DWI Hit Parade!

From WJLA ABC 7 News
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell signed a bill into law Tuesday that will crack down on drunk driving in the state.
Under the new law, anyone convicted of a DUI, even first-time offenders, will have to install an interlock device into their car.
The device prevents a car from starting if the driver’s blood alcohol content (BAC) is above .02. The offender is responsible for the cost associated with the installation and monitoring of the device.
In a statement, McDonnell said, “…Just one drunk driver on the road is unacceptable, and I hope that as we spread awareness of this law, that individuals who may otherwise consider driving impaired will be deterred by the consequences of that potentially deadly decision…”  …MORE

From Daily Press
HESPERIA • A suspected drunken driver veered off the roadway, late Tuesday, striking a power pole and flipping a man in a motorized wheelchair, killing him, officials said.
David Rivera, 40, of Victorville, was traveling north on Seventh Avenue near the Manzanita Street intersection in Hesperia about 9:53 p.m. when he was struck by a Jeep approaching from behind, coroner’s and sheriff’s San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials said.
Paramedics pronounced Rivera dead at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle, Rachel Lynn Walbye, 23, of Victorville, was treated for minor injuries and arrested on suspicion of gross
vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, officials said. She was taken to West Valley Detention Center and her bail is set at $250,000, according to jail records.
Walbye is scheduled to appear in Victorville….MORE

Repeat Offender will skate accountability for killing baby as the grave beckons him…

From TimesCall.com
LONGMONT — A man accused of driving under the influence and causing a wreck that resulted in a pregnant Longmont woman losing her unborn baby posted a $100,000 bond Tuesday and was released from the Boulder County Jail.
Officers arrested Gary Sheats on the 1200 block of Winslow Circle, after a witness followed him from the crash at 17th Avenue and Pace Street on July 5. According to reports, he drove on the rim of one of the tires on the Dodge Durango he was driving. ….MORE

MARTINEZ — Jury selection began Wednesday afternoon in state Assemblyman Roger Hernandez’s misdemeanor drunken-driving trial, after a judge ruled that a Concord police officer had just cause to pull over the Southern California legislator in May.
Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Mary Ann O’Malley denied a motion to suppress evidence brought by Hernandez’s defense attorney Peter Johnson, who argued that Hernandez, D-West Covina, did not drive or behave in any manner to justify the traffic stop or subsequent DUI investigation.
Hernandez, 37, is accused of driving with a .08 percent blood-alcohol level — the legal limit in California — after admittedly having drinks with a woman in downtown Concord.
He has said he doesn’t believe he was too intoxicated to drive, and that Johnson will be challenging Contra Costa County’s blood-testing process at the trial.
Concord police Officer Mike Roberts testified Wednesday that Hernandez ….MORE

From The Tennessean
Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt said he’s worried about a potential NFL suspension after his meeting on Monday with Commissioner Roger Goodell. Britt, in his first public comments of training camp, declined to discuss specifics of the meeting.
“It was a personal meeting and I would rather just wait and see what happens,” Britt said on Wednesday. “I am a man about what I did and I will take it on the chin on whatever he decides and move forward.
“What is my gut telling me? I really don’t know. He didn’t really give me any body language on what is going to happen. He just wasn’t really pleased about seeing me in there. No person would like to see a player in their office twice in one year.”
Britt has been part of eight incidents involving police ….MORE
Britt Ticked Over Fine