DWI Hit Parade!

From WGNS Radio
A Murfreesboro man faces DUI charges after a Cannon County deputy investigating a wreck found him lying in a creek bed surrounded by dogs.
According to police reports, Deputy Chip Avera was dispatched to Seals Hollow Road near Woodbury for a one vehicle accident involving a 1997 grey Buick registered to Michael or Vivian Hoover. Upon arrival to the scene, Deputy Avera noticed no one was in the vehicle. He also noticed beer cans in the passenger floor board.
A volunteer emergency worker who was assisting at the scene told Avera that a man who appeared intoxicated was walking down the road a few tenths of a mile away. The deputy went in search of the man and found him lying on the creek embankment surrounded by several dogs. The man had a laceration and knot on his forehead, and was having trouble getting up the creek bank.  ….MORE

Driver tried to claim dead guy was at the wheel…what a convenient trick!
From Wyoming Tribune Eagle:
CHEYENNE — A Cheyenne man was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide Thursday in the February death of Daniel P. Soran.
Robert A. Curran, 46, appeared in Laramie County Circuit Court on Friday.
 He is charged with one count of aggravated vehicular homicide and one count of driving under the influence….MORE

From MySanAntonio:
It’s hard to understand how, less than 36 hours after a suspected drunk driver killed a San Antonio police officer, a local district judge would see fit to order the release of a man who served only five months on a charge of intoxication manslaughter.
The shock probation granted Wednesday morning by visiting Senior District Judge Pat Priest allowed the release of Clayton Stowe, a drunken driver who killed Dr. Roman Hlatky in a 2006 wreck. In his remarks on the bench, Priest said it didn’t appear that further incarceration was going to benefit anyone. Certainly not Hlatky.
The stance would be offensive any day. That it came on the heels of the death of Officer Stephanie Brown at the hands of a man on probation for a DWI charge made the wound larger….MORE

From PostStar.com
GLENS FALLS — A Glens Falls man faces a number of charges after an early Friday car crash in which he knocked down a tree on Maple Street, police said.
Jonothon T. Randolph, 33, was not hurt in the 4 a.m. crash on Maple Street near the intersection with Ridge, Glens Falls Police Sgt. Chris Eggleston said.  Randolph went off the right side of the road, hitting and snapping a tree before his vehicle came to rest, Eggleston said. He was not hurt.  He was found to have a blood-alcohol content of 0.22 percent, nearly triple the 0.08 percent threshold for DWI, police said…..MORE

The following persons were booked into the Davis County Sheriff’s Jail for DUI:

Jarom Keith Palmer, 27, on 3/18/2011 by Utah Highway Patrol

Matthew Scott Conlin, 34, on 3/18/2011 by Woods Cross Justice Court

Eric Ryan Winget, 28, on 3/18/2011 by Farmington District Court

Lacie Marie Harger, 26, on 3/18/2011 by Layton Police Dept.

Daniel Patrick Adams, 31, on 3/17/2011 by Clearfield Justice Court

Kamron James Houser, 20, on 3/16/2011 by Centerville Police Dept.

Kerri Roean Tennant, 22, on 3/16/2011 by Davis County Sheriff Office

Jeremy Lee Farnsworth, 33, on 3/16/2011 by Bountiful Police Dept.

Jacob W. Dutkiewicz, 51, on 3/15/2011 by Utah Highway Patrol

Benny Richard Martinez, 33, on 3/14/2011 by Sunset Police Dept.

James Paul McEaneney, 28, on 3/14/2011 by Farmington District Court

Rim Enos, 27, on 3/14/2011 by North Salt Lake Justice Court

Jodi Lynn Clark, 27, on 3/12/2011 by Utah Highway Patrol

Luke Max Parkinson, 35, on 3/11/2011 by Clinton Police Dept.

Stephen Randall Shaw, 54, on 3/10/2011 by Davis Co Sheriff’s Office

Joel Lee Taylor continues to add to his drunk driving arrest legacy as he works to find someone to kill and maim….
From WSOC TV
CHERRYVILLE, N.C. — A man with three previous DWI convictions is accused of driving drunk again, according to Cherryville police. Joel Lee Taylor, 42, was arrested Wednesday after police said he left the scene of an accident and had a blood-alcohol level of 0.08.   ….MORE

STATE POLICE DRUNK DRIVING ARRESTS TOP SAME DAY LAST YEAR
(PIKESVILLE, MD) – Maryland state troopers issued thousands of citations and warnings, arrested more drunk drivers than on the same day last year, and made numerous felony and warrant arrests yesterday during an intense traffic enforcement campaign across the state. 
  Troopers at each of the 22 Maryland State Police barracks were assigned to special drunk driving saturation patrols to supplement the regular patrol troopers who were also on the alert for increased numbers of drunk drivers.  Statewide, troopers arrested 69 drunk drivers, compared with 42 arrested on St. Patrick’s Day 2010.  The most DUI arrests were made by troopers at the JFK Highway Barracks, who patrol I-95 from the Baltimore City line north to Delaware.  Troopers there arrested nine drunk drivers. 
 Troopers also issued approximately 1,800 traffic citations and 1,900 warnings for a variety of traffic violations.  Troopers made 13 drug arrests, 13 arrests for other criminal offenses, and arrested 26 people wanted on warrants. 
Troopers at the Golden Ring Barrack conducted a focused enforcement campaign on I-83 from Baltimore City to the Pennsylvania state line in response to several recent serious crashes and numerous complaints of aggressive driving.  Troopers on I-83 issued 120 traffic citations, 192 warnings, and made four warrant arrests.  Troopers from the Golden Ring Barrack made a total of six drunk driving arrests yesterday, as did troopers at the Bel Air Barrack and Hagerstown Barrack. 
 Troopers in the Washington Metro Troop conducted another Operation Centipede patrol around the Capital Beltway.  Troopers there issued 185 traffic citations and 113 warnings.  They made eight drunk driving arrests, three felony drug arrests and three warrant arrests. 
 There were no fatal traffic crashes investigated by members of the Maryland State Police yesterday.  Overtime funding for additional patrols was provided by grants from the Maryland Highway Safety Office.  Additional enforcement efforts will continue throughout the weekend.

From Union Leader
CONCORD – Seventeen drivers were arrested overnight in a state police crackdown on impaired and dangerous drivers.   Troopers certified as Drug Recognition Experts were dispatched statewide to catch the errant motorists on the state’s highways.   Arrested were:  George Burpee, 33, of Manchester, DWI; James Bacon, 32, of Epping, DWI; …..MORE