Alcohol
Rams cornerback pleads guilty to reckless driving
St. Louis Rams cornerback Trumaine Johnson has pleaded guilty to reduced charges of reckless driving and refusing a breath test and received a 90-day suspended jail sentence. A drunken driving charge filed in March was dropped as part of a plea agreement with Missoula prosecutors that requires the former University ...
Excerpts of recent South Dakota editorials
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, May 11, 2013 Use creativity to attract events Visitors to Sioux Falls in the coming months and years will have more hotels to choose from and more entertainment options with Sanford's new sports complex and the city's events center, currently under construction near the Arena. Those ...
Pa. woman to trial in DUI crash that killed friend
A northwestern Pennsylvania woman must stand trial in a crash off a bridge that killed her friend after both had been drinking at a bar. The defense attorney for 21-year-old Emily Schultz, of Port Allegany, argued at a preliminary hearing that the most serious charges against his client should be ...
Victims of '88 DUI bus crash in Ky. remembered
Quinton Higgins lost his best friend when the church bus he was riding in 25 years ago was turned into a fireball by a drunken driver on a Kentucky road, in what remains the nation's deadliest alcohol-related highway crash. In the town that still grieves for the 27 who perished, ...
Police: driving dad hid beer cans in diaper bag
Glendale police say a dad suspected of drunk driving with two kids in the car had hidden empty beer cans in a diaper bag. The Los Angeles Times reports Tuesday (http://lat.ms/ZZ1U1C ) that 31-year-old Juan Peralta told officers who pulled him over that he was trying to rush his daughters, ...
WSU hops researchers take turn at Calif. brewery
Washington State University researchers who focus on production of hops in the state are turning more of their attention to the final product: beer. Two WSU scientists spent three days in March learning brewing techniques from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in Chico, Calif., one of the early craft breweries to ...
Senate committee OKs tougher impaired driving law
A Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to make changes to the state's impaired driving laws, including making driving under the influence a felony on the fourth conviction, rather than the current law that has it at five within 10 years. The legislation was sparked by recent fatal accidents ...
Wisconsin Assembly passes drunken driving bills
Bars and liquor stores could sue underage patrons and judges would have to send repeat drunken drivers to prison under a pair of bills the state Assembly overwhelmingly approved Tuesday in another attempt to rein in excessive drinking in Wisconsin. Rep. Andre Jacque, R-DePere, introduced a bill in March that ...
Lawmaker's attorney appeals 30-day jail sentence
A Maryland lawmaker involved in a boating crash that injured several people was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Tuesday for operating a motorboat under the influence of alcohol, but his attorney has appealed the case to a higher court. David Fischer appealed Anne Arundel District Court Judge Robert ...
MA bishop loses license after refusing breath test
The leader of Worcester's Roman Catholic diocese has lost his license for six months after admitting he refused a chemical breath test, but his lawyer says a separate drunken driving charge will be dismissed. An attorney for Bishop Robert McManus tells WJAR-TV (http://bit.ly/13YW2ca ) the DUI charge is being dropped ...
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