Drunk Driving DUI Law

An Ohio man is due in court Friday to face DUI charges for the third time after serving 10 years in prison and losing his license for life in the 1994 death of a police officer, Fox 8 reported.
Police say they received a call Sunday night from a Green, Ohio convenience store customer regarding a [...]

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Law enforcement has announced plans to beef up patrols around Summit County and operate a DUI checkpoint in Green this weekend.
The increased patrols begin at 7 p.m. Friday and continue through 3 a.m. Saturday with county sheriff’s deputies, State Highway Patrol troopers and officers from Akron, Stow, Boston Heights and Richfield enhancing their presence along [...]

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A motorized bar stool that got an Ohio man arrested for drunken driving goes up for auction this week on eBay.
Twenty-nine-year-old Kile Wygle was charged with driving under the influence after he crashed the contraption in March in the central Ohio city of Newark. He pleaded guilty the following month and spent three days in [...]

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A new Ohio law now permits alcohol to be sold up to 2 hours earlier than before on Sundays, a change greeted openly by drinkers and restaurants and angrily by anti-DUI groups.
The change came at the end of this past legislative session when the state passed a new budget and other initiatives. As of this [...]

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The Ohio supreme court has ruled in favor of tougher penalties for drunken drivers with prior convictions who refuse breath tests if pulled over again. The court ruled 4-3
The Union County case challenged the constitutionality of penalties for individuals with a DUI conviction on their record if they refuse to submit to a alcohol test [...]

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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 sobriety checkpoint will be in place in Clark County today, Aug. 21, said Lt. Robin Schmutz, Ohio Highway Patrol. “We encourage people to either stay at the location where they’re drinking or use a pre-designated driver,” she said.
The location of the checkpoint or the time it will be put into place was not released [...]

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Columbus drivers could see the first DUI checkpoint within city limits as early as next month.
Police Chief Walter Distelzweig has agreed to allow his officers to host and participate in checkpoints aimed at nabbing drunken drivers, something the previous chief didn’t permit. A typical DUI checkpoint stops hundreds of cars and results in only a [...]

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An Ohio Dog Warden has taken  a plea deal that will keep a drunken driving conviction off his record.
He pleaded no contest to charges of reckless operation, failure to control and physical control and was fined $850.
In exchange for his plea, Elyria City Prosecutor Jay Grunda, who served as special prosecutor on the case, dropped [...]

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Leon Hall gets off DUI, pleads guilty to reckless operation of a vehicle.
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Leon Hall escaped charges of drunken driving on Monday when he pleaded guilty to a less serious charge of reckless operation of a vehicle.
Judge James A. Shriver handed down a 30-day jail sentence, but suspended all but three days. Hall [...]

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