Alcohol can change a person’s personality, at times making them silly and giddy, and at other times can make them verbally and sometimes physically abusive. Police have to deal with drunken drivers in all kinds …
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Officer Implicated in DUI Accident
Police officers, like all of us, like to relax and cut loose after a hard day on the job. For many, cutting loose includes the consumption of alcohol. When it comes to such things, police …
Crash That Killed Marine Leads To Guilty Plea
U.S. soldiers, not matter the branch they serve, are paid to place their lives on the line, often in foreign countries. However, many who survive their tours of duty come home, only to have an …
Fatal Methadone DUI Leads To 14 Year Sentence
Methadone is a prescription medication meant to wean people off of the drug heroin and to help curb withdrawals. One possible side effect of methadone is drowsiness and weakness. Driving while intoxicated, even on a …
Officer Avoids Penalty in DUI Falsification Case
Police are often the first to investigate and test drivers to see if they are diving under the influence. Like many of us, when quitting time comes, we often just want to go home. Getting …
MADD Holds Awareness Walk in Bakersfield
Since 1980, the advocacy group Mothers Against Drunk Driving has held the goal of reducing deaths related to drunk driving. They have been largely successful, reducing the numbers of fatalities attributed to DUI by nearly …
Santa Monica Police Conducting Checkpoint Today
To those who are sober and just wanting to get home or get to whatever their destination, a DUI checkpoint can be a pain. Yet, studies show that well-publicized DUI checkpoints can reduce drunk driving …
Riverside Accident Linked to DUI and Street Racing
Drivers are constantly using several senses and thought processes each time that they get behind the wheel. Reaction speed, coordination, concentration, comprehension, and vision are just a few of the processes that drivers use daily. …
Man Pleads Nolo in Fatal Firefighter Crash
According to the Centers for Disease Control, about one in three fatal accidents in the United States involves a drunk driver. In California, between 2003 – 2012, 10,327 people were killed in accidents involving drunk …
Prescription Opiods Lead To Prison Sentence for DUI Rider
You do not have to be under the influence of alcohol or an illegal drug to be charged with DUI. You can be under the influence of a legally prescribed medication and be charged …