HOUSTON — A Houston actor has been arrested after he was allegedly found asleep at the wheel, police say. On Tuesday, around 3:15 p.m., Tim Williams, 52, was found stopped in a moving lane of traffic with his foot on the brake. He has been charged with driving while intoxicated. Court documents also showed a mental health assessment has been requested. Read More »
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Shawnee Heights superintendent arrested on suspicion of DUI
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Kan. (WIBW) – The Shawnee Heights USD 450 superintendent was arrested late Saturday night on suspicion of driving under influence of alcohol or drugs. Martin Stessman was booked into the Jefferson County Jail around 10:30 pm and was released by 11:45 pm after posting $1,000 bond. The Kansas Highway Patrol made the arrest. According to KHP, someone called 911 reporting a reckless driver on I-70 and Rice Road. The caller followed the vehicle north on K-4 to Highway 24 ... Read More »
Nine Cape Coral DUI arrests made in less than a week
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – The Cape Coral Police Department arrested nine people for driving under the influence within the span of six days. From Tuesday, March 26, through Monday, April 1, police arrested seven men and two women. Read More »
Greyhound bus driver arrested for DUI after crash on Highway 99
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A group of Greyhound passengers had their trip cut short Sunday morning after their bus crashed on the freeway. California Highway Patrol says the driver, 28-year-old Ashton Castillo, was on drugs when he attempted to merge onto the 180 eastbound from the 99 south. “As the bus was taking the transition road, the transition road curves to the left. The bus veered off the right side went up the embankment and veered to the left across ... Read More »
GOP marks St. Patrick’s Day by doctoring ‘noted Irishman’ Beto O’Rourke’s old DUI mug shot
Presumably, this tweet from the Republican Party’s official Twitter account is trying to make the point that Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is Irish-American and was arrested two decades ago for driving under the influence of alcohol, for anyone who paid no attention to O’Rourke’s high-profile, ultimately unsuccessful run for Senate last year. And maybe the people who wrote and approved this tweet aren’t aware that Irish-American’s aren’t typically thrilled with the stereotype that the Irish are drunks or … ... Read More »
Longmont middle school teacher arrested, accused of hit-and-run, DUI during school hours
LONGMONT, Colo. — An Altona Middle School teacher was arrested by Longmont police on Thursday following a suspected hit-and-run crash. The police report alleges that Jessica Lynn Brady, 32, was possibly under the influence of alcohol when she fled the scene of a crash while going from her home to Altona Middle School. The alleged incident occurred at about 11:36 a.m. on Thursday. Brady was arrested in the school’s parking lot. According to the Probable Cause Affidavit, Brady admitted she ... Read More »
Jussie Smollett once lied to cops during DUI arrest
Jussie Smollett — who is suspected of faking a hate crime against himself — pleaded no contest in 2007 to providing false information to police during a DUI stop in LA, according to a report. The misdemeanor complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in September that year says that Smollett gave the name of his brother, Jake, when he was asked by an officer. He also signed a false name on the promise to appear in court. Smollett also was ... Read More »
Fullerton DUI crash: Family says suspect was fleeing gang assault
FULLERTON, Calif. (KABC) — Family members of the driver in a suspected DUI crash that left 10 people injured in Fullerton are expressing sympathy for the victims and saying the suspect was fleeing from gang members when the collision happened. Police say the suspect, 22-year-old Christopher Solis of Anaheim, was under the influence of drugs when he allegedly plowed his Toyota Tacoma into a group of people on the sidewalk in downtown Fullerton early Sunday morning. The crash left nine pedestrians plus ... Read More »
Suspected DUI driver dances through sobriety check
Body camera video of a suspected DUI driver dancing through a sobriety test may seem comical, but authorities in Holiday, Florida want to remind drivers of the serious, and potentially deadly consequences of driving under the influence. Read More »
Aretha Franklin’s Son Kecalf Jailed for DUI Arrest Following the Queen of Soul’s Death: Report
Aretha Franklin‘s youngest son has reportedly been imprisoned since October after being arrested for driving under the influence. The Blast reports that Kecalf Franklin was pulled over by law enforcement in Michigan on Oct. 27, 2018 — two months after his famous mother died of advance pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type at age 76. RELATED: Inside the Amazing, Private Life of Aretha Franklin At a court date held on Dec. 19, the 48-year-old reportedly pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the ... Read More »