Drunk Driving DUI Law

There’s a call for a special session of the General Assembly in Virginia, after a Supreme Court ruling has put dozens of drunk driving and drug cases in jeopardy. The ruling, handed down last month, forbids lab reports to be used as evidence in drug and alcohol cases unless a lab technician actually testifies in [...]

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The red Ford Explorer rolled over several times, throwing a passenger before it crashed against a house on Hemlock Avenue. When police arrived, witnesses said, Fredy Alvarado-Gonzales was crying and yelling, “I killed my baby. Please help my baby.” He referred to his brother, Selim A. Alvarado-Gonzales, 22, the passenger who was crushed last summer [...]

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Former Rep. Vito Fossella pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges in a Virginia court on Monday, the day a jury trial was to begin in the case that ruined his political career. The former congressman said he was moved in part by last week’s drunken-driving accident that killed a Los Angeles Angels pitcher. Attorneys for [...]

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A high-ranking Newport News police official admitted to driving drunk on Interstate 64 in Hampton one night last summer. But Dawn D. Barber, a former assistant police chief who was demoted to captain, is now actively appealing her conviction. “Of course I regret it,” Barber said after being found guilty at a hearing in Hampton [...]

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Newport Police Chief Michael Capriglione, who heads the New Castle County Checkpoint Strikeforce, says police set up a checkpoint from 9 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday at 141 North and Interstate 95. Police say two Wilmington men were arrested after officers found marijuana and a concealed handgun at a DUI checkpoint in New Castle. [...]

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Roy Lee Everett, the man who killed a teenage honor student in a drunken-driving wreck five years ago, must serve additional prison time, a judge ruled Friday. In 2003, Everett, 35, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, driving under the influence and related charges in the death of 16-year-old  . Everett ran a red light at [...]

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The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office arrested three motorists for driving under the influence during a sobriety checkpoint Friday night in Ashburn. A fourth driver was charged with driving without a license. The checkpoint had 623 vehicles pass through; 24 vehicles underwent further screening. The Sheriff’s Office conducts monthly checkpoints and additional ones on holidays.

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A grand jury indicted Melissa Newman on charges of DUI causing injury, 2nd offense DUI and reckless driving. In June, investigators say Newman hit BJ Berkhouse while he was walking along Capitol Street. Police say she drove on to the sidewalk, hit two trees and then hit Berkhouse. Berkhouse was released from the hospital this [...]

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Newport News places Dawn Barber on administrative leave after arrest for drunk driving in Virginia. The Assistant Police Chief for Newport News, Virginia was arrested last Saturday for drunk driving. According to Virginia State Police, Dawn Barber, 44, was stopped on Interstate 64 around 9:40 pm and a breath test indicated she had a blood [...]

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Man involved in boating accident that killed his passenger. Kirk Riffey, from Cheaspeake, was charged with driving under the influence in Virginia following a fatal boating accident. Riffey was operating a powerboat on the southern branch of the Elizabeth River when he struck a functioning channel marker. His passenger, Bobby Ray Ussery from Virginia Beach, [...]

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