DWI Hit Parade!

From WCSC
JOHNS ISLAND, SC  (Nov. 4, 2012) —A Charleston Police Department officer was taken to the hospital early Sunday after troopers say she drunkenly wrecked her cruiser on Johns Island.
Corporal Bob Beres with South Carolina Highway Patrol said Officer Sarah Fortier was driving west in her 2007 Crown Victoria police cruiser on Main Road, near St. John’s High School, when she lost control a little after 12:30 a.m. …MORE

From WSAZ
WINFIELD, W.Va. (Nov. 4, 2012) — A firefighter from Charleston was arrested after police say he ran them off the road, led them on a chase and was driving drunk.
Grant Kelly Gunnoe Jr., 39, of Winfield, was charged with fleeing DUI and obstructing and officer. Police say his blood alcohol content was 0.282% more than three times the legal limit.
Police say they saw a white 1995 Ford Bronco speeding near the 2900 block of Route 817 in Winfield. Officers say Gunnoe Jr. was driving and failed to slow down as he traveled through a traffic safety enforcement checkpoint. Officers had to leap from the roadway for their safety, according to Chief John Perrine.
Chief Perrine tells WSAZ.com he chased the Ford Bronco and had his  …MORE

(Nov. 4, 2012) — PETERSBURG — A Petersburg man was hospitalized and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol Thursday night after crashing into a wooded area near Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site, according to the Illinois State Police.
John Kiper, 51, was driving his 1994 Chevy Silverado pickup west on the Athens Blacktop shortly before 8:30 p.m. Thursday when he didn’t stop a stop sign at Illinois Route 97 and drove about 150 feet into the woods, state police said.

Obituary for Yvonne Salay Tyson: arrangements

From WLDS
(Nov. 4, 2012) — A Springfield woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash happened in Cass County Saturday night.
According to the Illinois State Police, 23-year-old Yvonne Salay Tyson was killed in a crash that happened on Illinois Route 125, about a mile west of Panther Grove Road near Philadelphia at around 7 p-m.
State police say 19-year-old Dalton Jones of …MORE

(LEONARDTOWN, MD Nov. 4, 2012) — According to Lt. David Yingling of the St. Mary’s County Md. Sheriff’s Department, on November 3, 2012 at approximately 5:40 P.M., a deputy with the with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office observed a white GMC Jimmy traveling in excess of 100 Mph on Rt. 5 in Leonardtown, Maryland.  The deputy was operating a marked police vehicle and attempted to stop the GMC.  The operator of the GMC did not stop and continued to drive recklessly at a high rate of speed.  The GMC drove erratically, and endangered the lives of other motorists on the roadway.  During the lengthy pursuit the driver attempted to ram a marked police vehicle and two deputies fired their weapons at the GMC.  The vehicle pursuit ended in the area of Rt. 5 and Charlotte Hall School Rd. in Charlotte Hall, Maryland.  The driver was taken into custody without further incident and identified as Teddy Natel Ragan Jr., age 44 of Mechanicsville, Maryland.  Ragan was arrested, transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center and charged with: 

• Assault First Degree
• Fleeing and Eluding
• Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol
• Driving While Impaired by Alcohol
• Reckless Driving
• Speeding (105 Mph in a posted 50 Mph Zone)
  Additional charges are pending a review with the State’s Attorney’s Office.   Detectives from the St. Mary’s County Bureau of Criminal Investigations and the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Office of Professional Responsibilities (Internal Affairs) continue to investigate the incident.  The deputies have been placed on routine administrative leave following the discharge of their firearms.
  

From The Mining Journal
MARINETTE, Wis. – The criminal case against a man involved in a fatal drunk driving accident last month in Middle Inlet, Wis., is moving forward.
Timothy C. Christ, 28, of Wausaukee, Wis., waived his preliminary examination in Marinette County Court on Thursday.
Christ faces one felony count of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, one felony count of homicide by use of a vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration, three felony counts of operating while intoxicated causing injury, and three felony counts of causing injury with a prohibited alcohol concentration.
The charges stem from an Oct. 5 incident in Middle Inlet.
According to Marinette County Sheriff Jerry Sauve, a GMC pickup truck operated by Christ pulled onto U.S. 141 and was traveling north when it struck a south bound Chevrolet Impala.
One of the passengers in the Impala, 13-year-old Christopher Croley of Ishpeming, was killed.
The other three occupants of the Impala, …MORE

From Wisconsin Radio Network
A Merrill woman has been arrested, following a lengthy investigation into a crash which killed two of three passengers riding with her. Ashley Baumann was taken into custody Thursday afternoon. Police Chief Ken Neff said the State Patrol crash reconstruction experts came to the same conclusion as his department’s investigation, and they took the evidence to the District Attorney on Thursday.
Baumann faces nine separate charges including homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, negligent operation of a vehicle, and reckless driving. Investigators believe the 24 year-old Baumann was responsible for the crash that killed two of the three friends riding with her June 7th. Jessica Hartwig, 33, and 31 year-old Misty Glisch …MORE