Drunk Driving DUI Law

Drunken drivers kept Arizona law-enforcement officers occupied over the Thanksgiving weekend, but not nearly as frequently as a year ago.
The drop may be attributed to more Arizonans obeying the state’s DUI laws, but having fewer officers on the street to enforce the laws because of budget cuts also may have played a role.
Police arrested 118 [...]

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Four years ago, Herb Snyder was an incumbent senator defeated in his party’s primary after a drunken driving charge left him publicly apologizing for an alcohol problem he was struggling to control.
Sober since that arrest and on the verge of returning to the Senate, Snyder wants to use his experience as a catalyst for legislation [...]

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Yet another police officer driving drunk! Do they just hand these badges out at the corner drug store?
The DeSoto County deputy has been suspended without pay pending an internal investigation into his weekend arrest.
Louis Jerome Hamm was charged with DUI refusal and having no tags or proof of insurance following a two-car wreck that injured [...]

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A 30-year-old New Port Richey police officer was arrested by Florida Highway Patrol troopers early this morning, accused of drunken driving and causing a crash that injured him and his two passengers.
Officer Christopher John Sutherlin was driving a 2006 Nissan pickup south of U.S. 19 about 20 miles over the 55-mph speed limit and slammed [...]

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Davenport University President Randolph Flechsig announced this morning in court that he has resigned from the school.
Flechsig was in court for sentencing for a drunk driving offense in late September. He was sentenced this morning to 93 day suspended jail sentence and $1125 in court costs, 15 Days community service, two years probation and his [...]

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The Former NHP sergeant accused of causing a deadly crash over the summer will be indicted by a grand jury.

Edward Lattin is accused of smoking marijuana off-duty and slamming his pickup into a car at Rainbow and Hacienda.
One person died and two people were injured.
The trial is scheduled to start in May.
Nothing bugs me more [...]

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Mansfield cop nabbed during Ohio drunk driving patrols.
Shari Robertson was charged with driving under the influence in Mansfield, Ohio. Robertson was stopped for a traffic infraction during a three-day saturation patrol targeting drunk drivers.
Ohio Highway Patrol officers witnessed Robertson making a wide left turn and striking the curb with her right front tire. According to [...]

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survey of nine Chicago-area bar associations shows that all believe voters should retain a Cook County judge facing drunken driving charges.
The survey by the Illinois State Bar Association showed strong support for Circuit Court Judge Sheila McGinnis, who’s assigned to the courthouse in Bridgeview and awaits trial on charges of DUI, failing to reduce speed [...]

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Off-duty deputy was allowed to go home despite suspicion of drunk driving. Real fair.
John Daniels, a Pinellas County Florida deputy, was on patrol around 1:00 am when he witnessed a car pass him at a high rate of speed.
His radar indicated the vehicle was going 98 in a 45 mph zone. After turning around and [...]

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Police have arrested the woman who hit a motorcycle while intoxicated, but initially claimed she was the passenger.  33-year-old Tina Kelly was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with seven separate offenses in the Friday accident that claimed one man’s life.

The night of the accident, Kelly told police she was the passenger in a car that [...]

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