Donte Stallworth, the Cleveland Browns wide receiver, was charged on Wed in Miami for killing a pedestrian while driving drunk last month. The arrest warrant charging Stallworth with DUI manslaughter was filed on March 14. The incident happened as StallWorth was leaving a popular South Beach nightspot and he struck and killed 59 year old pedestrian Mario Reyes. If he is found guilty, he can be charged with up to 15 years in prison. After the accident, his blood alcohol level was .126, which is well over the .08 legal limit in Florida.
In addition the the manslaughter charge, he is facing a DUI charge that carries a six month sentance, fines, and community service. Prosecutors are going to ask that he be released on $200,000 bail.
Read the article “Donte Stallworth is charged with DUI manslaughter” from the LA Times
Looks like the Yankees Joba Chamerlain will be taking the subway to the new stadium. He pleaded guilty to a Nebraska charge of drunk driving. He will have his license revoked for 60 days and have to pay a $400 fine, as well as attend an alcohol education class. When the pitcher was pulled over on the edge of Lincoln, Ned officers say his blood alcohol content was .134 percent, which is over the legal limit of 0.08 percent. The Associated Press reports that Judge Laurie Yardley told Chamberlain “You probably worked long and hard to get where you are today. It takes about 10 seconds to wipe all that out.” As part of his plea deal, he had his second charge of driving with an open container dropped.
read the article “Chamberlain pleads guilty to DUI“
A 60 year old women who was vacationing in Wisconsin was arrested for DUI 3 times….in 3 days! The first arrest came at 2 p.m. when a deputy saw her trying to get her car out of a ditch wearing only 1 shoe. When tester, her BAC came out to 0.21, which is almost triple the legal limit. The next day she got her car stuck in the snow of a park campground. When the police questioned her she said she had drank 4-6 cups of wine, and was still finishing off the box in her car from yesterday, DUI #2. After spending 12 hours in jail, she was released and starting heading west. Not long after police got reports she was driving all over the road, and pulled her over. This time she was a .16, only double the legal limit, DUI #3. I cant imagine what would have been going on in her head to drive, maybe nothing was going on and that was the problem. She now faces 30 days in jail, along with substantial fines.
Read the article “Woman arrested 3 times in 3 days for drunk driving” on Google, or The Sheboygan Press
The next schedules hearing for the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is April 20, following his plea of not guilty to charges of DUI.
Since he was entering this plea, Paavo Jarvi did not have to appear in court athe the Hamilton County Municipal Court.
The polices arrest Jarvi last week, saying that he was asleep at the wheel of his car, which was stopped at an intersection along Wooster Pike. He then failed a field sobriety test, and refused a breathalyzer.
Read the article “Symphony Conductor Pleads Not Guilty to Drunk Driving Charge” from Local12.com
The state Court of Appeals ruled today that a person who is alone, drunk, and asleep behind the wheel of his working car with his keys in the center console is sufficient support to convict him of DWI.
Citizen Daryl Fleck had the policed called on him by a concerned citizen when he was asleep in his car around 11:30 pm. When the police arrived, he was obvisouly intoxicated and registered a BAC (blood alcohol concentration) of .18%, which is double the legal limit!He is facing up to 4 years in prison, since he has had prior convictions
I always heard my friends and others talk about this, but I never thought it was true. It is hard to decide, because he was sitting behind the wheel in the drivers seat. If he had been laying down in the passenger or back seat, I wonder if it would have effected the outcome. The lesson to be learned to make sure to be safe is dont be in a car asleep drunk with the keys and by yourself… unless it is a non working car. (The picture is not of Daryl Fleck, but another man who fell asleep in his car, drunk)
Rea the article “Court: Man drunk, asleep in car still guilty of DWI” from the Star Tribune
LONG BEACH - A spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney
said Long Beach’s First District City Council Candidate Bill Grisolia is still facing two charges for driving under the influence of alcohol. This contradicted statements earlier mentioned by Grisolias representative.
The incident occured on Jan 24 in San Pedro, which is why it is being prosecuted by the L.A. City Attorneys Office, spokesman Frank Matelijan said. The two charges he faces are driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a BAC (blood alcohol concentration) above .08%.
Read the article, “Grisolia’s DUI case still alive” by Paul Eakens
of the Press Telegram
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LONG BEACH - A number of Eastside homes and businesses were without power early Friday after a drunk driver crashed lost control of his car and crashed into a power pole. Jonathan David Milane, age 22, crashed his 1997 Nissan around 1:30 a.m into a Southern California Edison pole near the cornery of Atherton Drive and Daggett Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department’s spokeswomen Nancy Pratt.
Milane was the only one involved in the accident, and didnt suffer any severe injuries. It wasnt clear what caused him to lose control, but afterward he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.He is being held in a $15,000 bail, according to records from the jail. He will be arraigned on a DUI charge next week.
Read the article “Crash causes power outage” by Tracy Manzer from the Press Telegram
Read the article “Six Die in LA County Holiday Traffic Accidents” from the press telegram below
“Six traffic deaths were reported over the holiday weekend in Los Angeles County and DUI arrests by California Highway Patrol officers were down from last year’s total.
Emelio Ramirez, 25, of Oxnard, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Christmas Eve while walking in the right-most lane of the San Diego (405) Freeway just south of the Marina (90) Freeway.
Sheryl Thacker, 38, and Carmela Rodriguez, 64, both of San Pedro, died Christmas Day when their van crashed and rolled over on the Harbor (110) Freeway near Pacific Coast Highway.
Information on the other three traffic fatalities was not immediately available.
Only three traffic fatalities were reported during the similar time period in 2007.
Local CHP officers made 233 DUI arrests between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 6 a.m. Sunday, compared with 331 arrests in the similar period last year, CHP Officer Anthony Martin said. ”
LONG BEACH — A random DUI checkpoint led to the arrest of a mother of 2 after she was caught with an open bottle of beer in her lap. The checkpoint was located on PCH and Loynes from 6pm until 2 am. At the time of the incident, her 2 children were sleeping in the back seat of the car. Joyce Lopez, 21 year old from Huntington Beach, was arrested for driving under the influence according to Long Beach Police Dept.
Sgt. Tom Marcoux said the police tested her BAC (blood alcohol concentration) and found it was nearly DOUBLE the legal limit! “Oh my God,” was the first thing Marcoux thought after he noticed the 2 children in the back seat and the strong odor of alcohol in the car. The children, who appeared to be ages 1 and 7, were taken into protective custody by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
Read the article “Police: Mom drove with kids, beer” by Tracy Manzar from the Press Telegram.
Even though they are divorced, David Hasselhoff came to the rescue of his ex wife Pamela Bach, and bailed her out after she got a DUI in California this past Wed. Police took the actress, 46 years old, into custody after she caused a rear end collision in the early evening in San Fernando Valley.
Bach was charged with a DUI felony after others involved in the accident complained of injuries. How much did the Hoff drop to get her out? $100,000 according the TMZ.com!!
Her and Hasselhoff have been in a long legal battle over attorney fees and living arrangements since she filed for divorce in 2006. They were married for 16 years. She was also on Baywatch with him
Read the entire article “Hasselhoff Bailed Out Ex-Wife After DUI Arrest” from SFGate
or from TMZ.com under the category celebrity justice with article titled “Hasselhoff –Someone to Baywatch over Pam“
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