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Cinco de Mayo - Amigos Don’t Let Amigos Drive Drunk!

May 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Enjoy those margaritas senioritas… but please appoint a designated driver!  Avoid not only the tragedies that result from drinking and driving, but also the DUI checkpoints.  Police will be hosting random DUI checkpoints throughout the nation to catch and deter intoxicated drivers. 
On Cinco de Mayo, a lot of us who normally do not drink tequila, [...]

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Sandra Bullock unhurt after suspected drunk driver hits car

April 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) _ Sandra Bullock and her husband were unhurt after a head-on crash with a drunken driver, police said Saturday.
The actress and her husband, Jesse James of TV’s ”Monster Garage,” were being driven in a sport-utility vehicle Friday night when a station wagon crossed the center line and hit them, said Gloucester police [...]

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De Mornay Gets 3 Years’ Probation on DUI

February 6th, 2008 · No Comments

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ Rebecca De Mornay must serve three years’ probation after a no contest plea was entered on her behalf to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge H. Chester Horn also ordered the 48-year-old actress to complete a three-month program for DUI offenders and pay $350 plus unspecified penalties.
Defense [...]

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Giants Backup Sent Home After Arrest

February 1st, 2008 · No Comments

PHOENIX (AP) _ New York Giants backup defensive end AdrianAwasom was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving by Arizona state police early Friday.
An officer with the Arizona Department of Public Safety stopped Awasom’s vehicle at about 3 a.m. Friday on Interstate 10 in Phoenix, said Sgt. Tim Mason.
Blood test results aren’t yet available, Mason said, [...]

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Judge Sentences Rhymes to Probation

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

NEW YORK (AP) _ A Manhattan judge sentenced Busta Rhymes to three years’ probation and 10 days of community service Wednesday for assaulting his former driver and a fan.
The 35-year-old rapper was also fined $1,250, plus court costs, for driving while intoxicated and with a suspended license.
He pleaded guilty to the charges _ related to [...]

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Lohan to Visit Morgue As Punishment

January 21st, 2008 · No Comments

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Lindsay Lohan is about to see dead people.
In June, the 21-year-old actress will visit a morgue as part of her punishment for misdemeanor drunken driving.
”She’s gonna see bodies. We’ll have anywhere from 20 to 25 people in the class and she’s treated like any other individual,” Los Angeles County Coroner’s Assistant [...]

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‘Lost’ Star Kim Arraigned in DUI Case

December 4th, 2007 · No Comments

By MARK NIESSE Associated Press Writer
HONOLULU (AP) _ ABC’s ”Lost” star Daniel Dae Kim entered an initial plea of not guilty to a drunken driving charge Friday.
Kim, 39, who plays Jin-Soo Kwon on the TV show, was arrested Oct. 25 when a Honolulu police officer spotted him driving erratically.
His driver’s license was revoked Nov. 16 [...]

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La Russa Pleads Guilty to DUI

December 4th, 2007 · No Comments

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa pleaded guilty to driving under the influence Wednesday, eight months after police found him asleep inside his running sport utility vehicle at a stop light and smelling of alcohol.
La Russa said he had decided to plead guilty to the misdemeanor because it [...]

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Mike Tyson Sentenced on Drug Charge

November 19th, 2007 · No Comments

By CHRIS KAHN Associated Press Writer
MESA, Ariz. (AP) _ Mike Tyson was sentenced Monday to 24 hours in jail and three years’ probation for drug possession and driving under the influence.
The former heavyweight champion had pleaded guilty in September to a single felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor DUI count.
Tyson had faced a [...]

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Former NY Rep Pleads Guilty to DWI

November 15th, 2007 · No Comments

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (AP) _ Former U.S. Rep. John Sweeney pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated under a deal that will spare him any jail time.
Sweeney, a Republican from upstate New York, apologized after the plea Wednesday.
”One to the court for burdening it with this matter; two, to the general public for creating a risk [...]

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