Drunk Driving DUI Law

Police have released a surveillance video of an officer subduing a Chesire official who was being booked on drunk driving charges.
The suspect, a retirement board member and a former town council candidate, became physically combative with an officer who had let him out of the booking cell so he could use the bathroom, police said.
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Emmy winner and 30 Rock guest star Rip Torn has been sentenced to probation in a drunken-driving case stemming from his December 2008 arrest.
A Connecticut judge approved the actor’s admission into an alcohol-education program on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Torn, 78, must also retake his driver’s test because of his severe hearing impairment, but [...]

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A 20-year-old resident was charged with drunken driving under the age of 21 Sunday night, police said.Diego Vasquez of Balmforth Avenue, police said, also was charged with not having a license.
At about 8:25 p.m. police said they received a call about a vehicle on Federal Road going over the yellow lines.
Police said they found the [...]

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Connecticut DUI arrests trigger two separate cases! First, there is the court case, where the prosecutor seeks the full array of DWI consequences following a drunk driving arrest. However, there is also a Connecticut DMV Hearing, where an action is taken against the driver’s license of the person accused of Connecticut DUI.
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The Prospect Resident Trooper’s Office will conduct a DUI enforcement spot check on Route 69 at Kluge Road on Thursday.
The spot check will start at 5 p.m. and run until early morning Friday. All vehicles will be stopped briefly and examined for intoxication and compliance with state laws.
This effort is part of the state’s High [...]

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