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Nebraska Man Sentenced for Lincoln Aggravated DUI

A district judge sentenced a 53-year-old Lincoln man Thursday to four to six years in prison for aggravated fourth-offense DUI.

According to court records, a Nebraska State Patrol trooper stopped Hayes at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 5 because he didn’t have license plates. The trooper discovered his license had been suspended for 15 years. As he was putting the Nebraska aggravated DUI offender in the cruiser, the trooper smelled alcohol. His’ blood alcohol level tested .282 percent, more than three times the legal limit to drive. The Nebraska legal blood alcohol content is .08

When arrested for Nebraska DUI an experienced Lincoln DUI lawyercan always minimize the price you pay for a DUI.

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Contra Costa County DUI Patrols Targeting Weekend Fair

In conjunction with this weekend’s Contra Costa County Fair, East County law enforcement agencies will conduct a DUI saturation patrol in Antioch on Friday and Sunday nights.

There will be massive numbers of DUI patols in Contra Costa County during this fair! You have been warned.

As part of the countywide Avoid the 25 program, which targets impaired or intoxicated drivers, the event will include four patrol vehicles in search of DUIs, especially near the fairgrounds where thousands will gather. Antioch and Oakley police officers will work in conjunction with Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office deputies to keep the local roads safe for fair attendees, according to sheriff spokesman Jimmy Lee.

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A scary sight this morning.

Police say an infant was thrown from a minivan after a car crash caused by a drunk driver.

It happened just after 2:30 this morning on State Street.

Rochester Police say an SUV ran a red light and slammed into a minivan with six people inside. A six-month-old baby in a car seat was thrown from the minivan. Unbelievably, the baby has just minor injuries.

Everyone involved in the crash was taken to the hospital. All of them are expected to be okay.

The driver, D. Nogales-Rodriguez of Rochester is charged with DWI.
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For the second Memorial Day weekend in a row, drunken-driving arrests in Monterey County more than doubled, officials said Tuesday.

During the Avoid The 18 crackdown, police officers, sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers arrested 49 motorists on suspicion of driving under the influence, up from last year’s 21. In 2007, officers made 10 DUI arrests over the holiday weekend.

The enforcement sweep, which included a DUI checkpoint in Salinas and increased patrols around the county, started Friday and ended Monday night.

Lynn says additional state grant money from the California Office of Traffic Safety allowed law enforcement agencies to increase patrol hours, and thus boost arrest numbers.

“With more units out there, we’re able to catch more,” he said.

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An off-duty Chicago police officer charged with crashing into and killing a 13-year-old boy on a bike wasn’t administered a Breathalyzer for four hours after the crash and didn’t have blood drawn to test for his sobriety for another eight hours because he initially refused to cooperate, police said Tuesday. Four hours after the crash, Officer Richard Bolling registered on a Breathalyzer at 0.079, just under the legal limit of 0.08, prosecutors said.

Bolling, 39, appeared in Cook County court Tuesday, four days after he was charged with aggravated Illinois DUI, reckless homicide and leaving the scene of a crash early Friday that killed Trenton Booker. He is being held in lieu of $2 million bail.

Friday’s death marked the second time in just over a month that an off-duty Chicago police officer has been arrested in a fatal crash allegedly involving alcohol. Joseph Frugoli was charged in April with reckless homicide and Chicago DUI after a fiery crash killed two men.

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Former TV host Gary Collins will be serving four months of hard time – in the comfort of his own home.

Collins pleaded no contest to DUI following his drunk driving arrest Jan. 31 in Santa Barbara County, Calif.

Collins, sentenced in March for his third DUI conviction, was fitted with a GPS ankle bracelet Wednesday, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s spokesman Drew Sugars confirms

“He’s allowed to leave his home to go to work and he can leave for four hours per week to run errands,”

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Police who will conduct another DUI checkpoint Friday night on U.S. Highway 98 say such roadblocks are “absolutely not” unconstitutional despite the small number of arrests.

Of nearly 700 vehicles that passed through a Fort Walton Beach police checkpoint two weeks ago, only one driver – a 21-year-old man – was arrested for DUI. Most of the night’s arrests and tickets were for equipment, registration or driver license violations.

The state of Florida strongly encourages the practice.

Another roadblock is set for 10 p.m. Friday on Miracle Strip Parkway just west of St. Mary Avenue near City Hall.

By law, police must leave open an “avenue of escape” – a way for motorists to get around the checkpoint.

BY THE NUMBERS

Arrests and citations at a May 15 roadblock (691 vehicles stopped):

- 14 for unsafe/improper/faulty equipment
- 11 for driver-license violations
- 10 for registration/tag violations
- 4 for no proof of insurance
- 1 for habitually driving with a revoked license
- 1 for an open container of alcohol
- 1 for DUI

NEXT DUI CHECKPOINT-Fort Walton Beach

10 p.m. Friday on Miracle Strip Parkway near Fort Walton Beach City Hall

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Driver in Oakland arrested for DUI; two dead, two children injured

The Alameda County coroner’s bureau has identified two victims of a fatal crash on Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland early this morning.

Sara Marie Terra, 23, of Richmond, and David James Terra, 20, of Modesto, were killed in the solo-vehicle crash around 1:30 a.m. on northbound Highway 880 just south of Hegenberger Road, according to authorities.

The crash also left two children with major California injuries. They were taken to Children’s Hospital in Oakland, California Highway Patrol Officer Ralph Caggiano said.

A person has been taken into custody for driving under the influence, and other charges will likely be sought, CHP Officer Aaron Quistad said.

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Bruce Smith nabbed for drunk driving in Virginia Beach.

Bruce Smith DUIBruce Smith, former NFL star, was arrested for driving under the influence in Virginia early Friday morning. Smith was stopped for speeding around 1:45 am on Interstate 264. After officers suspected alcohol, Smith refused a breath test. He was booked for VA DUI and released on bond several hours later.

Over 19 years, Smith, 45, played for the Buffalo Bills and the Washington Redskins. He is the NFL leader in sacks and he will inducted into the Football Hall this summer.

Smith, a native of the Norfolk area, has been arrested for DUI twice before. A 1997 charge was dismissed and he was acquitted in a 2003 incident.

Don’t miss another Athlete DUI Arrest

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The Marion County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a DUI checkpoint from 8 to midnight Friday night in the area of the 5900 block of Southeast County Road 475.

Locate a Marion County DUI Lawyer.

The checkpoint is part of the Florida DUI Sustained Enforcement Program, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

“If you plan to drink, arrange to use a designated driver, public transportation, or a taxi,” the news release states. “Remember, if your breath alcohol level is ‘Over the Limit,’ or you are impaired, you’ll be ‘Under Arrest.’”

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