Drunk Driving DUI Law

Yankees senior vice president in charge of minor leagues, Mark Newman, was charged with a DUI late Monday night.
Newman, 60, was arrested at 10:56 p.m. in Tampa, according to the area sheriff’s web site.
He has been with the organization for 22 seasons and was released after posting a $500 cash bond.
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Our region’s most notorious drunk driver will serve his longest sentence yet for his latest conviction.
Danny Boettcher, 57,  Wadena, MN, who has 27 drunk driving convictions on his record, will serve four-years in prison.
His latest arrest happened in New York Mills, MN, in May where he was caught driving a motorcycle while drunk.
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Preliminary arrest totals were reported by 337 of around 400 participating agencies.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) coordinated the effort.
“It’s clear from the results of this DWI campaign too many people continue to make poor decisions about drinking and driving,” says Capt. Matt Langer of the Minnesota State Patrol. “These poor decisions result in [...]

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Officers from San Mateo County’s 23 law enforcement agencies made 131 arrests on drunken driving charges over the 10-day period from Dec. 18 to Dec. 27, according to statistics from the California Avoid campaign, the multi-agency effort to catch drunken drivers.
The arrests, all the result of routine traffic stops, represent a 7 percent increase over [...]

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Police in central Pennsylvania say they arrested an Amish man on drunk driving charges over the weekend after he was found asleep in his moving buggy.
East Lampeter Township Police say 22-year-old Elmer Stoltzfoos Fisher, of Paradise, was slumped over and asleep in a slow-moving buggy on Sunday night.
An off-duty officer from nearby Quarryville reported seeing [...]

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A Wilmington man is charged with DUI and resisting arrest for allegedly fighting with police officers during a traffic stop, to the point where he was tasered.
State Police say a female trooper saw Bernard Lawrence run a red light on Route 40 eastbound at Wilton Boulevard around 3 Tuesday morning, and when she pulled Lawrence [...]

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A Northside Cincinnati, Ohio man with 5 previous Ohio drunk driving convictions was accused of DUI number six today.
The Ohio DUI suspect was northbound on Interstate 75, near the Western Hills viaduct, when he was pulled over for speeding. His blood alcohol level was .110. The legal limit in Ohio is .08.
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A Marion County deputy made two drunk driving arrests in one traffic stop. The sheriff’s office said Deputy Ryan Clarke stopped a car driven by 59-year-old woman early Friday. While giving her a field sobriety test, a second car pulled up and the woman’s boyfriend approached.
Clarke suspected the 66-year-old man was also [...]

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A task force targeting Arizona drunken drivers has netted 1053 arrests in the last two weeks.
The statewide task force Labor Day enforcement started August 21st and ends late tonight.
In a news release, the task force reported 359 people face extreme driving-under-the-influence charges, meaning they had a blood-alcohol content above 0.15.
The task force also reported 119 [...]

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A woman and an infant were sent to the hospital following a DUI accident in Fort Myers, Florida.
The suspect, a local attorney, faces charges of DUI, DUI property damage and DUI serious bodily injury. She rear-ended an SUV on US-41 around 1AM this morning.  3 people were in the SUV and one infant, according to [...]

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