Drunk Driving DUI Law

South Africa international Steven Pienaar has been banned from driving for 12 months and fined 1,000 pounds ($1,496) after pleading guilty to drunk driving.
Pienaar was also ordered to pay a 100 pound ($150) fine on Tuesday for failing to obey a traffic signal.
The 27-year-old Everton midfielder was stopped by police on Feb. 21, the day [...]

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Lawyers for former Maple Leafs captain Rob Ramage were appealing his drunk driving conviction and four-year prison sentence today for the 2003 crash that killed fellow NHLer Keith Magnuson Monday.
The now 51-year-old Ramage spent less than four hours in custody in January 2008 before being released from the Newmarket courthouse.
Ramage’s lawyer Brian Greenspan told the [...]

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Washington Redskins cornerback Byron Westbrook was arrested on a drunken driving charge early Friday after a Charles County sheriff’s deputy saw him driving erratically on a state highway in Waldorf, the sheriff’s department said. Full Story.
While he’ll have his day in court, Dolphins cornerback Will Allen is the latest NFL player to be charged with [...]

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Former USC linebacker Rey Maualuga, coming off his rookie season with the Cincinnati Bengals, has been arrested on drunk driving charges in northern Kentucky.
Maualuga was arrested at 3:11 a.m. EST today and charged with operating a vehicle under the influence and with careless driving, according to Kenton County Jail records.
According to the Associated Press, Maualuga, [...]

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The NFL Hall of Famer Bruce Smith is scheduled to appear in circuit court Thursday, January 14, on charges of DUI, speeding and refusing a blood or breathalyzer test.
The 46-year-old defensive lineman was arrested in May 2009 and convicted of DUI on July 9 in General District Court, but appealed the ruling, effectively delaying a [...]

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Former NBA Star Jayson Williams DUI charge is going to complicate his already complicated life. Jayson Williams has been in and out of legal trouble since he was charged with manslaughter in the death of his limo driver in 2002. Williams retired in 1999 after breaking his leg after colliding with teammate Stephon Marbury. Williams [...]

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Chicago Wolves defenseman Chris Chelios, 47, was arrested for driving under the influence, speeding and improper lane usage on Dec. 28 in Westmont, Ill.
Chelios was the sole occupant of the pick-up truck that was stopped, according to Westmont police. The truck was towed and Chelios was taken to the Westmont Police Dept., where he was [...]

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tandout Florida defensive end Carlos Dunlap has been suspended from Saturday’s SEC Championship Game after his DUI arrest early Tuesday morning, UF coach Urban Meyer announced after practice Tuesday.
There is no timetable for Dunlap’s possible return.
“Carlos obviously made a very poor decision,” Meyer said. “I have not spoken to him or his family yet. I [...]

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A Coastal Carolina University football player is in trouble with the law after police in Conway arrested him with driving under the influence.
According to J. Reuben Long Detention Center, Austin Jace Shirley, 22, of Myrtle Beach, was booked into the jail at 3:16 a.m. Friday.
Shirley, a red-shirt senior for the Chanticleers, serves as one of [...]

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Denver Nuggets reserve forward Renaldo Balkman has been arrested for a Florida DUI.
Balkman, 25, was arrested by Temple Terrace, Fla., officers at 4 a.m. Saturday after he refused a blood-alcohol test, according to a police report on the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office website.
Balkman was released after posting $500 bond.
Nuggets executive Mark Warkentien said the team [...]

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