Drunk Driving DUI Law

If you traveled by vehicle this Thanksgiving weekend, you probably noticed traffic enforcement officers did not take the weekend off. They were out in numbers working diligently to make our roadways safe for holiday traffic.

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A woman arrested for drunk driving reportedly urinated in the patrol car after being arrested in the wee hours of Oct. 26. A deputy from the Newton County Sheriff’s Department received a call that a car was in a ditch on the west side of Interstate 20. When he arrived he found a small green [...]

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It’s probably not a good idea to leave a beer can on the bumper of an automobile unless one wants to send a signal to law enforcement that an intoxicated driver may be behind the wheel. Such is the lesson a Dublin man learned Saturday as he was arrested and charged with driving under the [...]

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Brandon Wood, a backup defensive tackle with the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team, was arrested early Sunday morning for drunk driving in Athens, Georgia. Wood had played in the team’s win over Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon. Wood said he was picking up his girlfriend and her friends from downtown Athens. He left his parking lights [...]

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A Moultrie, Georgia man was arrested after he was allegedly driving a motorized wheelchair scooter while intoxicated. Police say it happened September 23rd when 59-year-old Robert Gibson was stopped by police at the local high school. The high school’s School Resource Officer allegedly spotted an almost empty bottle of vodka on the floor of Gibson’s [...]

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Georgia law permits prosecution of persons who are DUI-alcohol in several ways. In a “traditional” DUI case, the State must prove that the driver was a less safe driver as a result of alcohol consumed. This type of case can be pursued even if no alcohol content test result exists from a blood, breath or [...]

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