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Palmdale girl killed after suspected DUI driver slams into apartment

DUI News Staff Writer April 22, 2014 No Comments

PALMDALE, Calif. (KABC) — A 16-year-old girl asleep in her bedroom was killed when a suspected drunk driver slammed his Nissan Pathfinder into her apartment

Is it illegal in Georgia to flash your lights to warn other motorists of police ahead?

Mike Hawkins April 21, 2014 No Comments

Recently, legal decisions in Missouri and Oregon, along with a new bill in legislature in New Jersey, have once again thrust the issue of flashing

Mom found asleep in car faces neglect, DUI charges

DUI News Staff Writer April 21, 2014 No Comments

Nashville, TN – Police arrested a woman on Sunday after officers said they found her asleep in a broken-down car with her two young children.

California lawmaker, aide sued in fatal DUI case

DUI News Staff Writer April 21, 2014 No Comments

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The parents of a Santa Barbara woman who was fatally struck by a congresswoman’s aide filed a federal lawsuit against the driver,

Breath Tests Get Support In DUI Wars

DUI News Staff Writer April 18, 2014 No Comments

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — Judges may have another way to help repeat DUI offenders sober up for good. Instead of blowing into a machine which keep their

Bellevue cop fired for mishandling colleague’s alleged DUI

DUI News Staff Writer April 18, 2014 No Comments

Bellevue, WA – The Seattle Times A Bellevue police officer who did not cite a colleague for drunken driving, conduct field sobriety tests or make

Lake Forest to consider new $500 DUI tow fee

DUI News Staff Writer April 17, 2014 No Comments

Lake Forest, IL Lake Forest is considering charging people arrested with driving under the influence on city roads a new $500 administrative fee to tow

Wrong Way Driver Charged With DUI

DUI News Staff Writer April 17, 2014 No Comments

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Officers used spike strips to stop a wrong way driver and arrest her on DUI charges overnight. Around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, officers spotted

Bartender on trial for fatal DUI wreck

DUI News Staff Writer April 16, 2014 No Comments

Helena, MT – Independent Record A jury deliberated for more than two hours without coming to a verdict Tuesday in the trial of a Helena

Do Breathalyzers Measure Alcohol?

Lawrence Taylor April 16, 2014 No Comments

Breathalyzers don’t actually measure alcohol. That’s right. What they actually detect and measure is any chemical compound that contains the methyl group in its molecular

Serial DUI Offender Pleads Guilty In Death Of Chester County Man, Victim’s Family Speaks Out

DUI News Staff Writer April 16, 2014 No Comments

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (CBS) — A Chester County man pleaded guilty Monday to a DUI crash that took the life of a 24-year-old man. He’ll

Illinois Cops Caught in a Web of Lies Judge Says

Donald Ramsell April 15, 2014 No Comments

What happens when Illinois drug cops get caught lying? usually nothing. But every once in a while ajudge stands up and does something about it.

Involuntary Intoxication Reality: Texans Be Alarmed !

Mimi Coffey April 15, 2014 No Comments

Involuntary Intoxication Reality: “I no longer knew what was real and what wasn’t. The lines between reality and delusion had become so blurred.” ― A.B.

18 years after deadly DUI crash, man arrested again

DUI News Staff Writer April 15, 2014 No Comments

JAMESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) –Almost two decades after a Richmond man was sentenced for killing a 68-year-old woman while driving under the influence, he was arrested

Elgin man charged with 5th DUI

DUI News Staff Writer April 15, 2014 No Comments

Elgin, IL – Daily Herald A 48-year-old Elgin man was charged Saturday afternoon with his fifth DUI and driving with a blood alcohol concentration more