Stephanie Labarga, the daughter of a Florida Supreme Court Justice, has been arrested on charges of DUI in Palm Beach County. The 23-year-old from Wellington had a blood alcohol content measuring twice the legal limit according to the Palm Beach Post. Officers report stopping her for speeding and noticing she had bloodshot eyes and smelled […]
DUI Arrest Turns Out To Be A Deputy Fire Chief In North Port
A 1:33 a.m. call to 911 ended up with a North Port deputy fire chief being arrested for DUI on I-75. David R. Quaderer was reportedly stopped for drunk driving in a vehicle that was issued by the department. According to the Sarasota Herald Tribune Quaderer’s vehicle was swerving and he eventually pulled into a […]
New Port Richey Man Arrested For First DUI Despite Driving Drunk For Past 20 Years
A New Port Richey man made quite the exclamation to police Saturday night. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers and the St. Pete Times Daniel Joseph Mahoney admitted to cops that he had never been caught driving drunk despite drinking and driving for the past 20 years. Well now he has. Mahoney was charged with […]
Gainesville Woman Charged With DUI After Hitting A Police Car And Then Leaving The Scene
Pasco detectives trekked to Troy, N.Y. to bring Deborah Terrero back to Florida to face charges of DUI, vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter. She is being held in Land O’Lakes jail and her bail was set at $450,000. TBO.com reports the woman’s arrest warrant states she was under the influence of alcohol or a controlled […]
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 […]
Sarasota Judge Selected To Lead The State’s DUI Adjudication Lab
There is no bigger hot spot for the issues surrounding breath tests in DUI cases than Sarasota, Florida. Defense Attorneys in this part of the state have had great success in having 100’s of breath tests excluded due to the Intoxilyzer machines utilized in the area. It has been very frustrating for prosecutors in these […]
No Second Chance For Those Convicted Of DUI In Intoxilyzer 5000 Cases
DUI defense attorneys in Sarasota and Manatee counties have been successful in getting hundreds of breath tests thrown out due to the unreliability of the Intoxilyzer 5000. The breath test machine has been used for two decades in Florida and the results from the machine helped to convict thousands of Florida driver’s charged with DUI. […]
Toyota Working On Device That Will Block Drunk Drivers From Starting Their Cars
Japanese car manufacturer Toyota announced that it was developing an anti-drunk driving system to install in vehicles that could possibly lock the ignition. That follows news that Nissan Motors is working on similar equipment. Both manufacturers are trying to capitalize on a trend in the U.S. where states are passing laws requiring this type of […]
