DWI Hit Parade!

From NJ.COM
The Rev. Warren Hall, a 1981 graduate of the school who took over in September 2008, was charged with DWI on Jan. 27 when police said they saw him driving erratically near his home at the St. Aloysius rectory on West Side Avenue in Jersey City. Hall’s blood-alcohol level was .23, nearly three times the legal limit of .08, at the time of his arrest, police said. Sources with knowledge of the arrest said that Hall sideswiped at least one car and kept driving toward his home. Hall has not been charged with leaving the scene of an accident. “After much prayer and reflection, I have made the difficult decision to step down as president,” Hall said in a letter that went out to students, parents and alumni. “I believe it is the right decision both for my own personal good and for the overall good of the school at this time.”   …MORE

From SavagePacer.com:
A 36-year-old Belle Plaine man was sentenced to probation last week after a road-rage incident turned into his third DWI conviction in three years.  Judge Diane Hanson sentenced Aaron Jon Carlson to a stay of adjudication with up to five years of probation for a fleeing police. A stay of adjudication means the court didn’t make a final ruling of guilt, but sentenced Carlson on the charge.  …MORE

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says there will be added officers on the road over Super Bowl weekend, in search of drunken drivers.  Authorities say more than 1,400 motorists were arrested for drunken driving during Super Bowl weekends from 2007 through 2009. During the same period, alcohol-related crashes accounted for 2 of 5 motorists killed.   …MORE

From NEW YORK (1010 WINS/ CBS 2)– 
Former Southampton Town Supervisor Linda Kabot was found not guilty of DWI on Friday, 1010 WINS’ Mona Rivera reported.  …MORE

From ScarsdalePatch.com
Early Saturday morning, a Mount Vernon resident who was arrested for drunk driving near the intersection of Post Road and Wayside Lane was caught once more by police with his pants down – this time, literally.  Michael Green, 32, was charged with possession of crack cocaine after being placed in a holding cell by Officer Ronnie Arefieg at Scarsdale Police headquarters.  …MORE