a patrol officer, Chief Frank Kaminski said.

He was given a certificate of appreciation for seven years of dedication and service as the school resource officer, according to a December 2011 newsletter distributed by the police department.

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge-niles/chi-park-ridge-police-dui-20141029-story.html

A Rochester woman accused of driving drunk twice in a three-hour span last weekend was also twice previously convicted of driving while ability impaired.

Catherine M. Butler, 26, faces misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charges after she was arrested twice early Saturday morning while driving on Buffalo Road in Gates while dressed in a zombie costume, said Lt. Jon Ballard of the Gates Police Department.

Gates Police Chief Jim VanBrederode said it appeared that Butler had attended a zombie Halloween party at a Gates bar earlier that night.

Butler was initially stopped on Buffalo Road near Howard Road, about 2 a.m. Butler was allegedly driving without headlights when she was stopped by a Gates police officer, Ballard said.

Butler was taken to the Gates Police Department and charged before a friend picked her up.


Source: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/10/28/woman-charged-dwi-twice-hours/18053881/

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 — 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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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/

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.


Source : http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-federal-lawsuit-chp-officer-20140321,0,1598145.story#axzz2wyMrhjjb