<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 6–> A DUI checkpoint Saturday night in Sparks netted 11 arrests for driving under the influence, and a total of 91 citations were handed out to motorists. Law enforcement contacted 2,260 motorists at the checkpoint, which was set up in the area of Sparks and Baring boulevards, Sparks Police Lt. Tom Miller…Read More
The “preliminary alcohol screening” test is used by most law enforcement agencies and it produces breath test readings which are usually not helpful to the defense. It is the hand-held device used at the scene of the arrest, usually after the cop has finished the field sobriety tests. A citizen has the RIGHT TO REFUSE…Read More
A grant-funded holiday DUI crackdown that started Friday night has netted 14 arrests so far this year in Tehama and Shasta County counties. That’s even with last year’s arrest numbers during the same period in the Shasta County “Avoid the Six” and the Tehama County “Avoid the Five” holiday DUI campaigns, said Monty Hight, a…Read More
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2–> A DUI checkpoint Saturday night in Sparks netted 11 arrests for driving under the influence and a total of 91 citations handed out to motorists. Law enforcement contacted 2,260 motorists at the checkpoint, which was set up in the area of Sparks and Baring Boulevards, Sparks Police Lt. Tom Miller said….Read More
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 15–> Law enforcement officers in the state have beefed up patrols in anticipation of heavy traffic during the holiday season. Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol initiated its DUI blitz this week, deploying extra officers on state roads. The crackdown runs through Jan. 3. While MHP will have checkpoints across the state to check…Read More
A San Francisco woman was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison in Sonoma County Superior Court Friday afternoon for a crash that killed two women and injured three others after a wine tasting outing in July. Lyndsay Murray-Mazany, 28, tearfully apologized to members of the victims’ families just before Judge Rene Auguste…Read More
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — ‘Tis the season to be merry — and sober. South Shore law enforcement agencies have one drunken driving checkpoint and a series of saturation patrols planned during the busy holiday season. The measures are part of a countywide task force funded through the California Office of Traffic Safety. “After hearing about…Read More
Several state law enforcement agencies will step up their DUI patrols for the holiday season. Montclair, Fontana and Ontario police among others will begin their “Avoid DUI/Driver License” checkpoints on Dec. 17 through Jan. 1 2011. Local police departments are urging anyone who plans on drinking alcohol during holiday festivities to designate a sober driver…Read More
<!– Share Email Print –> Share Email Print Gibson’s anti-Semitic remarks predate DUI tape, Ryder says December 16, 2010 (JTA) — Actor Mel Gibson made “anti-Semitic and homophobic” remarks long before he was caught on tape making those kind of comments, actress Winona Ryder said. Ryder in the January issue of GQ said that the…Read More
A jury found a Madison volunteer firefighter guilty yesterday of driving a fire truck while drunk over Labor Day weekend, according to KELO-TV. Firefighter Scott Johnson, 43, fought the DUI charge but jurors only needed 45 minutes of deliberating to find him guilty. Johnson was working as a bouncer at a bar and several witnesses…Read More
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