Smarter drivers, poor weather and fewer officers on patrol because of budget cutbacks contributed to fewer arrests during an annual holiday season crackdown on DUI drivers, police in Alameda and Contra Costa counties said. “California is in a budget crisis,” Livermore police Sgt. John Hurd said. “Police agencies are in the same boat. We’re all…Read More
Moments after a 2002 BMW crashed into a concrete wall Wednesday morning and came to a stop partly in the fast lane of eastbound Highway 237 in Sunnyvale, a 51-year-old Fremont man pulled over on the right shoulder and began to cross the road on foot. In the following seconds, two more cars traveling in…Read More
TribLocal.com is reporting that former WWE announcer and Raw GM Mike Adamle was arrested this past Monday morning and charged wirh Driving Under the Influence. The story notes, “WMAQ-Ch. 5 sportscaster Mike Adamle has been charged with driving under the influence after he was stopped by Evanston police early Monday and later displayed “erratic behavior, Read More
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 1–> By Terri Hallenbeck, Free Press Staff WriterMONTPELIER — Well aware that a heart-wrenching death in Burlington has renewed public attention in the issue, legislators Tuesday started the process of considering changes to the state’s drunken driving laws.“We were committed to DUI legislation before that,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bill Lippert,…Read More
DUI suspect Tasered after police chase by car, foot Jan 11, 2011 02:32AM Share E-Mail Print An Aurora man was Tasered by police after allegedly jumping out of a speeding vehicle in an attempt to avoid a DUI arrest early Friday in west suburban Montgomery, officials said. Michael McNair, 21, was charged with DUI and…Read More
MARTINEZ — For the second time in some 40 years, 83-year-old Vacaville resident Betty Rushton and her family left a Contra Costa County courthouse on Monday feeling the justice system failed them. In 1969, Rushton’s eldest of three daughters, Susan Rushton, was killed by a drunken driver in Richmond at age 19. The driver served…Read More
DESTIN — A 20-year-old woman has been charged with DUI manslaughter for an October car wreck that killed one. Franziska Christine Schroff of Destin was found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.154 when she drove off the roadway on U.S. Highway 98 and struck a pole, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s press…Read More
The Daily Journal A 20-year-old Ukiah man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Sunday after his truck overturned on Highway 101, the California Highway Patrol reported. According to the CHP, Derek J. Copley was driving a Ford F-150 northbound on Hwy 101 near Cloverdale at around 1:20 a.m. Jan. 9 when it…Read More
A 43-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Sunday after losing control of his car on southbound Highway 1 near Riverside Drive, the California Highway Patrol reported. Michael Whallen of Pacific Grove rolled his 2001 Toyota Echo, which came to rest on the highway on a bridge over a small…Read More
Eric Ratliff, who has been with the department for 31 years, lost control of his unmarked vehicle and struck a concrete pole at Gibbon and South Patrick streets about 6:30 p.m., police said. He was off duty at the time. Ratliff was charged with driving under the influence and unreasonable refusal, a common charge when…Read More
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