DWI Hit Parade!

From Houma Today
A Raceland woman faces DWI and prostitution charges for allegedly offering sex for help in getting her crashed car out of a ditch Saturday night.
Cynthia Snyder, 52, 4016 La. 1 in Raceland ….MORE

From Democrat & Chronicle
Nearly one year after causing a crash that killed a Nazareth College student, Danielle L. Pitcher will begin serving weekends in the Monroe County Jail next week.
County Court Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. today sentenced Pitcher to interim probation, which means starting Jan. 20, she will serve weekends in jail through mid-May, so she can complete one final class and graduate from Nazareth College.
Pitcher, 21, of Oswego, pleaded guilty last year to second-degree vehicular manslaughter, a felony, in Monroe County Court. She admitted she was responsible for the death of classmate and close friend Gabrielle E. Acevedo, 21, ….MORE

From Richmond Register
WACO — A Waco man is charged with DUI and 34 counts of wanton endangerment after allegedly slamming into the back of a Madison County school bus Monday afternoon. None of the children on board were injured.
Johnathan T. Matney, 32, was traveling behind the bus at 3:44 p.m. on Brassfield Road, according to a Kentucky State Police news release. The bus, driven by Charles Kirby of Waco, reportedly had stopped to turn onto Gumbottom Road. ….MORE

From MyFoxTampaBay
SIESTA KEY – There was an unusual ending to a tragic story out of Siesta Key this weekend.
A 53-year-old woman was struck and killed by a drunk driver while jogging with her Hungarian Vizsla dog, authorities said.
And thanks to a tourist, we’re now learning what happened to the dog after the incident.
Rory O’Connor, who was visiting the area from Washington, was kayaking and fishing about a half mile off shore in the Gulf when he noticed Barney swimming by…..MORE

From PressDemocrat.com
A man found urinating out a car door was among 26 people arrested over the weekend on suspicion of drunken or intoxicated driving, the CHP reported Monday.
Four people among those arrested had no driver’s licenses, four had suspended licenses and six people had previous DUI convictions, Officer Jon Sloat said.
A combination of methamphetamines and a prescription medication were attributed to a Saturday motorcycle crash involving driver Owen Tarr Miller, 44, of Sebastopol, Sloat said…..MORE

From HeraldTribune.com
SARASOTA COUNTY – A criminology expert says deputies could have done more to stop an obviously intoxicated man at Siesta Key Beach who is suspected of driving away and crashing his car into a jogger who was killed.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office says the steps suggested by the expert — including offering suspect Blake Talman a cab, seizing his car keys or tailing him while walked down the beach — fall outside normal law enforcement procedures.
At any point, sheriff’s officials say, Talman, 22, could have simply lied to the officers about his plans or refused to say or do anything that they asked, because he was not breaking any laws at the time …..MORE

From TimesNewsNet
State Rep. Curry Todd’s hearing on charges of drunken driving and carrying a loaded handgun while intoxicated has been delayed until next month.
The Collierville Republican was arrested in a neighborhood near Vanderbilt and Belmont universities on Oct. 11. Todd is a retired Memphis police officer and the main architect of a new law allowing handgun carry permit holders to be armed in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol….MORE

From Detroit Free Press
Prosecutors in Will County say a man who killed a woman when he crashed his truck into a horse she was riding has pleaded guilty to aggravated drunken driving.
The office said Monday that 42-year-old Michigan resident Angus Lake faces a sentence of up to 14 years in prison when he returns to court for sentencing in March.
Prosecutors say Lake and two women were drinking one night in April 2011 at Balmoral Park Racetrack in Crete when they left to go horseback riding.
Officials say Lake later got into his truck to look for the women. A short time later, his truck struck a horse, killing 25-year-old Michelle Eustis, and….MORE

From CBS Tampa
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – A math teacher at Charlotte High School has been penalized by his school district for accepting bribes from students in exchange for improved grades.
Several of Jeff Spires’ students came forward to confess their participation in the scheme. According to their testimony, they would give their teacher cash in exchange for good grades….MORE