DWI Hit Parade!

Officer said he noticed her bloodshot eyes…sure… he was looking at her eyes!
From KXAN
AUSTIN  – Angela Odom, 29, is facing DWI charges after a law enforcement officer said he saw Odom drive up to an apartment complex gate in a white Hyundai, get out of the car naked and start banging on the gate.
It happened Saturday around 8 p.m. in the 5000 block of Old Manor Road.
A female police officer came out to conduct a field sobriety test after the male law enforcement officer who spotted Odom nude says he noticed a strong smell of alcohol coming from Odom and that she had bloodshot eyes….MORE

From The Commercial Appeal
More women in Memphis and across the nation are driving while drunk at a time when the number of DUI arrests for males is dropping, according to an FBI analysis.
Men still predominate as roadway menaces, with more than three-fourths of all DUI arrests, FBI statistics show.
But the the bureau’s comparison of 2001 and 2010 data shows the number of male drunken drivers dipped by 10 percent, while impaired female drivers increased by nearly 36 percent.
In response to the news, AAA issued a press release last week cautioning women about basic reasons, other than just body size, they reach the level of legal intoxication more quickly than men. …MORE

From The Altoona Mirror
A Bellwood dad who drove to the Altoona police station to pick up his son after his arrest on drunken-driving charges was also drunk, police alleged.
David C. Peterson Jr., 24, of 703 N. 11th St., Bellwood, was arrested early Jan. 20 at Fourth Street and Caroline Avenue by Altoona police. They were alerted to a suspected drunken driver by a PennDOT truck driver who had spotted Peterson allegedly slumped over in his 1998 Ford Taurus near Route 220 and Sabbath Rest Road, police said.
When David C. Peterson Sr., 44, arrived at the Altoona Police Department on 12th Avenue at 3:38 a.m….MORE

From Las Vegas Sun   Police identify victim
A woman was arrested in connection with drunken driving after an accident Sunday in the southwest valley left a 24-year-old man dead, Metro Police reported.
Veronica Arana, 33, was arrested on a count of DUI-alcohol resulting in death and booked into the Clark County Detention Center, where she remains without bail,
according to jail records. ….MORE

Driver has been cited for speeding, negligent driving and failing to remain at the scene of an accident in recent years; plea deals made in Charles County   Photo of crash scene   Obituary and services
LEONARDTOWN, MD (Feb. 6, 2012) According to the Maryland State Police a driver who police believe was intoxicated killed his passenger just prior to the Super Bowl. 
Police say that on February 5, 2012 at approximately 5:48 pm, Troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to the area of MD Rt. 6 east of MD Rt. 235, Mechanicsville, MD for a reported single vehicle collision.  Preliminary scene investigation revealed the driver lost control, traveled off the roadway, over compensated, crossing the center line and east bound lane of MD Rt. 6 and subsequently collided with a tree.  Police say the driver, Jason M. Denton, 24 years of age, was transported from the scene to PG Shock Trauma via MSP Trooper 7, with life threatening injuries.  The passenger, Paul S. Burnett 2^nd, 32 years of age, was pronounced deceased on scene.  Notification to next of kin was made by Trooper’s from the MSP Leonardtown Barrack.  Driver speed and alcohol was a contributing circumstance to the collision.  Investigation is being conducted by the MSP Crash Team.
“It is not a fact that driver was intoxicated but if you would like to bash driver please do so”
To the Editor: 
I am a family member of Paul Burnett and I am VERY offended by the way your site is using his name! If you would like to bash on the driver please do so but I would like Paul’s name removed from your image you have created. It is very offensive to the family of Paul, and it is not fact that the driver was intoxicated at this point it is what police believe. I would appreciate a response in this matter.
 Thank You,
Brittany Wagner
(Editor’s note: What is offensive is that so many people believe they can drink what they choose and then drive on our nation’s highways and endanger the lives of everyone else. We rely upon the police investigation to determine the facts of what caused a crash, as the Maryland State Police have done in this case. The police say the causes of this crash were speed and alcohol. The grief brought to the family and friends of Paul Burnett is the responsibility of the driver. The responsibility of a passenger to not accept a ride with someone who has been drinking, has in this case, been paid for with his life.  R.I.P. Paul Burnett)

From Destin Log
DESTIN — An Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with DUI after a motorcycle wreck Thursday night.
Sgt. Ted Cason, 48, of Shalimar, was suspended without pay Friday, pending an internal investigation.
Cason was found lying on the ground next to his motorcycle near 314 Harbor Boulevard just before 10 p.m. Thursday.
He was bleeding from the forehead but declined medical attention, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office. He also refused to take a field sobriety test or an alcohol breath test, the release said. ….MORE

 Buffoon politicians never checked on man’s record when considering pardon. He was in jail for 4th DUI at time of his pardon
From WLBT
OXFORD, MS (CNN) -Most of the controversy over former Governor Haley Barbour’s decision to grant nearly 200 pardons has been focused on four convicted murderers. But the families of those victims are not the only ones who feel violated.
There’s a reason Harry Bostick looked familiar to Sgt. Hildon Sessums. This was the second time the Oxford, Mississippi police officer had arrested Bostick for driving drunk.
“There was an open bottle of wine in the front seat with him” said Sessums. “There was an open bottle of champagne in the front seat with him. He had a large cup that was full of red wine.”
Police found he was driving at twice the legal limit of alcohol. This was Bostick’s 3rd drunk driving arrest in a year.
Bostick pled guilty to the felony charge, was sentenced to a year of house arrest and to 4 years in an alcohol abuse program.
“Right before I put the cuffs on him he said, ‘don’t do this to me’ and my comment to that usually is ‘you did it to yourself’” said Sessums.
A year after that arrest Harry Bostick applied for a pardon from Governor Haley Barbour. This former IRS investigator had high profile friends write letters asking the governor to pardon Bostick. ….MORE

From Daily Mail
Professional storm chaser Andy Gabrielson, who has survived the treacherous hunt for tornadoes for a decade, has been killed in a crash.
The 24-year-old was driving home after spending two days chasing storms in Texas when he was involved in the four-vehicle pile up on Saturday.
One other person died after a suspected drunk-driver drove down an Oklahoma highway the wrong-way. ….MORE