Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Redskins Cornerback Byron Westbrook Charged with DUI »
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- Charles county sheriff’s deputy on early Friday seen Washington Redskins cornerback Byron Westbrook driving unsteadily on the state highway in Waldorf, and he was arrested then and was charged on DUI.
The Department spokeswoman Diane Richardson told that 25 years old Westbrook who lives in Herndon was driving a gray Mercedes on Route 5 near Lakewood Place before 2 a.m. when deputy seen his car which was crossing the lane marker so many times, then Westbrook was stopped he was alone in the car, the deputy detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage in the vehicle.
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Grants for More DUI Checkpoints »
The California Office of the Traffic Safety had declared 2010 “Year of the Checkpoint”. The issued grants will be used for more checkpoints than ever before. A recent watchdog report shows that these checkpoints are making millions of dollars in towing fees and police fees and so many arrests of unlicensed and suspended drivers are made also.
A police officer told that these checkpoints are not working as money generator and we get a small percentage of the tow as an administrative cost and that is so small.
In last 2 years Palm Springs had been given over $300,000 from the federal government in order to make more checkpoints. That’s why in 2009 Palm Springs held eight more checkpoints and that resulted 22 DUI arrests.
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Teen Charged For DUI After Crashing Car Into a Home »
A 17 years old teen was arrested for crashing car into a Washington Road House in late December. The teen driver who is Cromwell resident was arrested this week and was charged with drunken driving under the age of 21 years and reckless driving.
Police haven’t given the name of young man because of his age, they told that he was under the influence of alcohol and unspecified drugs also at the time when he crashed the vehicle into the house on the night of Dec. 29.
He was driving 1999 model four door Cadillac Coupe de Ville and was moving north on Washington Road when he lost the control on the car and crashed that into a home at 11:08 p.m.
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Penalties Increase for DUI in Delaware »
DUI penalties in Delaware are made more strict, the convicted drivers will face double fines and the repeat offenders can be given 15 years imprisonment sentence.
Governor of Delaware had signed the law legislation. According this new amendment in the DUI penalties the fines for first DUI offense will increase almost double, before it was $230 now it will be $500, and for repeat offenders the fine will be $15,000 and there can be jail sentence of 15 years also.
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Ignition Interlock Bill in Kentucky »
On Tuesday, a House committee has passed a bill for DUI conviction. According to that bill the DUI convicted people might have to pass a Breathalyzer test each time they start their vehicle.
This House Bill 58 will allow the judge to order for a breath alcohol-monitoring device for a person’s first DUI conviction. This ignition interlock device requires a person to go under a breath test before starting the vehicle; if the person will be too dunk to drive then the car will not start.
Democratic Rep. Dennis who had sponsored this bill told that the person who will be charged for this penalty would pay $2 to $3 a day for the device and that can continue for up to a year.
Keene said that he is sponsoring this bill because his daughter was injured by a drunk driver in 2002 and she have to go under three operations. He said that cost is not the issue if they can buy liquor then $3 a day is nothing, its almost equal to the cost of a beer in a bar.
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Top Ten Drunkest Cities In United States »
The list of top ten drunkest cities in America has been released. This list is compiled by various available DUI/DWI statistics, alcohol related car accidents, and breath rates from alcoholic live disease.
In the top ten, California and Arizona cities are cracked to top. Number one city on list is Fresno, California. California is having several cities in top ten list. But in the list there is no city of northeast states which are having trouble with alcohol.
Here is the list of top ten drunkest cities in United States:
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Fresno, California
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Reno, Nevada
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Billings, Montana
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Riverside, California Click here to read more »
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Useful Tips For Super Bowl DUI Checkpoints »
Police had made plan across the country for DUI enforcement on most celebrated adult holiday of the year the Super Bowl Sunday. All states police are planning and announcing DUI checkpoints and putting extra police force on the road. Police officers will be looking for signs of impairment and they are given orders to pull over a vehicle for a minor traffic infraction. Violating signals, having expired driving tags on vehicle or reckless driving are all the major reasons that makes an officer to pull over a car this Sunday.
Some people will be looking for alternate routes to avoid the police checkpoints and it’s not illegal to take a different route. Police checkpoints are typically publicized. But that will not be good for you if you will abruptly change direction while in line of a checkpoint. If you will do so then you will invite police to pull you out from your vehicle.
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New Arizona DUI Law For Ignition Interlock Violators »
The Arizona Legislature is working hard this year to make DUI Laws little hard and tough. In proposed series of articles this is the first one on which discussion is going on that how it will impact the prosecution and defense of the drunk driving in Arizona.
One thing is for sure that Arizona DUI law is already strict about the jail punishment time as compare to other states in Unites States. For example in some states don’t mandate the jail time on first DUI offense while in Arizona for first offense the offender must be sentenced up to 45 days in jail if his/her blood alcohol concentration is 0.20 percent or above.
Arizona Senate Bill 1069, in the latest legislation will be having several more things. Major part of bill is about future articles. For the purpose of this article, we take look that how the impact of law will be on DUI convicted people.
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The Heroes Star Adrian Pasdar Arrested For DUI »
Though I never seen any episode of the TV serial Heroes but there are so many who have seen this TV serial. The Heroes actor Adrian Pasdar was arrested for DUI in California on the 405.
According to the police report he was pulled over just before 3:00 a.m. in Los Angeles when he was driving his Ford F – 150 at the speed of 94 mph and taking up two lanes of freeway. After taking his field sobriety test he was then arrested and was sent to jail.
That is not unusual that another celebrity gone behind the bars for DUI, while in fact there are thousands of Americans who do exactly same thing every night. So only celebrities can’t be blamed for that alone.
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Cincinnati Bengal Star Arrested for DUI »
Rey Maualuga the line backer in Bengals team was arrested for DUI and careless driving on Thursday in Kentucky. In his statement which he given to the police he told that he had consumed six Captain and Coke drinks in the night and in the early hours of the morning he crashed his Pontiac into two parked cars.
Before in 2009 Maualuga broken his ankle and he was placed on injured reserve now this incident will add some more problems in his career. Police told that Maualuga’s blood alcohol level at the time arrest was 0.157, which is almost double than the legal limit in Kentucky.
About this incident the reactions of Bengals and the NFL Commissioner are still unknown. While Maualuga was having a clean career record in USC unlike other many young players. Fortunately the NFL Commissioner is having hands full recently with the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl in coming weeks.
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