DWI Hit Parade!

Andrew LaFountain

From Saratogian
MIDDLE FALLS — After leading police on a chase through multiple towns in Washington County, a Schuylerville man, who was allegedly drunk behind the wheel, crashed the truck he was driving without license plates into a utility pole on Route 29.

A Washington County sheriff’s deputy attempted to pull over Andrew Lafountain, 21, of Schuyler Street in Schuylerville at about 1:30 a.m. July 6 in Kingsbury after the man allegedly failed to yield the right-of-way at the intersection of state Route 196 and Burgoyne Avenue. But …MORE

From KHOU
HOUSTON—A drunk driver was sobering up behind bars Friday after driving the wrong-way on the North Freeway and causing a chain-reaction crash involving a Houston police car.
Police said Martin Hernandez, 33, was driving a brown Chevy Silverado northbound in the southbound lanes on the North Freeway at Tidwell around midnight. Police received several calls about the driver and an officer was on the way to check it out. That officer was cresting over the hill when he almost ran head-on into Hernandez.
The officer swerved to avoid Hernandez’s pickup, then slammed into a retaining wall…MORE

From NBC 12
CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) – A Chesterfield firefighter is facing a series of charges related to a suspected drunk driving incident.
 A police officer says 41-year-old Aubrey Smith tried to outrun the law then turned on the officer.
According to court documents, on the night of June 29th Smith was arrested for speeding, driving under the influence, eluding police, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer.
The police report says, Smith was driving almost 20 miles over the speed limit on Route 360 in Amelia. When a deputy tried to pull him over, Smith is accused of speeding up, before stopping in his own driveway…MORE

The following persons were charged with DWI and booked into the Collin County, Texas Sheriff’s Office Detention Center;

Alfaro, Christopher Alexis, 23, on 7/1/12

Arnold, Stephen Scott, Jr., 29, on 7/1/12

Doherty, Thomas Patrick, 25, on 7/6/12

From Syracuse.com
Truxton, NY — A Manlius man was killed early this morning in Truxton when he was struck by a vehicle while he was changing a tire in the town of Truxton, state police said.
Derek R. Manwarren, 21, of Truxton, the driver of the vehicle that struck and killed Brian R. Cook, 26, of Manlius, was later charged with driving while intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter, troopers said.
Manwarren was driving his vehicle north just before 3 a.m. on state Route 13 when he came upon two vehicles parked on the east shoulder
of the road, troopers….MORE