DWI Hit Parade!

From Syracuse.com:
Syracuse, NY – Former Syracuse police Officer Derek Backus does not have to go to state prison for severely injuring two suburban teenagers in a 2006 drunken-driving crash, a state appeals court ruled this afternoon.    In a 4-1 split decision, the state Supreme Court Appellate Division basically reduced Backus’ sentence to the eight months he already has served in the Onondaga County Correctional Facility in Jamesville…..MORE

From WKTV.com:
ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. – The Oneida County District Attorney’s Office has announced that a warrant sweep was conducted on February 16, 2011 to address warrants issued for failure to pay fines imposed on felony DWI convictions in Oneida County Court.   Complete list of those who still have not paid fines.
24 individuals were taken into custody for failure to pay those fines and more than $25,000 in delinquent fines was paid as a result of the warrant sweep…..MORE

From SantaFeNewMexican:
Juanito.
Santiago.
Esperanza.
In three hours of emotional testimony, attorney arguments and a judge’s sentence on Friday evening, it was those three names that kept coming up.  They are the three young children of Bruce Mondragon, the Santa Fe Trails mechanic from Medanales who was killed by drunk driver Andrew Trujillo in April at the intersection of U.S. 84/285 and N.M. 30 in near Española. ….MORE

From LongIslandPress.com:
A Point Lookout man was sentenced Friday to two to six years in prison for killing a schoolteacher while drunken driving in a hit-and-run crash in Long Beach.  Shawn Gallivan pleaded guilty in Nassau County court last summer to vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a fatal crash. ….MORE

From Caller.com:
CORPUS CHRISTI — A 29-year-old man asked Corpus Christi police to take him to jail after he crashed his 2007 Mercedes into a house in the 4300 block of Aaron Drive Sunday night.  A witness told police about 7:30 p.m. the Mercedes was speeding and the driver lost control, striking the side of the vacant house. Officers said the driver admitted to be being drunk and asked to be taken to jail…..MORE

The following persons were held on DUI charges in the Washington County Oregon Sheriff’s Jail; Sheriff Rob Gordon:
Stephen Craig Cusick, 57, on 2/4/2011
Daniel Cruz, 42, on 7/27/2010
Daniel Damon Karr, 48, on 2/2/2011
Patrick Joseph Kistler, 39, on 2/11/2011
Jason Scott Kranz, 30, on 2/15/2011
Kevin Andrew Krowiak, 24, on 1/30/2011
Marinda Kay Warnaca, 35, on 3/8/2010
Peter Michael Werve, 35, on 1/28/2011
Jonathan Daniel Westcott, 40, on 2/1/2011
Casey Ray Wilson, 32, on 1/7/2011
Ashley Dorety, 25, on 2/18/2011
Ernest Konstanty Gabrys, 35, on 2/18/2011
Matthew Clark Lake, 41, on 2/18/2011
Elizabeth Alice Schoppert, 31, on 2/18/2011
Polly Seledkov, 27, on 2/18/2011
Kyle Steven Warneke, 25, on 2/18/2o11

 Photo courtesy the Hillsboro Police Department
From OregonLive.com:
A pickup is ready to be towed from the scene of a spectacular Saturday night crash into a railroad crossing arm pole near the intersection of Brookwood Avenue and Tualatin Valley Highway. Police say 36-year-old driver Jose Alfonso Contreras-Ramirez was under the influence when he hit two other motorists while eastbound on the highway before hitting the pole. According to Hillsboro police reports, 36-year-old Jose Alfonso Contreras-Ramirez reached speeds of up to 70 mph in his silver Chevrolet pickup as he drove near the entrance of the Sunset Esplanade at about 7:45 p.m…..MORE

Drunk driver gets hit by train and then runs from cops….VIDEO by SanDiegoMedia

From NewsWest9.com:
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  – The state Supreme Court has suspended Appeals Court Judge Robert E. Robles without pay following his arrest this week on aggravated DWI charges.  The Albuquerque Journal reports that court documents unsealed Friday say the suspension is retroactive to Wednesday, the day of Robles’ arrest…..MORE

The following persons were arrested for DWI and held in the Baxter County Arkansas Sheriff’s Office Jail; Sheriff John Montgomery:

John T. Oldham, 33, of Norfork, Arkansas on 2/13/2011 at 12:24 pm

Pete A. Terwilleger, 39, of Mountain Home, Arkansas on 11/5/2010 at 11:48 pm (refused test, 2^nd offense)

Steven M. Frank, 26, of Midway, AR on 6/22/2011 at 8:57 pm (refused test, driving while lic suspended, no insurance, hit & run, assault)

These officers from the Kansas City Police and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office prepare to test a driver for sobriety. Photo courtesy of Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
FROM JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Jackson County Sheriff deputies assisted the Kansas City Police Department in conducting a sobriety checkpoint from 11:00 p.m. Friday, December 10 through 4:00 a.m..….MORE