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 […]
Field Trip Ends With School Bus Driver Being Arrested For DUI
A school bus driver who ran a red light, hit a pole and had bloodshot eyes was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs. Police were alerted to the school bus driver by a chaperone who was on the bus with 15 Pittsburgh high school students during a field trip. The bus […]
Drunk Driver Suspected In Seven-Car Crash In Rockledge, Florida This Morning
Officers in Rockledge, Florida suspect a drunk driver may have caused a seven-car crash in the town outside of Orlando. According to Florida Today, officers believe the car accident is DUI related. At least two people were taken to the hospital due to injuries suffered in the collision. The accident took place around 8:30 a.m. at the […]
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 […]
Same DUI, Different Rules? Seems So If You Are A Federal Prosecutor.
A federal prosecutor in Rhode Island had drunk driving charges against him dismissed by a judge on Monday according to the Associated Press. A lawyer for the city of Warwick asked that the charges be dropped against Gerard Sullivan, an Assistant U.S. Attorney. Sullivan was not initially charged with DUI following a Thanksgiving weekend stop. […]
St. Petersburg Man Crashes Into Police Car While Driving Drunk
Pinellas Park police are reporting a St. Petersburg man crashed into one of their police cruisers while driving drunk Wednesday evening. According to Bay News 9, Steven Jason Roberts, ran into the police car and then left the scene of the accident. He was later apprehended after abandoning his Jeep Cherokee and fleeing the scene of […]
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 […]
