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Victor Ortiz arrested for DUI

October 5, 2016

“I appreciate everything that’s been done for me. After a difficult start, I’ve just followed my dreams” Victor Ortiz WBC Welterweight Champ Victor Ortiz hits the headlines again, but neither for gaining a victory in the boxing ring nor for acting in a new film. According to TMZ Sports, Ortiz was pulled over by the police due to expired registration tags on his BMW at around 7 p.m. on Saturday.  After the stop, a police officer detected that the former “Dancing With the Stars” celebrity and a boxer was in a state of alcoholic intoxication. Then the boxer/actor allegedly failed the field sobriety tests, got himself arrested for a DUI, and now faces DUI charges. At the time of this […]

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IID usage around California as a way to prevent DUI’s

Over the past 30 years, drunk driving caused more than 1 million injuries and 50 thousand fatal incidents, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving data. For California this problem is very urgent, because the number of DUI crashes in California may increase. An effective way to fight driving under the influence is ignition interlock device. Interlock Ignition Device (IID) is currently mandated in 4 California counties after a DUI conviction. The legislature believes that the IID usage is necessary to use in all California counties. The current law implements IID after a DUI only in 4 California counties – Los Angeles, Tulare, Alameda, and Sacramento. In these counties drivers convicted of DUI must install ignition interlock device in their cars. […]

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Los Angeles Rams safety TJ McDonald faces DUI charges

September 24, 2016

T.J. McDonald, an American football safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League, was charged with a non-alcohol-related DUI in September. Last Friday, just after the Rams finished their training session, LA Prosecutor’s Office officially announced that they are filing charges against McDonald. The decision is tied to his arrest earlier this year in May when the car he was driving collided with a parked vehicle in the 22900 block of Gershwin Drive, Woodland Hills area, Los Angeles. Mr. McDonald didn’t flee the scene of the accident and waited for the police to arrive. Officers questioned him at the location of the accident and took him to the police station. After completing the investigation, law enforcement officers […]

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Suspected Drunk Driver Crashes in Hollywood, Los Angeles

September 23, 2016

California has a very unique museum that officially was opened in 2016. The Museum of Broken Relationships was founded by an artist of Croatian decent who went through a painful breakup. The Museum is dedicated to failed love relations and it features some personal objects donated by former lovers, accompanied by descriptions. Museum website reads: “The Museum offers a chance to overcome an emotional collapse through creation: by contributing to the Museum’s collection”. Probably a break-up of love affairs motivated a DUI suspected woman to “contribute” her car to the Museum of Broken Relationships in Los Angeles, California on Monday. It was reported that the alleged drunk driver, a 30 years old woman, hit two pedestrian with her black Audi […]

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Field Sobriety Tests approved brand new marijuana breathalyzer

September 21, 2016

State officials and prosecutors are highly concerned about drugged drivers on the road. The more impaired is the driver who chooses to drive a vehicle in an impaired condition, the harsher the punishments. For law enforcement, there is one unsolved problem. The on the road chemical tests used by police now, which involve taking person’s saliva, blood or urine, are highly inaccurate and need to be taken to a lab that return results of an actual level of narcotic in blood many days after the suspected impairment. Hound Labs, Inc., a scientific device company, claims to have invented a revolutionary device which can rapidly track marijuana in breath of drivers. Hound Labs, Inc. stated that is developed a marijuana detection […]

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Will LAPD officers be sentenced for covering up DUI crash?

September 20, 2016

Earlier this month, two LAPD officers were charged with perjury and felony conspiracy for writing a false police report and protecting a drunk driver against possible prosecution. Both officers deny their implication in the wrongdoing. LAPD officers Rene Ponce and Irene Gomez were on duty on 26 October, 2014 when they were dispatched to a scene of a vehicle accident at the 3000 block of East Side Boulevard. The accident possibly involved a DUI driver that crashed into two parked cars. The officers chose not to carry out a sobriety test on the driver, as mandated by LAPD policy, or to conduct a drunk-driving investigation. Instead, they took the driver home and told him to get enough sleep, prosecutors stated. […]

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Sheriff’s deputy’s wife arrested for DUI and fatality

September 19, 2016

Yarenit Malihan, the wife of a local Sheriff’s Deputy, was taken into custody by the Californian Highway Patrol officials on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter after a collision that killed a 3-year- old boy in San Ramon on the Interstate freeway 680. According to the officers’ report the 39-years-old Yarenit Liliana Malihan of Pleasanton was driving an SUV and collided with a stalled Toyota Camry in San Ramon near the Bollinger Canyon exit on I-680 at about 6:20 p.m. Friday. The stalled car carried the Dunn family of three children and their mother. The Dunns parked the Camry on the side of the road because they ran out of gas. Two children: a girl, 1-year-old, and a boy, 11-years-old, […]

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Iman Shumpert arrested on suspicion of DUI

September 14, 2016

Two months later after winning an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers, shooting guard Iman Shumpert was arrested for suspicion of DUI, drug possession and lane violation. According to the incident report, Shumpert was pulled over on August 10, at about 11:30 p. m. after been observed weaving in and out of his driving lane and suspected of driving while intoxicated. Police alleged that Iman Shumpert had a small amount of drugs in his car. The police also allege that Mr. Shumpert acknowledged to the police that he had smoked marijuana prior to driving his rental car. Mr. Shumpert failed field sobriety tests and was arrested by the DUI investigating officers. Under California Vehicle Code 23152(e) a driver can be […]

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Court postponed Clinton’s DUI arraignment

September 12, 2016

Roger Clinton, the half-brother of former President Bill Clinton, was recently arrested for a DUI. Prior to the DUI, he had several brush ins with the law, including a 1985 he was accused of cocaine distribution and in 2001 he was convicted of misdemeanor reckless driving. During the latest incident, the police officers pulled over Roger Clinton for the suspicion of drunk driving. His attorney continued the arraignment to a different date. The court postponed the hearing of Roger Clinton’s case until October 6. He is facing charges of driving under the influence of alcohol. According to the Los Angeles County Superior Court records, the law enforcement officer from Redondo Beach arrested Mr. Clinton and suspected him of being under […]

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A DUI Arrest Can Occur Even if You Not Drunk

September 8, 2016

Most commonly, a person arrested for a DUI is arrested because he or she is under influence of drugs or alcohol. It is possible for the police to make an error and arrested someone who is not under influence of any drugs or alcohol. For example, lack of sleep, being careless or distracted while driving can result in a DUI arrest. Moreover, often, a driver who is negligent or sleepy can be very dangerous, even when he or she is sober. The law can punish drivers for negligent driving, although every instance is not specifically addressed by the legal system. If you fall asleep on the road or get distracted by a mobile phone, you can be found negligent by […]

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