DWI Hit Parade!

From Tulsa World
Tulsa police Officer Joe Anderson showed no apparent serious injuries after a collision Friday morning with his police car that turned into a pursuit, according to police reports.  Anderson was southbound on Sheridan Road near 57th Street when a vehicle hit his police car from behind, police said.  ….MORE

From Shreveport Times:
An off-duty Shreveport police officer was arrested Thursday and charged with DWI, apparently while driving his assigned patrol car.  Officer Pat Hensley was arrested at 2:52 p.m. after officers found him in the 1100 block of Foster Street, a news release states. ….MORE

From Courant.com:
WEST HARTFORD – Eric Collins, 37, was arrested on Saturday, Feb. 25, after a routine traffic stop according to a report by the Associated Press on www.necn.com.   Collins was found to be driving under the influence and taken into custody. Further investigation revealed a bag of crushed cocaine and a rolled up bill to be in his possession.  …..MORE

Pittsford, N.Y. — The Nazareth College student accused of driving drunk in a crash that killed her friend is no longer allowed to drive.   A judge suspended Danielle Pitcher’s license. She is charged with DWI in connection with a January accident on French Road.

DWI cop busted for DWI
From ValleyCentral.com:
A veteran Edinburg Police Department patrolman, whose job it is to crack down on drunk drivers, found himself under arrest in McAllen on a similar charge.   Adan Oscar Bocanegra was charged with DWI following a traffic stop along the 8400 block of North 23rd Street early Thursday morning.   Bocanegra claimed he had just two beers, according to the arresting officer’s report. ….MORE

From Click on Detroit:
DETROIT — Shame is powerful deterrent, and that’s the assumption that legislators in a growing number of states say is the reason behind issuing so-called whiskey plates.  In states such as Ohio and Minnesota, drivers convicted of drunken driving offenses are required to have a special license plate that bears a sort of Scarlet Letter to other drivers and police officers…..MORE

From MercuryNews:
SANTA CRUZ – Four years after a DUI crash that killed two of his cousins in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a 20-year-old man was arraigned Thursday on felony drunken driving charges stemming from a solo crash in November off Summit Road.   Donovan Hicks Barclay III appeared in Santa Cruz County Superior Court limping and wearing a neck brace. He has not been in custody since the crash, which left him in critical condition and in physical therapy. But Thursday, as the charges were upgraded from misdemeanor status to felony, prosecutors argued that he should be jailed during his new DUI case. His public defender, Jon Minsloff, argued successfully against that. …..MORE