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From IrishCentral.com
Beleaguered Notre Dame wide receiver Michael Floyd pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge on Wednesday. The receiver was sentenced to a year of probation and will have his license revoked for 90 days according to ESPN. Floyd faced a maximum penalty of a year in jail.
After the hearing, his lawyer, William Stanley, addressed the press and defended his client’s conduct during the ordeal. ….MORE

From Mercury News
San Jose City Councilman Ash Kalra has quietly pleaded guilty to drunken driving and will report Tuesday for the first of five days of court-ordered community service work.
Kalra’s lawyer, Eric Geffon, entered a guilty plea on his behalf June 9 to driving drunk in downtown San Jose last month.
Judge Edward F. Lee then sentenced Kalra to a standard first-offense combination of about $2,000 in fines, three years of probation, 90 days of drunken driving counseling and almost a week’s worth of community service work.  ….MORE

From Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City man has been charged with automobile homicide for a May 22 crash in which he was allegedly driving 75 mph under the influence when he rear-ended another vehicle that was stopped at a red light.
Jonathan Bowers, the driver of the stopped vehicle, was taken to a hospital and later died from the injuries sustained in the collision at the intersection of 6200 South and Bangerter Highway in Taylorsville. ….MORE

The following persons were booked into the Weld County Colorado Jail of Sheriff John Cooke on charges of DUI:
Bodderick Lamarr Gullatt, 24, on 6/29/2011 at 12:07 am by Weld County Sheriff
Race Jonathan Leyendecker, 22, on 6/28/2011 at 8:19 pm by Greeley Police Department
Kristine Diane Wilkinson-Lites, 28, on 6/28/2011 at 9:54 by Weld County Sheriff’s Department
Luis Campos, 21, on 6/26/2011 at 4:10 am by Greeley Police Department
Juan Carrillo-Chavez, 40, on 6/26/2011 at 3:10 am by Greeley Police Department
Michael Anthony Hernandez, 30, on 6/26/2011 at 12:10 am by Fort Lupton Co.
Casey Alan Reeves, 36, on 6/26/2011 at 3:34 am by Colorado State Patrol
Herman Richard Schmidt, on 36, on 6/26/2011 at 2:09 am by Lochbuie Police Dept.
Dawn Marie Porter, 47, on 6/25/2011 at 5:11 pm by Colorado State Patrol
Raudel A. Chavez, 37, on 6/24/2011 at 4:52 am by Colorado State Patrol
Frankie James Cisneros, 44, on 6/24/2011 at 10:32 am by Greeley Police Dept.
Christina Maria Diaz, 23, on 6/24/2011 at 5:42 am by Colorado State Patrol
Martha Jane Hoehne, 61, on 6/24/2011 at 8:25 pm by Windsor Police Dept.
Sidney Alan Enlow, 40, 6/23/2011 at 12:42 am by Greeley Police Dept.
Kelsey Lynn Meyer, 24, on 6/23/2011 at 1:05 am by Greeley Police Dept.
Jackie Dale Wood, 44, on 6/23/2011 at 4:06 am by Johnstown Police Dept.

Photos of crash scene by Alan Henney

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.- Delaware State Police say a Maryland woman is facing vehicular homicide and DUI charges in connection with a two-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a moped driver in Rehoboth Beach on Tuesday night.
The crash occurred at around 9:30 p.m. on SR 1 (Coastal Highway), just south of Bay Vista Road. Investigators say 43-year-old Dawn R. Layfield, of Annapolis, Md., was driving a 2008 Nissan Rogue in the right-hand southbound land on Coastal Highway when her vehicle struck the rear of a 2010 Bash moped that was traveling directly in front of her…..MORE

From Argus Leader
A man accused of smashing his SUV into the side of a house and killing a pet during a drunken driving accident last week was placed on the 24/7 sobriety program Tuesday and given stricter bond conditions.
Chad Garner, 24, appeared before Judge John Hinrichs after a rare special request from Minnehaha Deputy State’s Attorney Eric Johnson.
Johnson’s request was a bid for a new arrest of Garner in an effort to return him to jail. Garner was released Friday on a $2,700 bond. ….MORE

From News & Sentinel
PARKERSBURG -City Council’s decisions to amend the personnel policy will likely allow two firefighters to keep their jobs, despite pending DUI charges.
Tuesday members of Parkersburg City Council amended the first reading of proposed policy changes, stating the new rules will not apply to any pending cases involving the revocation or suspension of a city employee’s driver’s license.
The approved change affects two city firefighters who are facing DUI charges.
One firefighter, Patrick James Davis who reached an agreement with the city to retain his job in April, has an Aug. 23 hearing in Wood County Magistrate Court for a DUI charge.
A second, Carl Andrew Nestor, has an Aug. 11 hearing in magistrate court on a DUI charge.
In April, Davis agreed to an unpaid suspension from the department until his license is reinstated…..MORE

From Chicago Sun-Times
Bulmaro Santos saved his late son’s bicycle and the pajamas the 10-year-old soccer fan son wore before he was crushed to death in a drunken driving accident last year in Rogers Park.
But some memories were “too painful” Santos said in his victim impact statement Tuesday, explaining why he moved his family from the Estes Avenue apartment that overlooked the park where Calvin played.
“We held many of his birthday parties at that park. That view is a constant reminder of the pain we carry,” wrote Santos, who cradled his son as he struggled to breathe on May 29, 2010.
On Tuesday, Cook County Judge William T. O’Brien in Skokie sentenced the man responsible for Calvin’s death to seven years in prison after the defendant pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence.
Martin Candia, 31, had also been charged with reckless homicide upon his arrest. …..MORE