Four Johnston County defense attorneys and a former court clerk pleaded guilty Monday to illegally dismissing traffic cases, including citations for driving while impaired.
Chad Lee and Lee Hatch both pleaded guilty to 10 counts each of felony obstruction of justice and altering official case records and one count of criminal conspiracy. Lee was sentenced to at least four years in prison, while Hatch received a prison sentence of at least 3½ years.
The doctor's blood alcohol level was reported to be 0.19 almost two and a half times the legal limit. Another example of why drinking and driving is so deadly. Is it really worth spending the rest of your life in jail when you end up killing someone else? Most alcohol impaired drivers actually seem to live through accidents, which is interesting, maybe it's God's way of saying you deserve to spend eternity in Hell. He was charged with second degree murder.
Police say Lilli Manis, 17, and her boyfriend Philip Jurov, 17, were driving along Glenwood Avenue, headed back toward Durham after seeing a 2 a.m. showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, when police say a drunk driver sped through a red light at Lynn Road, hitting them. Justin Crouse, 19, had been drinking when he ran a red light and slammed into Lilli and Philip. Lilli was killed and Philip was seriously hurt and is still in the hospital, Crouse wasn't seriously hurt.
College students who admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol rose from about 26 to 29 percent, according to the article released today. Binge drinking among American college students is increasing, along with its consequences of drunk driving and drinking-related deaths, U.S. health officials report. The full article can be read on Yahoo! "At U.S. Colleges, Binge Drinking Is on the Rise" One interesting part was 100,000 sexual assaults occur each year that are linked to college drinking. That number in itself is truely astonishing.
18 year old teenager throws several people from his truck when the truck rolled over, three were injured, one critically injured. Teenager blew a 0.08, though he is underage and the legal limit does NOT apply to him. The News & Oserver has more about the truck wreck.
Reportedly Stallworth had a BAC of 0.14. The likely charge for him will be DUI Manslaughter, a class 2 felony in Florida that carries a 15-year maximum jail term. If prosecutors opt for this, no matter what happens, a conviction would mean some time for Stallworth, ending his career, and eating up much of his life.
According to the DWI Resource Center, It was the man's sixth DWI arrest. He had been found guilty of four of five previous drunken driving charges. The 31 year old man was stopped on Interstate 40 and blamed his poor driving on his passenger spilling his beer. He was arrested on aggravated drunken driving charges, court records said.
37-year-old Mark Douglas is charged with his fifth DUI. Apparently he just doesn't learn from his mistakes.
As if we didn't have enough stories about DUI's, DWI's, deaths, and accidents. This latest story about a man who crashed his car into into a highway message board on I-95. His blood alcohol level was SIX TIMES the legal limit. He obviously had blacked out and had no idea he was even driving. It is amazing that he didn't kill someone else, himself, or die from alcohol poisoning. 34-year-old Stanley Kobierowski was arrested and charged appropriately.
Deadly DUI Gets Woman Murder Charge in Alabama
A woman has been charged with murder for causing a multi-car pileup while intoxicated. Mickey Sheffield was driving the wrong way on an Alabama highway when she hit another vehicle, which then ricocheted off a semi truck and landed on the motorcycle on which the victim was a passenger. Several others were injured in the accident. (from duifyi.com)
Major League Baseball player Leyritz charged with DUI manslaughter after killing 30-year-old woman.
Leyritz faces charges of DUI manslaughter and DUI property damage. His BAC was later determined to be almost double the legal limit. Leyritz was driving a Ford Expedition when he collided at an intersection with another female driver.
The female was ejected from the car, police said. She died at Broward General Medical Center, Collins said. Witnesses told police Leyritz had a red light. Leyritz was told the female had died and he was asked to submit to a blood test, which he refused. Blood was taken anyways.
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