Confession leads to dismissal
Earlier this year deputies in Santa Fe County California stopped driver Xavier Aguilar after they observed him driving erratically. He smelled strongly of alcohol and officers prepared to give him a breathalyzer. However, before they could put the machi...
Come On Take A Free Ride
New Year’s Eve is one of those rare days when people all around the world gather to celebrate the coming year. For one day, the entire world turns into one giant party. One giant, and often very drunk party. Unfortunately, this often can lead to som...
The “Drug Whisperer”
So imagine for a moment, you are driving down the road headed home after a nice night at a friends house. Completely sober. No drugs or alcohol have passed your lips. Suddenly you see flashing lights behind you. You are being pulled over, but it should be...
Breathalyzer Source Code Creates Accuracy Dispute
A decade ago officials in Washington State began to look at replacements for their increasingly obsolete breathalyzer models. The sole company to bid for the contract was Draeger, a German medical technology company. Predictably they won the contract and ...
Vince Vaughn nabbed at DUI checkpoint
Another day, another celebrity in trouble for allegedly driving under the influence. This time it’s Hollywood funnyman Vince Vaughn posing for a mugshot after being arrested at a DUI checkpoint. The 48 year old actor was stopped at a routine checkpo...
Drinking and Driving
Most of the time when you hear about a DUI charge, it involves an incident where a motorist has been found to be driving after having become intoxicated. Earle Stevens Jr. of Indiana River County in Florida had a different idea. He was nabbed after having...
Dram Shop Act cited in Berman Crash
Last month celebrity ESPN anchor Chris Berman received the heartbreaking news that his wife had died following a car accident that involved alcohol. Her BAC was recorded at .26, which is more than three time the legal limit in the state of Connecticut. Sh...
TKO by DUI
UFC Hall of Famer Stephen Bonnar found out the hard way last week that sometimes the hardest hits you take come out of the ring. He was arrested last week in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was pulled over at 1:15 am after being clocked at over 90 miles an hour. It...
J-E-T-S…..D-U-I
The NY Jets are having a rough season, but not as rough as superfan Christopher Graylock is about to have things following the Jets 41-10 loss against the Buffalo Bills this weekend. He was arrested after rear-ending a vehicle on Route 23 in New Jersey f...