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Senator's son keeps license after DWI arrest
The son of state Sen. Tati Santiesteban still has a driver's license despite being arrested for the fifth time for drunken driving. Ricardo Santiesteban's court records show his first driving-while-intoxicated charge was dismissed. He pleaded guilty to the second DWI charge and was sentenced to two years' probation. Prosecutors declined to
DWI Suspects Have Right to Seek Counsel
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled yesterday, for the first time, that drunk-driving suspects must be given a "reasonable opportunity" to contact a lawyer, if they request one, before submitting to a chemical sobriety test, or a Breathalyzer test. Source : pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Top att'y victim of 'nude dwi'
October 20, 2006 -- The man fatally run over by a ranting, naked female driver was a Staten Island prosecutor-turned-defense-lawyer, her alded for taking on hard-luck cases pro bono, authorities said yesterday. Larry Simon, 41, had also been a key lawyer in two notorious criminal cases. In 2004, Simon represented
Mitchell Arrested for DWI 1st Under New NFL Drunk Driving Policy
As a first-time offender under the NFL's new drunk driving policy, he faces a possible four-game suspension. He is the first player arrested since the policy was announced, and an NFL spokesman emphasized yesterday that punishment will be on a case-by-case basis after the legal proceedings. [Brian Mitchell] probably won't
Deaths linked to drivers not prosecuted in DWI cases Man involved in fatal crash last weekend has history of arrests
WHARTON, Texas -- Several people arrested but never prosecuted on drunken-driving charges in Wharton County have been involved in accidents that killed five people since May, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The Victoria Advocate said the latest victim was Melissa Jeanne Chambers, 19, who died Sunday from injuries suffered in a traffic
Deadlock Ends On Tightening D.W.I. Laws
The Senate majority leader said today that his chamber would pass an Assembly bill that tightened the definition of drunkenness, breaking a deadlock that had cost the state tens of millions in federal highway subsidies and assuring that the state's drunken-driving laws would become tougher before the end of the
Dwi Laws Likely To Get A Big Overhaul
General Assembly leaders agreed on a far-reaching overhaul of North Carolina's DWI laws Tuesday that limits judges' discretion and imposes tougher penalties for cases that result in fatal accidents. The bill also would requires merchants to keep records on keg sales and would make it illegal for anyone younger than
A Proposal: Depoliticize Stop-Dwi
Niagara County Legislature Chairman Sean J. O'Connor wants to remove the politics from the position of STOP-DWI coordinator. The Niagara Falls Democrat said Tuesday that he intends to have what has always been a patronage job assigned to a current sheriff's department employee. Although the job would remain a personal appointment
Officers Honored For DWI Arrests
Honored were Officer Jeffrey Hamilton, who made 78 DWI arrests last year; Officer George Steffey, 64 arrests; Pfc. Thomas Sobolewski, 57; Sgt. Theresa Chambers, 50; Cpl. Bruce Lewis, 49; Cpl. Calvin Moody, 31; Pfc. Peter Ruffin, 28; Cpl. Robert Eyre, 27; Cpl. David Dennison, 27; Pfc. Reginald Fenner, 26; Officer
Accident results in DWI charge
WESTMORELAND - Taberg One man was injured and with DWI in an automobile accident early this morning on Highway 233, according to the Oneida County Sheriff's Office. The accident occurred, as 18 years, Timothy W. Harrington II lost control of his pick-up truck, "said MP. Harrington's vehicle left the road,