Paul Michael Parks turned himself in on charges of DUI manslaughter and two counts of driving under the influence with property damage or personal injury. Weaver was involved in a head-on collision that killed 47-year-old Karen Weaver on December 19. According to the Brandon News the Lithia man had a blood-alcohol level of 0.218 at […]
Orlando Lawmaker Proposes Bill To Battle Car Accidents Caused By Teenagers Drinking And Driving
According to a story on the website for BayNews9 an Orlando lawmaker is going to try and slow down the number of teenagers that are involved in drunk driving accidents by placing stiffer penalties on those who sell alcohol to minors. Orlando Rep. Scoot Randolph is proposing a bill that would punish anyone who sells […]
Florida Gator Carlos Dunlap Pleads Guilty To A DUI Charge In A Gainesville Courtroom, Gets Probation
Former Florida Gator defensive end Carlos Dunlap has pled guilty to DUI in a Gainesville court and received the minimum mandatory sentence according to a story at GatorSports.com. Dunlap’s drunk driving incident will land him on probation for one year and he will also face a six-month driver’s license suspension. On top of that there […]
Caught Driving Drunk And With A Suspended License, Florida Man Claims To Be His Twin Brother
Last week police thought they arrested Aaron Michael Cohen of Avon Park, Florida on DUI charges. The next day they discovered they had actually stopped Aaron’s twin brother for drunk driving. Now David Michael Cohen is facing more charges than just DUI. The 43-year-old has also been charged with passing a forged-altered document, altering a […]
Florida Man Who Admits To Taking Oxycodone And Sleeping Pills Is Charged With DUI
Marion County deputies have arrested a man on DUI charges after they found him asleep at the wheel of his car. Antonin Kanka reportedly told police he had taken Oxycodone and sleeping pills as reported on the website of WFTV. Deputies claim Kanka failed field sobriety tests at the scene of the arrest and once […]
Clearwater Man Sentenced To 15 Years In DUI Manslaughter After Killing Elderly Man On A Scooter
A Pinellas County judge has sentenced a Clearwater man to 15 years for a drunk driving accident that claimed the life of an elderly man crossing a street on a mobility scooter. Angus T. Davis III pled guilty to DUI manslaughter,which is second DUI conviction. He received his first DUI in 1992. The DUI manslaughter charges stem from […]
New Drunk Driving Laws Now Some Of The Toughest In The Nation
In a response to two tragic DUI crashes involving mothers and children, New York State enacted some of the nation’s toughest drunk driving laws this week. The bill in New York makes it an automatic felony to drive drunk with a child under 16 in the car. Violators will be subject to a sentence of up to […]
Florida Man Pleads Guilty To DUI Manslaughter And Gets 15 Years In Jail Plus Lifetime Driving Ban
A week after being arrested on charges of driving with a suspended license and carrying a bag of marijuana, Renee Rodriguez caused a fatal accident on a Lake Worth, Florida road. Now Rodriguez has plead guilty to DUI Manslaughter in that case and will spend the next 15 years in jail. He also had drivers […]
DUI Manslaughter Trial In South Florida Set To Begin
It has been more than three years since two young women were killed by a man police believe was a drunk driver. The state of Florida will try to prove that to a south Florida jury this week. The trial of Edwin Perez on the charge of DUI manslaughter gets under way in a West Palm […]
Intoxilyzer 8000 Under Fire Once Again In DUI Cases Inside Florida Courtrooms
The battle lines are being drawn for a crucial fight over breath tests in about 300 drunk driving cases in Palm Beach County. At the heart of the matter is the controversial Intoxilyzer 8000 breath test machine. The machine has already faced stiff legal challenges in courtrooms in Sarasota and Manatee counties which resulted in hundreds of […]
