DUI News Digest

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Nevada Highway Patrol troopers made a major drug bust overnight, finding over six pounds of heroin. Law enforcement made the discovery late Thursday night during a DUI investigation in the Las Vegas valley. According to authorities, the driver in the vehicle was taken into custody and the six pounds of heroin were confiscated during a vehicle search. NHP’s Southern Command called the drugs found “poison” that won’t make it in to the Clark County community. Read More »

OLD BRIDGE – A Sayreville man has been charged in a drunken driving crash that killed the passenger of his motorcycle. Jack Piatek, 27, was arrested Saturday and charged with vehicular homicide by driving while under the influence of alcohol, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a statement. Jessica Vinsko, 36, of South Amboy died in the crash. EARLIER: Passenger killed in Old Bridge motorcycle crash An investigation determined that at approximately 11:50 p.m. Thursday, Piatek was driving a Harley ... Read More »

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 1-year-old boy was killed in a car crash in Las Vegas following a deadly crash that occurred over the weekend. According to KLAS, 23-year-old Lauren Prescia told the father of her young son Cameron Hubbard-Jones that she would beat him home and began speeding. Jones told police he was in the process of a custody exchange and told Prescia to slow down due to having his child in the car but Prescia continued on at a high ... Read More »

LEWES, Del.- A Lewes woman has been arrested for 6th offense DUI, shoplifting and related offenses after authorities say she drove drunk to a supermarket in order to steal meat. Police said it happened at around 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, when troopers were dispatched to the ACME, located at 18578 Coastal Highway Unit 13 in Lewes, for a report of an intoxicated woman inside of the store shoplifting. Prior to arrival, Troopers received broadcasts from the Sussex County Emergency Operation Center about an Acura ... Read More »

State police say they arrested a Plumville man for suspicion of driving under the influence last Friday night after an accident on Five Points Road in Washington Township. Police say a pickup driven by 58-year-old Mark Fleming hit the guide rails near Hill Road and Fleming continued on to his mother’s home a few miles away. A witness found the truck with Fleming still in the driver’s seat and suspected something was wrong, so he called 911. Read More »

An Anderson man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter after the boat he was towing on Highway 273 struck a man who later died at the hospital Wednesday night, Redding police said. Investigators said Stewart Helmer, 63, was driving his SUV and pulling a boat south on Highway 273 near Breslauer Way around 10:45 p.m. Helmer was in the right lane when he saw a person on the west side of the road near the fog line ... Read More »

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — James Anderson, the man accused of running a red light last Sunday at Chestnut and Nees in northeast Fresno, killing a teen, faced a judge on Wednesday via video conference. He is charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence. 19-year-old Carson Gates was killed, and his 17-year-old girlfriend was injured in the crash. “In this case, the defendant was under the influence of both alcohol and marijuana. He was observed going ... Read More »

SALT LAKE CITY — New court documents explain what led police officers to stop and cite KUTV news anchor Shauna Lake with DUI last month at the Salt Lake City International Airport. Lake, who is listed in court documents as Shauna Lake Marshall, 49, of Holladay, is charged in Salt Lake City Justice Court with driving under the influence of alcohol, a class B misdemeanor. Her attorney, Scott Williams, entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of his client on ... Read More »

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI — A South Kingstown man was hit by a driver and killed while walking on Middlebridge Road Friday evening, police said. The driver, 30-year-old Cara Kenyon of Wakefield, was charged with driving under the influence: death resulting; refusal to submit to a chemical test; and obstruction. Read More »

DODGE COUNTY, Neb. — On Monday, the Dodge County Attorney was arrested for first offense driving under the influence. According to a press release from the Dodge County Attorney’s Office, Oliver Glass was arrested in Dodge County and was processed by law enforcement “consistently with similar cases. He was released from custody upon posting the scheduled bond amount.” Read More »