February 2008
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This Week’s DWI Shorts →
Beer strapped in, but not girl, in Florida – Tina D. Williams was stopped after running a red light in St. Augustine, Florida. Police found a 24-pack of Busch beer strapped in with the passenger-side seat belt, and a 16-month old girl unrestrained in the back seat with toddler’s 20-year old mother. Williams refused to submit to a breath test, and she was charged with driving under the influence...
Drug Court Established to Combat Repeat New Mexico... →
Valencia County, New Mexico is establishing a DWI Drug Court to address the issue of repeat drunk drivers. A pilot program set to begin in March is designed to work with those who have at least two and less than five New Mexico DWI arrests. It will provide monitoring as well as treatment, with the goal of breaking a dangerous pattern.
Judges will refer offenders to the program, which is designed...
Suspect Goes to Trial for New York DWI Boating... →
Craig Cordes of Syracuse is scheduled to stand trial next April for DWI while boating. The 32-year old was operating a boat while drunk when he struck and killed an off-duty Virginia police officer and his girlfriend last summer.
Cordes has been charged with first-degree vehicular manslaughter, boating while intoxicated, leaving the scene, failure to render aid and reckless operation of a...
This Week’s DWI Shorts →
Oklahoma man arrested on day of release from jail – Matthew Heil of Oklahoma City was released from jail after serving eight months for driving under the influence and several other criminal offenses. Just before midnight on the day of his release, the 27-year old almost rear-ended a police cruiser in Edmond, Oklahoma and then tried to elude police by traveling at speeds up to 90 mph. Heil nearly...
