DUI News Digest

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 »

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 »

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 »

A Bexar County assistant district attorney has been fired following an incident in which she was mentioned in a friend’s driving while intoxicated arrest report for advising him not to submit to a breath test. Read More »

The proposed felony DUI bill is a foolish idea and will hurt Colorado, not help it. We fear drunken driving. The fear is legitimate based on the possible tragic outcome of this behavior. Psychologically, fear is followed by anger. That anger is directed toward the multiply convicted drinking driver. Read More »

A North Charleroi woman is accused of taking along her two children on a drug deal set up through a police informant. Read More »

A Texas woman is suing Austin police for placing a bag over her head, strapping her to a chair and using a “choke hold” and “pressure points” to draw blood for a DUI test, according to legal papers she has filed. Read More »

A Lake County Sheriff’s lieutenant who faces dismissal from the force for DUI and other charges related to a Super Bowl Sunday crash in which two people were hurt will have his next hearing before the department’s merit board on March 19. Read More »

A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer has been charged with driving while impaired after a Union County traffic stop on New Year’s Eve. State troopers said 44-year-old Matthew Thompson was driving his Ford Explorer at around 6 p.m. Monday when he was stopped for swerving. Read More »

The blood alcohol content of .08 is the legal limit for North Carolina, but the process from breath tests to booking and beyond for a DWI can be quite complicated and lengthy. Read More »