Former NFL wide receiver Braylon Edwards was arrested for DUI in Scottsdale, Arizona last week … and cops say he was EXTREMELY wasted … TMZ Sports has learned. The 32-year-old — who played for the Browns, Jets and 49ers during his NFL career — was pulled over in the early hours of May 4th … according to police records. Read More »
Driver leaves DUI court hearing in Longmont, gets arrested again for DUI
LONGMONT, Colo. – After noticing a drunk driving suspect who appeared to be intoxicated in court, an off-duty Boulder Sheriff’s Deputy reported seeing the suspect swerving as she drove to a liquor store during a court recess. The off-duty deputy called it in and two Longmont police officers were dispatched to the area, according to an arrest report. One of the officers followed the suspect’s blue Toyota sedan as it left Westview Liquors on Main Street in Longmont. Read More »
Glens Falls woman charged with felony DWI after crash
HARTFORD — A Glens Falls woman faces felony driving while intoxicated charges and a host of other counts after an early morning crash on Route 40, according to police. Crystal L. Bailey, 29, was arrested after the 2:40 a.m., one-vehicle crash near Coach Road, according to the State Police public information website. Read More »
‘Walking Dead’ star Seth Gilliam charged with DUI, pot possession, reckless driving
Seth Gilliam, priest from “The Walking Dead,” will need to make some confessions of his own. The actor, 46, was arrested in Peachtree City, Ga. and charged with DUI, pot possession, and reckless driving, according to a report from TMZ. The cop, who clocked Gilliam speeding at 107 mph, said he smelled alcohol on his breath and discovered a joint hidden in his arm rest. Gilliam admitted he had three beers and a shot that night. Read More »
Car crashes through Durham home, driver charged with DWI
Durham, N.C. – Before a 2012 Toyota Camry was an uninvited guest inside an Amber Stone Way home, it first introduced itself to Courtney Hill’s vehicle. “My parents came downstairs and said ‘Courtney, someone just hit your car,'” she said. “And I’m thinking ‘no way.'” When Hill stepped outside at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, she noticed damage to the front driver’s side of her Nissan Murano. “Before we can think, the car immediately…you hear the gas and they reversed very ... Read More »
DPS Withholding Dash Cam Video in DWI Cases
CHARLOTTE, NC — The Department of Public Safety is withholding dash camera video in some cases, even if you’re the one charged with a crime. Legal battles are piling up around the metro as attorneys fight to get footage in drunk driving cases. Attorneys say DPS started sealing the video evidence this year. Read More »
Greig woman sent to jail on felony drunken-driving charge
LOWVILLE — A Greig woman was sentenced Friday in Lewis County Court to jail time on a drunken-driving charge. Jody L. Houghton, 49, of 7224 Sweeney Road, was sentenced to one year in county jail, a three-year conditional discharge, a $1,000 fine, $570 in court fees, an 18-month driver’s license revocation and mandatory participation in victim impact panel and ignition interlock programs on a charge of felony aggravated driving while intoxicated, to which she pleaded guilty Feb. 27. She was ... Read More »
New Milford ex-cop is facing charges of DWI, drug possession
A Lodi man, who had been a New Milford police officer until he resigned on April 1, was arrested two days later on drug-related and intoxicated-driving charges, authorities say. Read More »
Staff, prosecutor notified when officer is charged with DUI, Linden Police policy says
LINDEN — The city’s police department would have been required to inform the county prosecutor and conduct an internal investigation both times Officer Pedro Abad was charged with drunken driving, according to the department’s policies. Read More »
Details of wrong-way crash cop’s prior accidents continue to emerge
The car accidents city police officer Pedro Abad was involved in during the past 10 years include one in which he rear-ended a car at a stoplight, another in which he crashed into a highway guardrail, and a third in which he slammed through the front of a store, police records show. Read More »