Archive for January 25th, 2011

01.25
11

New Jersey: Boozing and cruising with prescription meds was no gamble for Atlantic City man

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From  PressofAtlanticCity.com:
Hakim Singleton, 33, was traveling east on Jimmie Leeds Road in Galloway, just east of Seaview Avenue, when he crossed the westbound lane of traffic and struck a utility poll at 5:14 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle then traveled another 117 feet before coming to rest in a wooded area, police said.   MORE

01.25
11

Blood, No Brains and Night Flights

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ByKenneth C. Rossignol
DWIHitParade.com

Years ago, in fact, in the very first year or so of DWI coverage as part of running my former newspaper, (about 1992), police and fire were dispatched to a curve on Maryland Rt. 5 south of Great Mills, Maryland, for a 10-50 PI, which in everyday language is collision with person injury.
The location was in front of the old Thompson’s Peach Orchard and when I arrived I found that a fellow who had left the infamous Green Door Bar in Park had operated his car north on Rt. 5 and as he came up the hill, he crossed the center line and struck the side of a station wagon operated by a woman whose husband was assigned to the U. S. Navy Pax River base near Lexington Park.
The car which was operated by Tom Cyrus Jr. hit the station wagon on the driver’s side and the woman had her baby in the back seat of the car, in a child safety seat where he was supposed to be transported.
The baby had recent surgery and was crying and miserable at home when the woman gave up all other attempts to calm the baby and used the time honored tradition of taking the child for a ride in the middle of the night.
She just didn’t know she would be up against a 5 time DWI driver.
The rescue workers from the Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad did everything they could to keep this baby alive and as a helicopter set down in a nearby clearing, the baby turned an ashen gray color and that was likely the time of death, even though the heroic effort would continue.
While the baby was dying, Cyrus sat on the pavement of Rt. 5, with his minor scratches, and began bellyaching that he wasn’t getting any attention to his wounds.
Someone should have taken a piece of the wreckage and belted him over the head.  But they didn’t.
Instead, Cyrus went into the system, which is written by lawyers who care more about drunk drivers than they do the victims of drunk driving.
Advocacy groups like MADD have been working for decades to make the laws evenhanded, but MADD doesn’t host too many cocktail receptions in state capitals that are the best way to get to legislators.
Cyrus was reportedly still visiting the Green Door bar as recently as the last couple of years and cops were looking out for him on his way home, waiting to nail him, lets hope they are successful in returning him to prison. 
The family of the dead infant has been through misery, according to the sister of the dead baby, their lives changed forever by the act of a drunken coward and crybaby. 
I will never forget seeing Cyrus sit on the highway where he had been parked by a cop who was trying his best to help the rescue folks get to the baby. 
The bar is still in operation and has been a mecca for barflies and boozedroids for years.  Not that there is anything wrong with that.  But in Maryland, one cannot sue the bar that serves the drunk who goes out and kills and maims.  Too bad.
But the answer to this problem is the same it has always been: personal responsibility. Don’t’ drink and drive. 
Party as you wish, just stay off our roads.
 Many of us are tired of hearing about this being a disease and people needing treatment.  What they need is to be locked up for one year on a first offence.  That would put an end to this endless epidemic.In coming days and weeks, more stories of the tragedy brought upon this nation by the careless acts of the buffoons who refuse to stay off our highways after they have been out boozing will be presented.

 

01.25
11

Idaho

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The following persons were arrested by the Nez Perce, Idaho, Sheriff’s Office for DUI:

Christopher P Keener, on 1/10/2011 at 9:50 pm William G. Yeoman, on 1/11/2011 at 5:10 pm by Deputy Jason D Lee
Cynthia A Olson, on 1/12/2011 at 3:17 pm by Deputy Joshua Larson
Tyler J Bezdicek, on 1/14/2011 at 2:24 am by Deputy Jacob Gunter
John J Vernon, on 1/15/2011 at 2:16 am by Deputy Andrea Thueson
Nicholas R Bynum, on 1/15/2011 at 2:35 am by Deputy Darr Gilbertson
Markus R Hobson, on 1/16/2011 at 2:15 am by Deputy Andrea Thueson
George J Besaw, on 1/16/2011 at 2:35 am by Deputy Jeff Talbot
Louis F Gildemeister, on 1/16/2011 at 7:30 pm by Deputy Ed Koopman
Joshua L Forsberg, on 1/16/2011 at 11:25 pm by Deputy Jeremy R Barnes
Jamie L Thomas, on 1/17/2011 at 12:22 am by Deputy R Kayd Johnson
Brandy S Massey, on 1/18/2011 at 1:06 am by Deputy Jeff Talbot
Timothy J. Toboyko, on 1/18/2011 at 9:31 pm David L Harrison, on 1/18/2011 at 9:44 pm
Trevor L Pease, on 1/18/2011 at 11:39 pm by Deputy Craig Roberts
Ashlee J Kernin, on 1/20/2011 at 1:41 am by Deputy Monte Renzelman
Clayton A Holder, on 1/20/2011 at 8:48 pm by Deputy Lucas Martin
Rodney C Roberts, on 1/22/2011 at 11:34 pm by Deputy Jeff Talbot
Teal J Sutherland, on 1/23/2011 at 12:33 am by Deputy Dock L White
Alpha Kasuto, on 1/23/2011 at 3:35 am by Deputy Jacob Gunter
Katrina M Wight, on 1/24/2011 at 11:48 pm by Deputy Monte Renzelman

01.25
11

New York: Rules are for fools, not important basketball players! 17 suspensions don’t ground this DWI driver

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From RocNow.com:
A member of the Rochester RazorSharks whose driver’s license was suspended 17 times was charged with driving while intoxicated early today. 
Marlin N. Johnson, 35, of Wellington Avenue was charged this morning with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a felony, according to Wyoming County sheriff’s deputies. He is also facing other charges, including driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle and several other traffic infractions.  MORE

01.25
11

NEW YORK: He killed chauffeur and flower girl, now he wants out of prison early

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From the WSJ.com
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A New York man is appealing his murder conviction stemming from a notorious drunken-driving crash that killed a wedding limousine chauffeur and a 7-year-old flower girl. A lawyer for Martin Heidgen (HEYD’-gihn) told a Brooklyn appeals court Monday that a jury was wrong to convict him of depraved-indifference murder. Attorney Jill Harrington said jurors should have considered a lesser charge, manslaughter.   MORE

01.25
11

Texas: Half in the bag driver nails two Texas troopers who had pulled over another drunk driver

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From NBCDFW.com
A suspected drunk driver injured two North Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers after their official vehicle was rear-ended Sunday morning, authorities tell NBCDFW.
Sergeant David Cramer and Trooper Germaine Gaspard had pulled Abimael Valdez after they suspected him of driving while intoxicated on Interstate 635 just north of Oates Drive in Mesquite around 2 a.m. Sunday, according to investigators on the scene of the crash. 
“Sgt. Cramer was standing partially outside of the patrol car when a silver Mazda 626 veered off of the roadway onto the shoulder and struck the DPS vehicle and Sgt. Cramer,” Mesquite Police Department Lt. Bill Hedgpeth said.   MORE

01.25
11

North Carolina: Dukes of Hazzard chase ends in arrest for DWI

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From MyFox8.com:
Around 2 a.m., Sgt. Stacey Thompson attempted to stop the driver of a 1986 Ford traveling west on South Church St. Police said Thompson suspected the driver was driving while impaired.

Sgt. Thompson turned on her siren and lights and the suspect’s car increased speed, turning north onto Tarleton Ave. The driver lost control and crashed into a yard near Sunset Dr.
Police located the suspect, Rasheek Demetrice Coles, 25, of Ellis Jeffries Rd., Burlington, and charged him with DWI and several other charges.  MORE

 

01.25
11

New York: The fastest way to traverse Long Island is at 107 mph and drunk

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From LongIslandPress.com

Troopers stopped a Nissan Sentra driven by Kenneth Podolsky at 1:10 a.m. exit 28A, Route 135, police said. Police said the 19-year-old man failed sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol content of .18 percent MORE

01.25
11

Louisiana

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The following persons were arrested for DWI by the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office in Monroe, Louisiana:

Kacey Shane Bonnett, 29,  of West Monroe, La. on 1/23/2011 at 3:07 pm by Deputy Denverd Sams

William Jackson, 54, of Monroe, La. On 1/23/2011 at 6:09 pm by Sgt John Peters

Malcome Heath Jones, 30, of Monroe, La (2 prior DWI arrests) on 1/23/2011 at 1:45 am by Patrol Officer Jonathan Branson

Walter Ray Myers, 25, of West Monroe, La on 1/22/2011 at 11:10 pm by Patrol Officer T. Garrett

01.25
11

Texas

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 The following persons are under arrest and incarcerated in the Galveston County, Texas, Jail:
These arrests were made by officers from: Galveston County Sheriff`s Office, Dickinson PD, Santa Fe PD, Clear Lake Shores PD, Santa Fe ISD PD, Hitchcock PD, Kemah PD and LaMarque PD
Lori Ann Reyna, on 1/15/2011 at 2:34 am
Gracie Lynn Soliz, on s1/15/2011 at 2:45 am
Joshua R. Randall, on 1/15/2011 at 2:59 am
Napoleon Flores, on 1/15/2010 at 3:00 am
James Frederick Bartlett, on 1/15/2011 at 8:00 am
Cleveland Randolph Ramsey, on 1/14/2011 at 2:00 pm
Jose Becerril-Sanchez, on 1/14/2011 at 5:00 pm (DWI with child under 15 in vehicle)
Benjaimin Franklin Alford, on 1/14/2011 at 7:00 pm
Timothy Thomas Crosby, on 1/14/2011 at 7:00 pm
Cherielyn Lynn Potter, on 1/14/2011 at 9:37 pm
Tonja Lea Starnes, on 1/14/2011 at 10:38 pm

Sebastian Tiniguar-Sut, on 1/16/2011 at 12:03 am
Daniel Ray Lopez, on 1/16/2011 at 2:15 am
Sharm Keith Sowery, on 1/16/2011 at 3:00 am
Christopher Michael Shimek, on 1/16/2011 at 3:02 am
Daniel Ray Lopez, on 1/16/2011 at 3:55 am
Tracy Lynn Sisson, on 1/16/2011 at 2:58 pm (3rd offence or more)
Marcus Scott Hammock, on 1/15/2011 at 12:05 am
Joseph Meredith Tinney, on 1/15/2011 at 12:59 am
Kevin Lee Milstead, on 1/15/2011 at 1:21 am
Michael Shannon Lyons, on 1/18/2011 at 12:27 am
Roy Anthony Vaughn on 1/18/2011 at 10:55 am
Christopher Shawn Hardy on 1/18/2011 at 11:00 am (Intoxicated Manslaughter by Vehicle)
Albert Steinke, on 1/18/2011 at 3:15 pm
Joseph Burk Shaw, on 1/18/2011 at 11:35 pm
Celestino Ramirez, on 1/19/2011 at 12:01 am
Howell Douglas Mitchell, on 1/19/2011 at 7:18 pm
Raymond Adam Leseny, on 1/19/2011 at 8:40 pm
Connie Treshain Boles, on 1/19/2011 at 11:25 pm
Paul Guadalupe Martinez, on 1/19/2011 at 12:10 am
Connie Treshain Boles, on 1/20/2011 at 1:50 am
Keith Kevin Langdorf, on 1/202011 at 12:10 am
Kimberley Louise Shano-Parsons, on 1/20/2011 at 4:20 pm (Intoxicated Manslaughter w/ vehicle)
John David Battisoni, on 1/20/2011 at 11:39 pm
Randal Alan Ryan, on 1/21/2011 at 2:10 pm (w child under 15 in vehicle)
Raymond Charles Costello, on 1/21/2011 at 3:00 pm
Clint Lee Spence, on 1/21/2011 at 3:00 pm
Richard Eugene Wolfe, on 1/21/2011 7:00 pm
Solomon C. Rodriguez on 1/22/2011 at 2:20 am
Melody Ann Hill, on 1/22/2011 at 2:28 am
Mark Ervin Thibodeaux on 1/22/2011 at 3:02 am
Nathaniel Brice Adams-Kacko on 1/22/2011 at 2:45 am
Hugo Rodriguez on 1/22/2011 at 2:55 pm
Raffaelo Irving Viceconte, on 1/22/2011 at 7:01 pm
Anthony Ryan Holder, on 1/22/2011 at 8:39 pm
Ryan Eugene Crisp, on 1/22/2011 at 8:46 pm
Lewis Bernard Toussant, on 1/22/2011 at 9:36 pm
Damon Wayne Burns, on 1/22/2011 at 11:41 pm
Latriche Nicole Spiller, on 1/22/2011 at 11:30 pm
Jack David Ludwig, on 1/23/2010 at 12:03 am
Pamela Kay Simmons, on 1/23/2010 at 12:55 am
Shane Michael Haley, on 1/23/2011 at 2:19 am
Daniel Gonzales, on 1/23/2011 at 4:21 am (intoxicated assault with vehicle)
Jason Wayne Richison, on 1/23/2011 at 4:34 am
Benito Duran-Romero, on 1/23/2011 at 5:03 am
Jason Tagle Rodriguez, on 1/24/2011 at 2:15 pm (2nd offence)
Lacy Sterling Helms, on 1/24/2011 at 1:24 pm