DWI Hit Parade!

From Philly.com
A 19-year-old Philadelphia man is expected to face criminal charges after a late-night crash in Port Richmond left one man dead, police said Wednesday.
Police said they suspected the man, whose name was not released, had been under the influence of alcohol or drugs when his GMC van smashed into a Ford Windstar minivan on Richmond Street near Schiller Street about 11 p.m. Tuesday. He was undergoing tests Wednesday for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.
The driver of the minivan, Venustiano Vidals, 49, of Camden, was pronounced dead at the scene. Vidals was an immigrant from Puebla, Mexico, who lived in a trailer park with his wife, Eda; a 12-year-old daughter; and a 14-year-old son, his family said. He leased the single-wide trailer when he moved to the United States 15 years ago
and bought it five years later.   ….MORE

From WOAI.COM
SAN ANTONIO – The chairman of University Health System is caught on camera blowing into his son’s court ordered DWI intoxilyzer.
But Dr. Roberto Jimenez claims he didn’t know what he was doing.
I spoke with someone who’s close to this case.  When they heard Dr. Jimenez was claiming ignorance, their response was, “Oh, please!”
The respected and politically connected local psychiatrist says he had no clue what the strange black device, with a mouthpiece sticking out of it, was when his son called and asked him to blow into it last October.
Apparently, he also didn’t notice the camera pointed at him while he huffed and puffed into the thing.
Bexar County probation records show the intoxilyzer was issued to Jose Jimenez after his arrest for his second drunk driving charge.
When I asked Dr. Jimenez about the incident he told me, “No I didn’t, I didn’t really know what it was”.
His son told a probation officer a different story.
According to the probation records, “because the device was going to lockout (if he did not take the scheduled breath test) his father blew for him”
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From The Washington Post
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons was arrested and charged with DUI and related counts in late February after an Anne Arundel County police officer spotted him driving erratically near his home in Annapolis, according to a police report.
Harley Lappin, 55, was pulled over Feb. 26 after an officer watched him nearly swerve into a police speed-enforcement trailer on Arundel on the Bay Road and a parked car on Headwater Road, according to the police report. Lappin’s eyes were bloodshot, his speech was slurred and his breath smelled of alcohol, the report said. In field sobriety tests, he was unable to walk a straight line taking heel-to-toe steps, and he could not maintain his balance standing on one foot, according to the report.
The incident was first reported by Main Justice.
Late last week, Lappin announced that he would retire as director of the Bureau of Prisons effective May 7. ….MORE

From D-L Online
A Lakeville man was sentenced last week in Becker County District Court on a felony charge of first-degree driving while intoxicated-test refusal.
James Karl Miller, 53, of 2342 Lucerne Trail, Lakeville, Minn., was ordered to serve 48 months in prison (conditional release after confinement was set at five years) and pay $135 in court fines and fees.
Additional charges, including one felony count of first-degree driving while intoxicated and one gross misdemeanor count of driving after license
cancellation, were dismissed. ….MORE

The following persons were booked into the Placer County, Calif. Jail for DUI:
Mario Anthony Amial, 21, on 10/15/2010 at 9:15 pm by the Calif. Hwy. Patrol
Miguel Angel Urino Andrade, 20, on 3/2/2011 at 1:11 pm by Placer County Sheriff’s Dept.
Matthew Lionel Andrew, 28, on 3/10/2011 at 2:28 pm by Placer Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
David Robert Ashley, 33, on 1/14/2011 at 4:52 pm by Rocklin Police Dept.
Peter David Axelson, 49, on 3/17/2011 at 3:05 am by Roseville Police Dept.
Jorge Moncada Ayala, 33, on 3/24/2011 at 8:23 pm sentenced 30 days
David Richard Bacon, 27, on 3/21/2011 at 10:51 pm sentenced to 45 days
Isaias Banales-Castaneda, 37, on 1/26/2011 at 1:18 am by Calif. Hwy. Patrol (Illegal Alien Hold for ICE)
Raymond Allen Barnhill, 21, on 3/7/2011 at 8:33 pm sentenced to 45 days
Ronald Keith Beebe, 46, on 1/20/2011 at 12:50 pm by Placer Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
Spencer Joseph Beebe, 21, on 3/1/2011 at 6:32 pm by Rocklin Police Dept.
Arelene Kay Belche, 58, on 3/15/2011 at 5:13 pm by Court
Americo Beltran-Aguilera, 33, on 11/3/2010 at 11:19 am by Placer Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
Melvic Bihag Bermejo, 42, on 1/10/2011 at 5:34 pm re-arrest on probation serve sentence until 5/6/2011
Nathan Tyler Brogan, 47, on 3/27/2011 at 10:04 pm by Auburn Police Dept.
Nichole Marie Brown, 22, on 12/28/2010 at 1:36 pm by Roseville Police Dept.
Neal John Bugnatto, 27, on 3/29/2011 at 5:03 pm by Auburn Police Dept.
John Joseph Burch, 57, on 3/22/2011 at 1:22 pm re-arrest on probation ($30,000 bail required)
Linda Gayle Collins, 48, on 1/18/2011 at 6:37 pm re-arrest on probation (held on no bond)
Mykel T. Comiso, 40, on 3/8/2011 at 9:05 pm sentenced to 4/2/2011
Patrick Alton Culbertson, 44, on 2/17/2011 at 12:14 pm by Placer County Probation on bench warrant
Carol Denise Cullen, 46, on 9/9/2010 at 5:59 pm held on $100,000 bond
Trevor Wayne Dahlquist, 20, on 12/6/2010 at 10:25 am court order
Melinda Sue Davidson, 46, on 3/25/2011 at 2:26 pm by Placer Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
Brooke Allison Dell, 35, on 2/14/2011 at 7:54 pm by Roseville Police Dept.
Michelle Braun Diprisco, 47, on 3/30/2011 at 2:07 pm by Placer County Sheriff’s Dept.
Matthew Aaron Dubois, 35, on 8/18/2010 at 1:05 pm by Placer Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
Cameron Richard Enos, 35, on 2/1/2011 at 6:19 pm remanded by court to 5/22/2011
Kevin Patrick Fanning, 46, on 12/2/2010 at 4:17 by Calif. Hwy. Patrol (prior DUI) $50,000 bond
George Bradley Fetter, 29, on 3/8/2011 at 2:46 pm by order of court (no bail)
James Carl Forsberg, 48, on 11/15/2011 at 11:48 am by order of court $125,000 bond
Wade Richard Fouchea, 51, on 3/28/2011 at 2:09 pm by Placer Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
Martin Eduardo Franco, 21, on 3/30/2011 at 1:36 am by Lincoln Police Dept.
Mary Alice Frias, 37, on 1/25/2011 at 9:36 pm by Roseville Police Dept.
Doyle Gene Garrison, 49, on 2/14/2011 at 4:57 pm by Placer Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
Daniel Edward Georgii, 24, on 3/29/2011 at 9:33 pm sentenced 4 days
James Bernard Gibson, 51, on 2/18/2011 at 1:01 pm $2,500 bond
Mitzi Nicole Guthrie, 29, on 2/23/2011 at 5:50 am by Lincoln Police Dept. (priors $35,000 bond)
Jonathan Daniel Hakala, 20, on 3/22/2011 at 12:42 pm order of court
Kevin Moran Hibshman, 26, on 11/2/2010 at 6:34 am by Roseville Police Dept. (no bail)
Eric David Hill, 22, on 1/28/2011 at 2:14 am by Auburn Police Dept. (ineligible for bail)
Jennifer Lynn Hobson, 31, on 1/18/2011 at 2:38 am by Roseville Police Dept.
Jeffery Coleman Huston, 44, on 3/21/2011 at 5:12 pm by order of court (no bail)
Daniel Alan Johnson, 45, on 3/29/2011 at 4:03 pm by court order (no bail)
Aaron Terrell Jones, 29, on 3/2/2011 at 3:28 pm by Placer Co. Sheriff’s Dept.  (no bail)
Ingred Elizabeth Lampshire, 43, on 3/29/2011 at 3:11 by Placer Co. Sheriff’s Dept. $15,000 bail
Andre Lashin, 47, on 5/15/2010 at 10:44 pm by Placer Co. Sheriff’s Dept.
Oleg Lavrushin, 22, on 3/8/2011 at 2:23 pm by court order
Steven Carroll Lee, 59, on 2/18/2011 at 12:37 pm sentenced to 5/8/2011
Javier Leyva-Espinoza, 43, on 12/10/2010 at 8:36 pm by Calif. Hwy. Patrol (illegal alien hold for ICE)

The following persons were booked into the Collin County  Texas Jail for DWI:

Anas Ismail Abdulkarim, 32, on 3/20/2011

David Siloba Achala, 30, on 5/15/2009 (hold for ICE)

The following persons were booked into the Marion County Indiana Jail on charges of DUI:
Casey Robert Kirbo, 26, on 3/27/2011 at 1:10 am
Hector Lou Marrero, 32, on 3/26/2011 at 4:27 am

The following persons were charged with DWI by the St. Mary’s County Maryland Sheriff’s Patrol Officers, Sheriff Tim Cameron, with DWI:
William Wellington Webb, Jr., 43 of Ridge, MD at 3:05 pm on 3/18/11 by Dep. Green.
Haasiem Jamarr Clark,  31 of Issue, MD at 9:54 pm on 3/24/11 by Dep. T. Snyder.
Robert Stephen Nelson,  53 of Chaptico, MD at 12:09 pm on 3/19/11 by Dfc. Harris.
Claude Richard Carpenter,  II, 29 of Lusby, MD at 9:50 am on 12/3/10 by Dfc. Grusholt.
Michael Bernard Simpson, 59 on 3/26/11 at 3:34 pm on 3/26/11 by Dep. Vezzosi.
George Franklin Miedzinski, 64 of Leonardtown, MD at 5:43 pm on 3/27/11 by Sgt. Hill.
John David Mueller, Jr., 24 of Hollywood, MD at 11:48 pm on 3/27/11 by Dfc. Cathcart.
The following persons were arrested for DWI by the troopers of the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack:
Robin Marie Mayor, 51, of Hollywood on 3/24/11 by TFC M. J. Pitcher
Benjamin Alberto Gorton Williams, 21, of Dameron on 3/25/11 by TFC A. J. Malaspina
Troy Antwoan Knight, 31, of Alabama on 3/25/11 by Tpr. E. R. Mersman
Angela Noel Dorsey, 32, of Mechanicsville on 3/26/11 by TFC A. J. Malaspina
James Craig Proctor, 23, of Loveville on 3/27/11 by Tpr. E. T. Reuschling
Samantha Joell Faucette, 20, of Mechanicsville on 3/29/11 by TFC J. A. Pilkerton
William Thomas Haines, 53, of Florida on 3/30/11 by TFC D. S. Brill

Idaho Operation Lifesaver
Officer On A Train& and Adopt A Crossing& On Thursday March 31, City, County and State Law Enforcement Officers will be conducting an Officer On A Train& and A Crossing enforcement operation in North Idaho.
The purpose of this enforcement operation is to increase public awareness of the potential dangers that exist at highway railroad intersections and eliminate driver actions that can have tragic consequences, by enforcing the traffic laws that pertain to these intersections. The enforcement program is one of three parts of the Operation Lifesaver effort, which include engineering and education, designed to eliminate car train collisions.
During the Officer On A Train enforcement effort, one officer is placed in the lead locomotive of a train as a spotter. This officer observes traffic approaching the highway rail intersections as the train proceeds down the tracks. Other officers pace the train or are parked at specific locations. When a motorist is observed violating the laws pertaining to the approaching intersection, the officer on the train radios one of the chase cars which stop the motorist, explain the dangers and issue a citation.
With the Adopt A Crossing approach, City, County and State Law Enforcement officers from throughout Northern Idaho will pick a crossing within their jurisdiction and enforce the laws that pertain to the crossing.
During 2010, there were 16 car train collisions resulting in 4 people injured and 1 fatality. This year to date, there have been 2 car train collisions reported, resulting in 3 people injured.
Since 1990, the Officer On A Train and Adopt A Crossing programs have been instrumental in helping reduce the number of car train collisions in the state. City, County and State law enforcement, State and federal agencies, along with the private business and the railroads that operate in the state sponsor the Idaho Operation Lifesaver program.
Idaho Operation Lifesaver is dedicated to eliminating car train collisions, which result in preventable deaths and injuries. For additional information or to schedule a free presentation, call Idaho Operation Lifesaver @ 208-236-5626.
Safety tips from Union Pacific Railroad