Drunk Driving DUI Law

Heather Locklear was charged with DUI in Santa Barbara County Saturday afternoon. Locklear was reportedly arrested by the California Highway Patrol in Montecito after someone witnessed the actress driving erratically. A Highway Patrol officer found Locklear’s car stopped on a state highway, blocking one lane. In talking with her, the officer determined that she was [...]

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man accused of killing a teacher while driving drunk was sentenced Wednesday to six years in state prison. Robert Basinger, 22, was driving along Folsom Boulevard in his 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee in March at excessive speed with no lights on when he collided with Mary Sekul’s 2002 Mazda 626. Sekul, [...]

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The DUI checkpoint in Visalia was located in the area of Bridge Street and Mineral King Ave. Officers checked 316 vehicles and made six DUI arrests. They made one misdemeanor arrest, 19 citations were issued and 10 vehicles were towed. In Farmersville, the DUI checkpoint was set up on the 1000 block of North Farmersville [...]

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A California DUI charge can turn an accused drunk driver’s life to ruins. The accused driver is suddenly required to understand the California criminal court system and act quickly to protect his or her California driver’s license. California DUI arrests trigger two separate cases: In court, and at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Although [...]

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