DWI Hit Parade!

From Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Bozeman Municipal Court recently issued the following DUI misdemeanor sentences:
— Jason Randolph Much, 25, Bozeman: first offense DUI, $885 fine/fees, six months in jail with all but one day suspended, alcohol/drug counseling, community corrections.
— Brandon Thomas Yelvington, 24, Billings: first offense driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or greater, $935 fine/fees, 10 days in jail all suspended, alcohol/drug counseling, community corrections…..MORE

From USAToday:
PHOENIX — Oakland A’s outfielder Coco Crisp slipped a warm-up jacket over his No. 4 Oakland A’s jersey, placed his green-and-gold cap atop his do-rag and put on his sunglasses.  Grabbing a black bat and his duffel bag, he checked the lineup card before heading out to stretch at Phoenix Municipal Stadium Thursday morning.  ….MORE

From My Desert.com
A March 17 preliminary hearing date was set Tuesday for a Palm Springs man charged with second-degree murder in the death of his passenger in a motorcycle crash that occurred while he was allegedly under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
Gilbert Morones Jr., 49, was charged with second-degree murder because he has two prior DUI convictions and had been warned by a judge of the dangers of drinking and driving prior to the May 10, 2010, fatal crash, according to Deputy District Attorney Brad Braaten……MORE

From NOLA.com
The 25-year-old son of a prominent New Orleans doctor was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday for a fatal drunken driving accident in which he plowed down a Metairie man walking across Tchoupitoulas Street.
On March 21, 2009, Abhishek Bhansali swerved into the wrong lane, driving against traffic, when he struck Michael Keith, 34, a music promoter and father of three children. Keith died at the scene…..MORE

From Gaston Gazette:
A convicted drunken driver showed up drunk to serve his sentence at Gaston County Jail, according to an order for arrest.  Gary Lewis Friday, 47, of Bessemer City received a jail sentence to be served on weekends after being found guilty Jan. 5 of driving while impaired, according to court records.   ….MORE

From DailyRecord.com:
MORRIS COUNTY — A state appeals court panel today upheld a drunken driving conviction that attorney George Korpita, a former municipal court judge for multiple towns in Morris County, received for driving under the influence in Sparta in 2008.   Korpita, now 51, was stopped on Feb. 16, 2008, after leaving a restaurant in Sparta, and was charged with DWI, refusing to submit to the Alcotest, and failure to keep right.   This motor vehicle stop occurred about a week before Korpita was due to be sentenced in state Superior Court, Morristown, on charges of threatening a public servant — a police officer — and driving while intoxicated in Roxbury in November 2007.  ….MORE

From NBC17
RALEIGH, N.C. — A Raleigh criminal defense attorney said lawmakers need to look at more options when addressing North Carolina’s driving while impaired laws.
Attorney John K. Fanney said tougher penalties are not the only solution.
In North Carolina, DWIs have been on the rise since 2007.   “What we have in North Carolina is a crisis of repeat offenders,” said Fanney.  ….MORE

From KSFY:
She’s the new girl in the Minnehaha County State’s Attorney office. A grant provided the money to put Deputy Attorney Abby VanDenBerg in charge of drunk driving cases in the county that has the most of them in South Dakota. It’s a position State’s Attorney Aaron McGowan fought to fill. Now a few months into the job, we checked in to see what progress has been made. ….MORE

The following persons were arrested for DWI by the Harlingen, Texas, Police Department for DWI:
McAllen Police Officer Oberlin Cortez Jr., on 2/9/2011

 The following persons were arrested for DWI and booked into the Cameron County Texas Sheriff’s jail:

Nereyda Castillo, 21, on 11/14/2010 (also hold order for ICE)

Samuel Davilla, 37, on 2/17/2011 by Hall of Justice sentenced to 41 days in jail

Abelardo Fernandez Cisneros, 47, on 11/30/2011

Mario Alberto Cantu, 34, on 10/22/2011 sentenced to 45 days

Iris Carrillo, 28, on 9/16/2010 sentenced to 90 days

Richard A. Carr, 34, on 5/16/2010 (3^rd DWI)

Jose Villalobos Belmontes, 50, on 12/9/2010 by Cameron Co. Sheriff’s Dept., sentenced to 2 years (ICE detainer)

Mark Angel Baez, 24, sentenced to jail for 90 days

Gilberto Aguirre, 46, on 12/12/2010 by Brownsville Police Department

Leovigildo Tovar Abrego, 46, on 1/1/2011 by San Benito Police Department (ICE detainer)

Valerie Lopez Yanez, 41, by San Benito Police Dept. (2^nd DWI)

Arthur Raymond Wright, 33, by Cameron County Sheriff’s Dept. on 12/20/2010

Roberto Villasana, 24, on 10/31/2010 by San Benito Police Dept. (3^rd DWI)

Martin Severiano Vela, 24, on 3/1/2011 by Cameron County Sheriff’s Dept.

Jose Vargas Villeda, 37, on 2/20/2011 by Brownsville Police Dept. (also cocaine charge and ICE detainer)

James Hunter Townsend, 24, by Cameron County Sheriff’s Dept. on 2/11/2011 sentenced to 30 days

Lorenzo Silva, 22, by Cameron County Sheriff’s Dept. on 1/7/2011 sentenced to 180 days (also sentenced to 4 years for robbery and 4 years for indecency with child)

Aurelio Cardenas Silva, 53, on 1/14/2011 sentenced to 180 days (2^nd DWI)

Jose Alonso Sifuentes, 36, on 2/26/2011 by Texas Dept. of Public Safety (also ICE detainer)

James Nicholas Salvato, 41, on 8/27/2010 by Cameron County Sheriff’s Dept. sentenced to 4 years (2^nd DWI)

Jose Antonio Romero, 30, on 1/16/2011 by Brownsville Police Dept. (3^rd DWI)