Drunk Driving DUI Law

A special prosecutor will oversee the case against veteran Illinois State Police Trooper Lyle G. Hicks who was recently cited in Mount Vernon for driving under the influence in a state-issued vehicle.
Hicks was arrested by Jefferson County Deputies on Saturday, Oct. 18 about 12:56 a.m. after allegedly being involved in an incident, police report.
He was [...]

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The first official state memorial marker for an Illinois DUI victim was erected in the north Chicago suburbs. The blue sign is a legal substitution for homemade signs often placed at the scene of a deadly drunk driving accident. The signs urge motorists not to drive under the influence in Illinois and can honor a [...]

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Police found a cache of weapons and ammunition after a drunken motorist was pulled over for a traffic crash in the Rogers Park neighborhood Monday night.
John Buciuman, 42, of the 6000 block of North Ridge Avenue, was charged with six felony counts of aggravated unauthorized use of a weapon, six counts of non-registration of firearms, [...]

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Benton police arrested two Franklin County residents for DUI after separate automobile accidents over the weekend.
Jessica R. Kopacz, 30, of Logan was arrested Friday on a charge of driving under the influence following a single-vehicle accident.
Benton police officers were dispatched to the 600 block of South McLeansboro Street at 6:30 p.m. after witnesses reported that [...]

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A man who caused a three-vehicle crash Wednesday evening on North Second Street near the entrance of Sinnissippi Park was ticketed for driving under the influence, driving too fast for conditions and driving without insurance.
Rockford police arrested Sadar Tairov, 44, of Rockford, after he was treated for nonlife-threatening injuries at Rockford Memorial Hospital, where he [...]

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A Chicago man was charged Thursday with drug possession and DUI after he was involved in a crash Wednesday night on the South Side that injured 11 people and involved eight other vehicles.
Anthony Parson, 48, of the 7300 block of South Eberhart was charged with possession of a controlled substance for allegedly possessing less than [...]

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A fender-bender on an early Park Forest September morn left one resident facing an aggravated felony DUI charge and more.
Police were dispatched to the intersection of Sauk Trail and Central Park on September 27, shortly after 1:30 a.m. On arrival, Officer Shulman observed two vehicles in the Citgo Gas Station parking lot on the corner [...]

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A 34-year-old Lake in the Hills man has been charged with driving under the influence after a three-car crash at Algonquin and Frank roads on Thursday.
Patrick McCormick, 2930 Geneva Lane, also was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash and failure to wear a seat belt.
McCormick was driving a 2007 Volvo XC90 [...]

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The entire length of Route 21 through Lake County will see a crackdown against drunken drivers, including use of a new legal weapon, during the Labor Day weekend.

Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Waller said “Operation Safe Run” will use saturation patrols, roadside safety checks and a new “no refusal” DUI enforcement. Police from a variety [...]

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New law targets repeat drunk-driving offenders with arrests in other states.
Governor Rod Blagojevich signed into law a measure increasing communication between Illinois law enforcement agencies and those from other states when it comes to incidents of driving under the influence in Illinois.
Senate Bill 2494 focuses on motorists stopped for drunk driving in Illinois who have [...]

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