NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Officials with the North Charleston Police Department on Tuesday released dash camera footage from the car of a former officer charged with DUI. Tuesday’s release of the video follows an outcry from community leaders, media outlets and North Charleston residents looking for answers — like why the officer’s squad car…Read More
By Jim Greene Published on September 24, 2010 Breath tests can once again be used as evidence in the prosecution of drunken driving cases in the county that includes Seattle, Wash., according to a ruling by a panel of three King County District Court judges. In reversing a two-year ban on the use of the…Read More
By Jim Greene Published on September 28, 2010 South Korean industrial conglomerate Hyundai reached a financial settlement last week with the family of a motorcyclist killed in Orange County, Calif., in a 2005 hit-and-run collision caused by a Hyundai executive who was driving drunk after a company event. Youn Burn Lee, who fled to Korea…Read More
By Jim Greene Published on October 11, 2010 Drunken driving charges against the undersheriff of a Central California coastal county were dropped because a retest showed the defendant’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was below the legal limit. The retest was handled by state officials to avoid a conflict of interest at the local level. Undersheriff…Read More
MURRIETA, Calif.—A convicted drunken driver has been charged with second-degree murder for a Riverside County crash that killed her 9-year-old daughter. Prosecutors say Karen Honeycutt was drunk and doing up to 100 mph when her Jeep Grand Cherokee smashed into a tree and a light pole in Temecula on Jan. 21. Her daughter, Chloe, wasn’t…Read More
By Jim Greene Published on October 14, 2010 A Mississippi jury returned a $131 million verdict against Ford Motor Co. in a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of a man killed in a 2001 rollover of a Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle. The victim’s cousin, who survived the rollover, was awarded $1.5 million. After…Read More
By Jim Greene Published on October 18, 2010 Singer Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe entered a plea of not guilty to misdemeanor drunken driving and speeding charges this week in Las Vegas. A non-jury trial on the charges before a justice of the peace was scheduled for early January. According to Metro Police, Neil, 49,…Read More
By Jim Greene Published on October 20, 2010 A New Jersey woman paralyzed in a 2006 motorcycle accident will receive $850,000 to settle a lawsuit against the county in which the accident occurred. The woman sued for $5 million, claiming her injuries were caused by a pothole in a road for which the county was…Read More
Associated Press KILLINGTON, Vt. — Two New York tour bus drivers allegedly under the influence of alcohol when they drove high school students to Vermont’s Killington Ski Area say they’re not guilty. Thirty-seven-year-old Aleksey Gerasimov and 46-year-old Vladimir Ignatovich, both of Staten Island, N.Y., were released on conditions Monday after entering not guilty pleas. The…Read More
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