Archive for January 27th, 2012

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Vermont: state health department employee busted for DUI on her way to work; now gets 2nd DUI after LEAVING work!

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From Burlington Free Press
A Waterbury woman whom police arrested on suspicion of drunken driving while she was on her way to her state job two months ago, has been arrested on a new DUI charge shortly after leaving work, public records allege.
Sheila Voyer, 48, who works at the Vermont Health Access Department on Hurricane Lane in Williston, has been ordered to appear Feb. 9 in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington to face the new DUI charge, police said. ….MORE

 

01.27
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Georgia: police officer mowed down by woman charged with DUI murder; culprit’s driving record littered with tickets

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From Atlanta Journal Constitution:

The Stone Mountain woman accused of being drunk when her car slammed into and killed an Atlanta police officer has been cited six times for traffic violations in five years, the Fulton County District Attorney’s office said Thursday.
Chasity Nicole Jones, 22, will remain in the Fulton County jail for at least the next two weeks after a Fulton County magistrate judge refused to grant bond at a court appearance Thursday morning. Jones was charged with felony first-degree vehicular homicide as well as two misdemeanors, driving under the influence and failure to yield to person authorized to direct traffic following the death of Senior Officer Gail Thomas.
Jones was in a jail courtroom Thursday, where Fulton Magistrate Judge Jessy Lall set bond at $15,000 on the two misdemeanors, but refused to allow bond on the vehicular homicide charge.  ….MORE