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• Brooklyn Man Faces Number Of Charges For Fatal Drunk Driving Crash
  According to police, Steven Calandrillo, 25, slammed his car into a woman standing on the sidewalk at the corner of Shore Parkway and Bragg Street in Sheepshead Bay around 2 a.m. on Saturday. […]
• Alcohol program head pleads guilty
  Alcohol program head pleads guilty Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 9:44 pm, Thursday, June 13, 2013 The head of a Saratoga County alcohol and drug abuse prevention program was arrested for drunk driving in March. In a statement on its Facebook pa […]
• Morristown, Morris Township officers awarded for drunk driving enforcement
  Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) recognized police officers from Morristown and Morris Township for their driving while intoxicated (DWI) enforcement last Thursday during the group’s annual Law En […]
• Township of Washington Police host drunk driving awareness program
  Township of Washington – Students at Westwood Regional High School were able to witness firsthand the legal implications of driving while intoxicated during a program held on Friday morning. […]
• El Paso man arrested on suspicion of drunk driving
  A man was arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and possession of methamphetamine. […]
• Diageo Congratulates New York Governor for Successful Initiative to Keep Repeat DWI Offenders off the Road
  NORWALK, Conn., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As the summer road travel season begins, Diageo reaffirmed the company's zero tolerance policy regarding drunk driving by congratulating New York Governor Andrew ... […]
• Fatal Vision Goggles Help Students See Dangers of Drunk Driving
  Fatal Vision Goggles gave Maine-Endwell students a new perspective on the dangers of drinking and driving. The goggles help simulate the effects drugs and alcohol have on the ability to drive. And to show the dangers of distracted driving, students took a challenge which made them to place items in order by shape and color, count backwards from one hundred, […]
• Would Lowering The Drunk Driving Threshold Help?
  The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended reducing the legal limit for blood alcohol content for drivers from .08 to .05. Critics say it won't significantly help prevent drunken driving. Guest LZ Granderson argues that without more checkpoints, a lower threshold would do nothing. […]
• Would Lowering The Drunk Driving Threshold Make Us Safer?
  The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended reducing the legal limit for blood alcohol content for drivers from .08 to .05. Critics say it won't significantly help prevent drunken driving. Guest LZ Granderson argues that without more checkpoints, a lower threshold would do nothing. […]
• Mother of DWI victim says lower blood-alcohol limit to .05
  Gloria Rios lost her daugther in a drunk driving accident, so she's fighting for San Antonio to follow a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation to lower the legal limit from .08 to .05. "I miss her. I really miss her. I love her so much," Gloria Rios said. There's not a moment that goes by that Rios doesn't think about h […]

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• Indio: Teen driver arrested on suspicion of DUI after plowing into parked car - Southwest Riverside News Network
  Southwest Riverside News NetworkIndio: Teen driver arrested on suspicion of DUI after plowing into parked carSouthwest Riverside News Network“During the investigation, it was determined that the 17-year-old male showed signs of driving while impaired with alcohol and/or drugs,” Sgt. Vasquez said. The teen was arrested and later released to his parents. Charg […]
• Vernon dad arrested for providing pot, alcohol to teen daughter's party - Today's TMJ4
  Vernon dad arrested for providing pot, alcohol to teen daughter's partyToday's TMJ4VERNON - A father was arrested after allegedly providing alcohol to his 15-year-old daughter and her friends during a party. Brian Gumieny was charged in Waukesha County on June 11 for delivering marijuana to minors, bail jumping, and contributing to ...and more » […]
• Student on drugs sentenced to jail in Dubai - gulfnews.com
  Student on drugs sentenced to jail in Dubaigulfnews.comThe Dubai Court of First Instance sentenced him to four years in jail for possessing and consuming narcotics, driving a car under the influence of drugs and causing an accident. Presiding Judge Mohammad Jamal also fined the defendant Dh10,000 for ...and more » […]
• Recipe for disaster, police charge teen with dangerous driving - The Guardian Charlottetown
  Recipe for disaster, police charge teen with dangerous drivingThe Guardian CharlottetownPolice arrested the 17-year-old male driver, who held a stage two graduated drivers license, for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle. There were five other ... Another passenger was ticketed for having open alcohol in the car. The teenage driver ... […]
• Law Student Pleads Guilty To Drunk Driving Crash That Injured 2-Year-Old Girl - KHQ Right Now
  Law Student Pleads Guilty To Drunk Driving Crash That Injured 2-Year-Old GirlKHQ Right NowThe suspect, identified as 22 year-old Timmy N. Nguyen of Spokane, did not want to answer questions and kept asking if he was under arrest, as he was a Gonzaga law student. Through the deputies' investigation, Nguyen was subsequently arrested for ...Law student ple […]
• K-State student receives 2 months' jail time for DUI fatalities - Topeka Capital Journal
  K-State student receives 2 months' jail time for DUI fatalitiesTopeka Capital JournalThe 24-year-old veterinary medicine student pleaded no contest in May to two counts of involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol. Theurer was driving a pickup truck that crashed into a car the morning of May 14, 2012.K-State Student Sentenced […]
• Teen arrested on drug charge - Chronicle-Tribune
  Teen arrested on drug chargeChronicle-TribunePosted: Monday, June 17, 2013 4:00 am. Teen arrested on drug charge By Mishele Wright mdwright@chronicle-tribune.com www.chronicle-tribune.com. A 17-year-old boy was arrested on a drug charge after fleeing from Marion Police Saturday afternoon. […]
• Boulder woman gets 60 days jail, probation for hitting CU student in DUI crash - The Daily Camera
  Boulder woman gets 60 days jail, probation for hitting CU student in DUI crashThe Daily CameraThe Boulder woman who pleaded guilty to clipping a food truck with her SUV, driving into a University of Colorado student eating lunch and then striking the church where she had planned to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was sentenced today to ... […]
• Mary Landrieu's Kid Arrested on DWI Charges - Roll Call
  Mary Landrieu's Kid Arrested on DWI ChargesRoll CallMary L. Landrieu, D-La., was arrested Thursday morning on charges of driving while intoxicated, hit-and-run driving and driving the wrong way on a one-way street in the French Quarter, as well as possession of an alcoholic beverage in the car and not ... […]
• Marshall County Man Arrested for Giving Alcohol to Minor - KTEN
  Marshall County Man Arrested for Giving Alcohol to MinorKTENMarshall County Man Arrested for Giving Alcohol to Minor. MARSHALL COUNTY, OK-- Investigators said a teen boy is in the hospital and a man in custody after he allegedly gave alcohol to a minor. Eddie Smith is in the Marshall County jail after ... […]

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