280 van crash – Photo courtesy of KTVU

From KTVU.com and wires                            

STANFORD, Calif. —2013-08-14 —The California Highway Patrol arrested the driver of a party van  that was involved in a deadly crash on northbound Interstate Highway 280 near  Portola Valley Sunday night.

Robert Santiago  Photo courtesy of NorthJersey.com

From NorthJersey.com

2013-08-14 — A Clifton man was arraigned in state court Wednesday on charges that he struck and killed a woman and injured her young daughter and another woman while allegedly driving drunk early Sunday. Robert Santiago, 26, is charged with first-degree vehicular homicide while operating a  – …..MORE

From KENS

SAN ANTONIO — 2013-08-15– A 22-year-old man was arrested overnight after officers found him driving drunk on a runway at the San Antonio International Airport, police say.

The suspect told police he was on a mission from the FBI. And according to his arrest affidavit, he was also celebrating his birthday on Wednesday morning.

San Antonio police were called to the airport around 2:30 a.m. in report of a possible intoxicated driver in the Air Operations Area. The suspect, who was later identified as William Ware, was pulled over in a blue Hyundai hatchback on one of the taxiways.

One of the officers noted that Ware smelled strongly of alcohol, had slurred speech and was talkative, insulting, profane, combative and cocky.

He allegedly entered the runway area by plowing through a fence … MORE

From Press-Enterprise blog

2013-08-15 — A 30-year-old Fontana man was killed in that city when he veered into oncoming traffic while driving a stolen car and crashed into a drunken driver, according to California Highway Patrol officers and coroner’s officials.

Salvador Aldape Martinez died at the scene of the 12:58 a.m. wreck Wednesday, Aug. 14, along Merrill Avenue east of Beech Avenue.

Martinez was speeding in a westbound 1995 Honda sedan when the car veered into the eastbound lanes and collided with a 2006 Nissan driven by 53-year-old David Joseph Knauss….MORE

“She goes to jail by herself, I’m outa here”  Michael Rittle opted for the river as his designated driver was nabbed by the cops for DUI

From WPMT
2013-08-15 — A man escaped from police by jumping into the Susquehanna River near Wormleysburg Monday night.

West Shore Regional Police stopped a vehicle for erratic driving along Front Street around 9pm Monday. Police say the driver, Emily Rose Gregg, 26, was obviously intoxicated.

As the officer was arresting Gregg, her passenger, later identified as Michael Lynn Rittle, 38, took off on foot.  Rittle ran to the Susquehanna River and jumped in, eluding officers.

Rittle, who lied when the officer asked his name, is wanted for giving false information to police, fleeing arrest and public drunkenness, according to police.

Meanwhile, Gregg, who is believed to have lived with Rittle in the first block of Miramar Street in Fairview Towns ….Read more: 

Will Jake still be laughing on November 1st?

From KSL

DUCHESNE — 2013-08-15— A jury trial has been scheduled for a Fort Duchesne man charged with DUI and texting and driving in connection with a January crash that nearly killed a Roosevelt woman.

Jake Antonio Arrats entered pleas of not guilty Thursday in 8th District Court to charges of DUI, a third-degree felony, texting while driving, a class B misdemeanor, and four other misdemeanor traffic offenses. After accepting Arrats’ pleas, Judge Douglas Thomas set a Nov. 1 trial date.

Roosevelt police say Keri Houston, 19, was sitting in a parked car Jan. 28 when she was sideswiped by Arrats. Houston’s door was open and her left foot was planted on the ground outside when the crash happened, causing a near-complete amputation of her leg in two places.

Arrats was driving under the influence and replying to a text message with the word “Haha” at the time, investigators said.

Doctors believe it was the quick thinking of good Samaritans — one of whom used his belt as a makeshift tourniquet — that saved Houston’s life.

After court Thursday, Jeff Houston said his daughter has undergone 11 surgeries, including one where doctors took 18 inches of muscle and tissue from her back …MORE

From Press Telegram

Long Beach, Ca., — 2013-08-16 — An emergency medical technician who allegedly was drunk and blacked out when he crashed his car into a tow-truck driver on the 405 Freeway in December is facing second-degree murder charges in a prosecution several legal experts say is very aggressive.

Faapuna Manu, 27, of Long Beach, was fatally struck about 2 a.m. Dec. 9 on the right shoulder near the Cherry Avenue on-ramp to the southbound 405 Freeway.

Raymond Burley, 26, of Los Angeles, who was driving a 2005 Toyota, swerved onto the right shoulder and struck Manu, who was standing at his tow truck inflating a spare tire. Burley also sideswiped a 2005 Mercedes-Benz that was parked on the shoulder with a flat tire.

In July, at the Long Beach Superior Courthouse, Burley was charged with one count of what is called a “Watson murder.” It refers to a precedent-setting 1981 California Supreme Court case, The People v. Watson, that set the stage for reckless drivers, including drunk drivers, who cause a fatal collision to be convicted of second-degree murder.

In People v. Watson, the court ruled that once someone has been convicted of a DUI, the person essentially acknowledges the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol ….MORE

Wayne Lowe

From KFSM

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — 2013-08-17 — A Benton County Road Department worker is on paid suspension after he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in a county vehicle early Friday morning, continuing the road department’s recent track record of arrested employees.

Wayne Lowe, 46, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, driving left of center, no proof of insurance, littering and careless driving. All potential charges are misdemeanors. Lowe was released Friday morning from the Washington County Detention Center on $1,365 bond, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

Lowe, a paving machine operator, is on paid suspension. Road officials said they will take his future under advisement Monday.   Police said Lowe ….MORE

Leyla Akin

FIFTY SHADES OF LOONEY….

From Naples Daily News

An Orlando woman suspected of driving under the influence in eastern Collier County chanted and sang during a traffic stop early Thursday, telling a state trooper she was on her way to “taste the ocean” and wanted to “gaze through” him, according to an arrest report. ….MORE

From WKBW

Erie County Sheriff’s Deputies made a DWI arrest and a DWI/ Drugs arrest overnight.  These arrests are the 210th and 211th DWI arrests made by Sheriff’s Deputies in 2013.

In the first incident, Deputy Gene Nati was investigating an injury accident on Cummings Rd. in the Town of Newstead in which a Spencerport woman crashed her car into a ditch.  During the investigation it became apparent that the driver, 68 year old Roberta Evans, was intoxicated.  She was arrested for DWI and a breath test was administered to determine her blood alcohol content.  The test revealed her B.A.C. to be .16%, twice the legal limit.  Evans was released on appearance tickets returnable to the Town of Newstead Court at a future date.

In the second incident, Deputy Timothy Colling responded to a citizen complaint of a reckless driver who had struck a guard rail on Olean Rd. in the Town of Holland and then continued on down the road.  Deputy Colling was able to locate and stop the vehicle further down Olean Rd.  Further investigation showed that the driver, 32 year old Domenica Moran of Holland, was …MORE

EDITORIAL OPINION: South Carolina just may be the most backward and incompetent state in the Union when it comes to conducting DUI fatal investigations, DUI arrests and managing criminal cases…

Woolsey’s drivers license was not revoked and he continue to raise hell on the roads and racking up traffic tickets…AFTER he killed Nelson…what kind of bozos are the police and prosecutors of South Carolina…and the legislators…WOW!

Prosecutor says Woolsey had the following drugs in his system:  methamphetamine, benzodiazepines and marijuana,

From Goupstate.com

2013-08-18 — An 18-year-old high school student accused of causing a deadly wreck while he was under the influence of multiple drugs and alcohol was given a $50,000 bond during a hearing on Friday.

From KERO

SHANDON, Calif. — 2013-08-19 — A suspected drunken driver was arrested after a collision that killed two Bakersfield residents and an air and ground search Saturday, according to the Taft Midway Driller.

The crash occurred on Highway 46 just west of Shandon in eastern San Luis Obispo Saturday afternoon.

The driver, a 69-year-old man, and a 68-year-old female passenger were killed, the CHP said.

Their names have not yet been released.

The California Highway Patrol said Vincente Muniz Montes, 38, was driving eastbound on Highway 46 in a Jeep near McMillan Canyon Road.

Montes made a left turn into the path of a Toyota Matrix driven by the Bakersfield man.

The two vehicles collided, and a Nissan Versa driven by Suzi Ling Ghov, 39, also crashed into the Jeep.

Ghov suffered minor injuries.

The suspected drunken driver was not injured in the crash and fled with his passenger, Florencio Ochoa Rojas, 27, on foot into Shandon. ….MORE

DUI VEHICLE MANSLAUGHTER WITHOUT GROSS NEGLIGENCE, FELONY – DUI ALCOHOL/DRUGS CAUSING BODILY INJURY, HIT-RUN, INJURY/DEATH, IMMEDIATE RPT OF FATAL, DRIVE W/ SUSP/REVOKED RECKLESS DRIVING, ISSUANCE OF WARRANT FOR VIOL OF PROMISE TO APPEAR

From WAVE

ELIZABETHTOWN, KY — 2013-08-19 — A Hodgenville man was charged Monday with a long list of crimes including murder after a weekend motor vehicle crash that killed two people in Elizabethtown.

Kentucky State Police said Earl D. Richardson, 46, was under the influence of alcohol Sunday night when the Chevrolet Blazer he was driving slammed into a car driven by Johnie M. Dennis, 75, of Elizabethtown. Dennis and his passenger, Luevenia Dennis, 71, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Richardson and his passenger, Earl Richardson Jr., 10, were taken to Hardin Memorial Hospital for treatment and later released.

Sunday’s crash happened just before 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of KY 1135/Roundtop ….MORE

LANDON ROY BENTON, LYMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, DUAC .10<.16 1ST OFF, 608 STANDING SPRINGS RD., GREENVILLE, SC

DAVID BUN, 3/16/88, on 8/17/13 at 5:15 pm, 352 CAMP CROFT DR., SPARTANBURG, SC., by WELLFORD POLICE DEPT., DUAC =>.16 1ST OFF

MARCUST MAURICE FARR, 6/3/77, on 8/18/13 4:48,  SPARTANBURG PUB SAFETY DEPT., DUI =>.16 1ST OFF,

SHANE DEWAYNE GOODE, 07/16/90, 06:14, 08/17/13, HIGHWAY PATROL, DUI .10<.16 1ST OFF

IRINCO HERNANDEZ, 03/17/91, ON 8/17/13 6:31, 200 STEWART DR APT 30, EASLEY, SC 29642, by South Carolina Highway Patrol

MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER HOLMES, 01/06/88, 08/18/13 05:33, 9 PRICE ST., INMAN, SC 29349, INMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

TAMI RENEE HOLTZCLAW, 05/05/67, 235 BIBLEBROOK DR., GREER, SC 29651, 08/18/13, 02:09, by South Carolina HIGHWAY PATROL

MARYANNE BENNEK ,  09/01/1960
110 Wexford Heights Drive New Brighton MN 55112
Charge City of Violation Arresting Agency
Arrest Address: SILVER LAKE ROAD AT 40TH
St. Anthony, RAM, MN
Originating Agency CN# D/T Arrested
DWI – Operate Motor Vehicle Under Influence of Alcohol – Third-Degree Driving While Impaired; 1 Aggr New Brighton ST ANTHONY PD NEW BRIGHTON PD 13005547 08/12/2013 16:42
DWI – Operate Motor Vehicle – Alcohol Concentration 0.08 Within 2 Hours – Third-Degree Driving While New Brighton ST ANTHONY PD NEW BRIGHTON PD 13005547 08/12/2013 16:42

ALEXANDER MATHEW EHR ,  06/19/1992
4791 Stewart Avenue White Bear Lake MN 55110
Charge City of Violation Arresting Agency
Arrest Address: 425 GROVE STREET
St. Paul, RAM, MN 55101
Originating Agency CN# D/T Arrested
THIRD DEGREE DWI White Bear Lake RAMSEY CO SO WHITE BEAR LAKE PD 13015839 08/13/2013 04:54
Traffic Accident – Failure to stop and leave info (Property Damage) White Bear Lake RAMSEY CO SO WHITE BEAR LAKE PD 13015839 08/13/2013 04:54
Open Bottle White Bear Lake RAMSEY CO SO WHITE BEAR LAKE PD 13015839 08/13/2013 04:54
No Minnesota Driver’s License White Bear Lake RAMSEY CO SO WHITE BEAR LAKE PD 13015839 08/13/2013 04:54
SECOND DEGREE DWI (REFUSAL) White Bear Lake RAMSEY CO SO WHITE BEAR LAKE PD 13015839 08/13/2013 04:54

JONATHAN TYLER LUNDBERG ,  08/08/1987
1424 3RD ST HUDSON WI 54016
Charge City of Violation Arresting Agency
Arrest Address: WASH CO JAIL
Stillwater, WAS, MN
Originating Agency CN# D/T Arrested
Traffic – DWI – Operate Motor Vehicle Under Influence of AlcoholSt. Paul RAMSEY CO SO ST PAUL PD 09257757 08/12/2013 13:15

MICHAEL KEVIN MCCULLOCH ,  09/10/1958
698 Conway St. #1 St. Paul MN 55106
Charge City of Violation Arresting Agency
Arrest Address: 698 CONWAY STREET
St. Paul, RAM, MN
Originating Agency CN# D/T Arrested
2nd Degree – Traffic – DWI – Operate Motor Vehicle – Alcohol Concentration 0.08 Within 2 Hours Roseville ST PAUL PD ROSEVILLE PD 09015639 08/12/2013 19:00

MARY KATHRYN USTIPAK , 11/29/1957
1216 BAY COVE White Bear Lake MN 55110
Charge City of Violation Arresting Agency
Arrest Address: 425 GROVE STREET
St. Paul, RAM, MN
Originating Agency CN# D/T Arrested
DWI – operate motor vehicle – alcohol concentration 0.08 within 2 hours White Bear Lake RAMSEY CO SO WHITE BEAR LAKE PD 13002767 08/12/2013 08:16
DWI – operate motor vehicle under influence of alcohol White Bear Lake RAMSEY CO SO WHITE BEAR LAKE PD 13002767 08/12/2013 08:16
DWI – fourth degree driving while impaired White Bear Lake RAMSEY CO SO WHITE BEAR LAKE PD 13002767 08/12/2013 08:16

Maryland Del. Don Dwyer (R. Anne Arundel), the Maryland legislator who pleaded guilty after  crashing a boat in the Magothy River while drunk last year, was arrested  overnight for driving under the influence.

ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA!   He has done both!

Fellow GOP Delegate Ron George calls on Dwyer to resign
Annapolis, Md. – Delegate Ron George has released the following statement regarding Delegate Don Dwyer. “Out of concern for others who could be harmed and for Don Dwyer himself, I call on him to resign and get help. His constituents deserve good representation.”

Republican House of Delegates Leaders Urge Del. Dwyer to Seek Treatment of Boozing
House Republican Leadership Issues Statement on Dwyer DUI Charge
Annapolis, Md. – Today, the House Republican leaders issued the following statement on Delegate Don Dwyer’s DUI Charge:
“We are deeply troubled by the latest reports charging Delegate Don Dwyer with a DUI. We are grateful that the police were able to intervene before anyone was harmed. We urge Delegate Dwyer to seek treatment immediately.”

Democrat Majority Leader Kumar Barve busted for DUI after leaving Maryland Municipal League function held at Gaithersburg bar ‘Growlers’

The drunk driving problem among Maryland legislators is a bi-partisan crime….Maryland Majority Leader Kumar Barve was busted for DWI in 2007 and then had a Gaithersburg cop drive him home following his arrest!  Majority  Leader Barve was also revealed by a news report in 2008 to be taking advantage of an illegal tax dodge, the homestead act, on a home in which he did not live.

An Anne Arundel County Police spokesman says that Dwyer, the  55-year-old Annapolis resident who represents Maryland’s 31st District in the  House of Delegates, was taken into custody early Tuesday morning on Route 100  near Edwin Raynor Boulevard in Pasadena.

Authorities say that a patrol officer spotted Dwyer’s car, which bears House  of Delegates tags, driving erratically Route 100 just before 12:45 a.m.

After he was pulled over, the Delegate failed each of the three sobriety  tests he was given. Dwyer told the arresting officer that he was going home from  a bar in Baltimore and had earlier consumed two beers.

Dwyer was sentenced in May to 30 days in jail several months after he crashed  his boat last Aug. 22. Nine  people, including several children, were seriously injured in the crash.

The Delegate admitted the next day ….MORE

Rogas Perez, left, charged with DUI; right, veteran DUI driver Ruben Aguilar, 33, is charged with enhanced felony DUI

From Boise Weekly

A Boise man is behind bars charged with drunk driving after police said he drove the wrong way down several one-way streets.

Early this morning, a Boise Police officer said he witnessed a suspect driving down the wrong way on Main Street. When the officer approached the vehicle, the driver took off, this time driving the wrong way on Capitol Boulevard. As police pursued the suspect, he also drove the wrong way on Ninth Street. Police said the suspect’s vehicle accelerated to approximately 70 mph. Police said the driver also drove the wrong way on Eighth Street and without any headlights on.

Ultimately, Boise Police said the car crashed onto a sidewalk, hitting a bike rack, bicycle and parked car.

When Police finally took the  ….MORE

Parker Lowell Ivey

Ride with a drunk driver, buy a ticket to your own funeral

From OANow.com

The driver in a fatal car accident Sunday morning was subsequently arrested and charged with driving under the influence, law enforcement reported.

On Monday morning, Capt. Van Jackson of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Parker Lowell Ivey, 22, of Montgomery, was taken into custody at the Lee County Detention Facility at 9:57 a.m. Sunday and charged with driving under the influence. Ivey subsequently bonded out at 10:27 a.m. on a $750 bond.

Ivey and Collier Ann Byers, ….MORE

Francis T. Roscioli Jr

From Morning Call

2013-08-20 —On Thursday, 21-year-old Francis T. Roscioli Jr. was in Northampton County Court facing a parole violation after he was allegedly caught drunk in June while driving the wrong way on a downtown Easton street.

On Sunday morning, Roscioli was back behind the wheel drunk, city police said, only this time he is accused of killing someone.

Passing another vehicle westbound on narrow Lehigh Drive about 2:10 a.m., Roscioli’s SUV fatally hit 35-year-old Abraham Rivera of West Easton, a pedestrian who was walking on the shoulder of the other side of road, police said.

Charges against Roscioli, of Wilson, are pending toxicology tests but are expected to be filed this week, said police Lt. John Remaley. Roscioli is believed to have been drinking at a downtown Easton nightclub, and showed signs of intoxication after officers arrived at the scene, Remaley said.

Just four days before, Roscioli had appeared before interim Northampton County Court Administrator Jill Cicero for a hearing on whether he had violated his parole from jail on a 2012 assault conviction. In legal paperwork filed in July, his parole officer cited the previous month’s drunken-driving charges and Roscioli’s failure to stay away from drugs and alcohol, court records show.

Cicero concluded Roscioli was a parole violator, but allowed him to remain free ….MORE