DUI News

Mississippi Woman to Serve 14 Years for DUI Causing Injury

Annetta Brown Stevenson has been sentenced to serve 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to DUI causing injury. Stevenson entered the plea Wednesday before Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Kathy King Jackson. Prosecutors say that on June 17, 2009, …

Ohio Councilman Arrested on 3rd DUI

Cleveland, Ohio police say they have arrested a city councilman for alleged drunken driving – his third DUI. A police statement says Councilman Zach Reed was arrested in downtown Cleveland about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday after running a red light and …

Idaho Senator Caught in DUI May Have to Get Ignition Lock

U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo will likely be required to install an ignition interlock device in his car to test his breath for alcohol as a result of his drunken driving arrest in Virginia. But that wouldn’t have been the case …

Illinois Woman Arrested for DUI After Drive-Through Stop

The late-night wait at a drive-through window apparently proved too much for a southwestern Illinois woman now accused of drunkenly passing out while waiting for her order. The Madison County Sheriff’s Department tells the Belleville News-Democrat that deputies found 53-year-old …

Truck Stuck in Arkansas Car Wash, Driver Cited for DUI

Forrest City, Ark., police charged a Moro man with drunken driving after he got his truck stuck in a carwash. Officers were summoned to the Splash Carwash on Friday afternoon after getting a report that a truck and trailer were …

Alaska Man Charged With Stealing 2 Vehicles

Anchorage police say a man has been charged with stealing two vehicles in the same night. Police say an officer stopped 22-year-old Adam Cornelison just before 11:30 Wednesday because he was driving a pickup truck with the headlights off. Cornelison …

Task Force Arrests 4,000 Suspected Drunk Drivers

The statewide DUI holiday task force has arrested more than 4,000 suspected drunk drivers in Arizona since Nov. 24. The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety said in a news release Sunday that 1,085 drivers have been arrested for extreme DUI …

DUI Death Lawsuit Leads to $15M Judgment

A woman who was killed with three others in a head-on collision four years ago this week had just left a Gulfport bar where, by most accounts, she was visibly drunk when the waitresses continued to serve her alcohol and …

Nevada City Attorney Facing DUI, Hit-Run Charges

Henderson’s city attorney told police she’d had “bottles” of wine and acknowledged she was intoxicated after crashing her vehicle into landscaping and a fire hydrant in the middle of the afternoon near a casino. A police report made public Tuesday …

West Virginia Jury Awards $2.69M in Fatal DUI Wreck

The families of four people killed in a fatal drunken driving accident have won a $2.69 million verdict in their lawsuit stemming from the crash. The Herald-Dispatch reports that a Wayne County Circuit Court jury ordered Bobby Lynn Frazier of …