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Mel Gibson update: Deputy's discrimination suit v. sheriff over Gibson DUI …

Mel Gibson (Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept.) (CBS/KCBS/AP) LOS ANGELES – James Mee, the Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy who arrested Mel Gibson for drunken driving in 2006, can proceed with a lawsuit claiming he suffered discrimination, retaliation, and harassment, for refusing to omit the actor-director’s anti-Semitic slurs in the arrest report. PICTURES: Mel Gibson’s…Read More

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Wrong-way DUI driver gets 15 years in fatal crash

ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. – In a packed courtroom Tuesday, 35-year-old Elizabeth Long was sentenced to 15 years in prison for driving drunk in the wrong direction on Interstate 25, killing another woman in 2010. Long had pleaded guilty to eight felony counts including vehicular homicide, DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. On the…Read More

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Fla. ice cream truck driver charged with DUI

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office reports that 49-year-old Ronald Clifford Purdy was pulled over Monday afternoon after someone called 911 to report his driving. Deputies say Purdy staggered out of the ice cream truck in New Port Richey and gave his birthday when he was asked for his address. The deputies also reported finding two…Read More

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Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera gets March court date in DUI arrest

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2 –> An arraignment for Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera is scheduled for next month in Florida. Deputies with the St. Lucie County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office arrested Cabrera on Wednesday night for suspicion of driving under the influence and two counts of resisting an officer without violence in Ft. Pierce, Fla.,…Read More

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Conner DUI case in jurors’ hands – Chicago Sun

Conner DUI case in jurors’ hands   BY LAUREN FITZPATRICK lfitzpatrick@southtownstar.com   Feb 22, 2011 01:53PM   Share E-Mail Print   Kathie LaFond, mother of DUI victim Michael Langford Jr. walks into the Will County Courthouse Monday morning with her Civil attorney Mark Horwitz. Langford was killed in a car accident last year while LaFond’s…Read More

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Jarrett Jack ‘deeply sorry’ after DUI arrest

Print E-mail By Larry Hartstein The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Former Georgia Tech star Jarrett Jack apologized Monday night for his DUI arrest in Snellville over All-Star weekend.   Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office Jarrett Jack “I’m deeply sorry for making the team have to go through this,” Jack told the Times-Picayune as the New Orleans Hornets practiced…Read More

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Nai Fotu, Utah Linebacker, Suspended After DUI Arrest

Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham announced Monday that senior linebacker Nai Fotuhas been suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules. According to the The Salt Lake Tribune, Fotu was arrested Sunday on the suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Fotu was stopped around 2 a.m. MT and booked into the Salt Lake…Read More

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Off-duty Orange deputy accused of DUI in personal car

  Officials Monday relieved an Orange County sheriff’s deputy of patrol duty after deputies arrested him on DUI charges in Osceola County. Orange County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Angelo Nieves identified the deputy as Richard Pérez. His bond was set at $500 and it is unclear if he has bonded out of the Osceola County…Read More

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Clayton commissioner Wole Ralph says he’s not guilty of DUI charge

Print E-mail By David Markiewicz The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Clayton County commission vice chair Wole Ralph issued  a statement Monday saying he is not guilty of the the driving under the influence charges he received early Saturday morning in Atlanta.   Lyle Harris, AJC Wole Ralph, 33, vice president of theClayton County Commission, was arrested at…Read More

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Too high to drive? CO considers pot DUI law

  DENVER (KABC) — Colorado could soon have some new rules affecting marijuana users who may be driving under the influence. Lawmakers are considering a driving under the influence blood-content threshold for marijuana. Under the proposal, drivers who test positive for 5 nanograms or more of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, would be considered…Read More

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