Mike Sheehan, former police officer now turned into a Fox 5 News Reporter, was arrested Monday night after he refused to take a breathalyzer test after he drove into a NYPD horse. On Tuesday this Fox 5 news reporter will be arraigned and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and reckless endangerment.
Prosecutors quoted Sheehan as telling the cops “Whats the matter? I didnt hit nothing.” The lawyer for the Fox new reporter said, “It Is Mr. Sheehan’s position that the horse ran into his car.” The reports say that Sheehan was slurring his words and smelled liked booze. He denies the allegations.
- Read the article “Mike Sheehan, cop turned TV newsman, on wrong side of law: arrested for driving into NYPD horse” by Melissa Grace AND Wil Cruz from Google.
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
We have all seen the alcohol portable breath detector, or something similar. A digital alcohol tester like the keychain one above can be bought for less then $25. Having a keychaing device seems like it is already too late, but maybe since they have made alcohol portable, they think your bac alcohol tool should be too.
The idea behind having these small easy devices is good, but it has caused people to think of breathalyzers as either little toys that arent accurate, or tools that are going to get them prosecuted (or hopefully relieved) of DUI charges. Our breathalyzer is the only FDA approved BAC testing instrument. Our goal is to hopefully stop you before you even get to your keys, by giving you a safe way to test yourself.
Make sure to look for our breathalyzers this year at the Pride Celebration in Long Beach on May 16 & 17. We have made a deal to provide blood alcohol awareness tools around the 2 day celebration at no cost to the event planners, $1 for drinkers. The money collected from the breath alcohol instrument will help us expand to be in more bars around the community.
Over the previous 25 years the Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Pride Festival Celebration has become the 3rd largest in the country, and attracts over 90,000 people.They pack the Shoreline Village Drive area with 7 dance areas a main stage for Grammy Award Winner Jennifer Hudson.
This festival revs up the economic engine for our community, generatin $10 million in direct spending to Long Beach, and $20 million to the regional economy! With sponsors like Ed Hardy, Budweiser, and Bacardi supporting their event, how can it go wrong!
Visit the 26th Pride Celebration Official Website
The official website for Dont Die Drunk is now back in action. We suffered some technical difficulties this past Fri and had to rebuild our entire site. We want to thank all the people that have been visiting the site and helping us to gain momentum. We arent going to stop any time soon! Check back for regular updates and new stories.
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March 22, 2009 6:28 pm | 
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