DUI News Digest

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 »

This article deals with methods to suppress the blood alcohol number versus the numerous attacks on the number as it relates to the intoxilizer. It is far easier to have the blood alcohol results suppressed during pretrial than it is to convince jurors the results are inaccurate. There are a number of requirements that must be met before the intoxilizer is admissible in Kentucky. Sources of these attacks come from the Kentucky Administrative Regulations, Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS), and manuals ... Read More »

The driver was hospitalized after the 4:16 a.m. crash; Obinna Anyanwu had played in a high school championship basketball game the previous night California Highway Patrol officers arrested a Cathedral Catholic High basketball player on Sunday after he crashed his car into a freeway median, got out of his car and then was hit by two vehicles on state Route 163. Obinna Kelvin Anyanwu, 18, was driving a Nissan Altima south on SR-163 just south of Balboa Avenue around 4:16 ... Read More »

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WEAR) — A woman has been sentenced for killing a father and son in a DUI collision on Easter. Assistant State Attorney Greg Marcille tells Channel 3 News that Marie Simpkins was sentenced to 24 years in state prison. Read More »

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Former Jaguars safety Donovin Darius was arrested Sunday afternoon and charged with driving under the influence, according to Duval County jail records. ESPN reported that Donovin swallowed numerous pills prior to his arrest, according to a law enforcement source. Action News Jax requested Donovin’s arrest report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and is working to independently verify ESPN’s report. Read More »

Richland’s former mayor wants any statements he made to a trooper after his DUI arrest tossed out before his trial. But there may be some disagreement on just when the arrest was official. Bob Thompson, 64, believes he was under arrest at the point he was forced to step out of his SUV against his will one night last summer, according to his attorney Kevin Holt. Read More »