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DUI Charge Filed in Rolling Meadows Crash That Killed 4, Including 6-Year-Old
A Bellwood man was allegedly driving under the influence when he crashed into a car in Rolling Meadows and killed all four occupants, including a 6-year-old boy.
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Former Red Sox, Yankees Star Johnny Damon Arrested on DUI Charge
Former All-Star baseball player Johnny Damon was arrested early Friday morning in Florida on suspicion of drunken driving and resisting arrest, court records show. Damon’s wife, Michelle Mangan-Damon, was also arrested by Windermere police, who’d pulled the couple over after noticing their SUV was weaving on the road about 1:23 a.m., officers said. Mangan-Damon was charged with hitting an...
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Former Ald. Proco ‘Joe' Moreno Reports to Jail after Violating Bond in Felony Case with DUI
A judge Thursday ordered former 1st Ward Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno to Cook County Jail for violating his bail in a pending felony case. Judge William Hooks revoked Moreno’s bond after prosecutors said the ex-alderman violated condition of his bond in an ongoing fraud case by picking up misdemeanor DUI charges last month, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. During a hearing,...
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Off-Duty Nevada Officer Dressed as Stormtrooper Stops Suspected Drunken Driver
An off-duty Nevada state trooper was dressed as a “Star Wars” stormtrooper when she stopped a suspected drunken driver who had entered a Las Vegas freeway driving in the wrong direction.
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One Woman's Fight To Change Drunk-Driving Laws
Sheila Lockwood says she never intended to be an activist. But the suburban Chicago mother was thrust into that role when her son Austin was killed in a drunk driving accident in Wisconsin two years ago. “Your life is turned upside down after a crash like this,” she said. “And the person who murdered your loved one just goes on…
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Man Charged with Reckless Homicide, DUI in Naperville Head-On Crash
A man is facing DUI and reckless homicide charges after a fatal wrong-way crash Saturday in west suburban Naperville. Frank P. Qualtier Jr., 54, was driving a silver Dodge Ram pickup west on Royce Road about 7:30 p.m. when it crossed into the eastbound lanes and hit a black Ford Fiesta head-on near Lisson Road, according to a statement from…
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Cop Charged With DUI in Fatal Crash Cleared to Drive Again
A Joliet cop charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence in a crash that killed a Berwyn police officer is free to legally drive again after a judge lifted a suspension of her license.
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One Mother's Crusade For States to Share Info on Drunk Driving
The email was enough to stop any seasoned reporter in his tracks. “My name is Sheila Lockwood,” it began. “On June 10, 2018, I was sentenced to life without my oldest son, Austin Lee Lockwood.” Austin Lockwood was just 23 years old when he volunteered to help a friend of a friend spruce up his cabin in upstate Wisconsin. That…
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Driver Charged With Aggravated DUI in Fatal Beach Park Crash: Sheriff's Office
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Juan C. Aguiar, 37, of Waukegan with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, aggravated driving under the influence of drugs (cocaine) and aggravated driving under the combined influence of alcohol and drugs. On May 12, 2019, around 2:30 a.m., Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the area of…
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Wild Bodycam Footage Shows Cop Allegedly Drunk Behind Wheel
Video shows a Colorado police officer in uniform and on duty, passed out in his car with a blood alcohol level of .45, authorities say. He was never charged with a crime. KUSA’s Noel Brennan reports.
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‘Pot Calling the Kettle Black': Rep. Gaetz Called Out for Bringing Up Hunter Biden's Past Substance Abuse
Impeachment debate surrounding the next amendment to be introduced quickly divulged into a tit-for-tat involving allegations of cocaine usage and driving under the influence charges....
...It began with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introducing an amendment to strike former Vice President Joe Biden from the articles of impeachment as the subject of an investigation Trump wanted Ukraine to launch and replace him...
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Elk Grove Village Man Gets 14 Years in Prison For 6th DUI Conviction
An Elk Grove Village man on parole is headed back to prison for his sixth DUI offense. Nazim Useni was sentenced to 14 years in prison Monday by Judge John Kinsella, according to a statement from the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office. A jury convicted Useni, 58, in September of felony aggravated DUI. The charge stemmed from a Jan. 28…
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Chicago-Area Man Faces Deportation as Daughter Battles Leukemia
A man is facing deportation following an arrest by Cicero police back in May after he was allegedly found sleeping inside his car alongside opened bottles of alcohol.
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Chicago-Area Man Faces Deportation as Daughter Battles Leukemia
A man is facing deportation following an arrest by Cicero police back in May after he was allegedly found sleeping inside his car alongside opened bottles of alcohol.
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Actor Michael Madsen Pleads No Contest to DUI
Michael Madsen has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor drunken driving after crashing his SUV into a pole in Malibu in March.
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South Carolina Woman Stopped for Driving Drunk on a Toy Truck, Police Say
A South Carolina woman who police say was driving drunk will not be cited with a DUI because her vehicle of choice was a toy truck. News outlets quote police as saying that instead they charged 25-year-old Megan Holman with public intoxication. They say they spotted her cruising down the road in a Power Wheels electric toy truck after a...
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Vince Vaughn Convicted of Reckless Driving for DUI Arrest
Actor Vince Vaughn has been convicted of reckless driving after his arrest for failing a drunken driving test last year. An attorney for the 49-year-old “Wedding Crashers” star entered a no contest plea to the misdemeanor count Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Vaughn was arrested June 10 at a sobriety checkpoint in the upscale community of Manhattan Beach.
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Trivago Hotel Website Actor Arrested in Texas on DWI Charge
An actor and spokesman for the discount hotel website Trivago.com (tree-VAH’-goh) has been arrested in Texas on a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge. Court records show 52-year-old Timothy Williams was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Houston and freed on $100 bond. Houston police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said Friday that Williams was stopped in traffic and passed out with his foot on...
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Vince Vaughn Arrested on Suspicion of DUI in Manhattan Beach
Actor Vince Vaughn was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Manhattan Beach, police said Sunday.