A former San Jose police officer who was at the center of a drunken driving cover-up scandal is now on the hook for close to $250,000 after a civil trial. A jury on Wednesday sided against the former officer, Sandra Woodall, 42, whose Cadillac Escalade careened into several cars in 2008, injuring Jessica Cardona. After…Read More
Man nearly hits child and police find two bottles of whiskey By TODD WRIGHT Updated 2:50 PM EST, Wed, Feb 23, 2011 Print Share When the ice cream truck is coming down the block, usually the primal instinct for kids is to run toward the music like moths to a delicious flame. Ronald Purdy created…Read More
Texas basketball player Alexis Wangmene was arrested and booked by the Austn Police Department on suspicion of driving while intoxicated early Sunday, APD information specialist Lisa Cortinas confirmed Wednesday morning. Wangmene was suspended indefinitely by Longhorns coach Rick Barnes before Texas defeated Iowa State Tuesday night. Program spokesman Scott McConnell acknowledge the situation, but said…Read More
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
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
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
<!–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
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
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
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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