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Gabriel Lee Gratto

From Myrtle Beach Online

MYRTLE BEACH —  A Myrtle Beach man was charged with felony driving under the influence in connection with a vehicle crash Wednesday night that killed a woman as she drove along Prestwick Club Drive, according to authorities.

Gabriel Lee Gratto, 28, of Myrtle Beach was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center at 12:13 a.m. Thursday and is being held there pending a bond hearing, according to jail records.

Gratto is charged with felony DUI in connection with the crash that happened about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on Secondary Highway 394, said Sgt. Bob Beres with the S.C. Highway Patrol.

Joan Errickson, 56, of Myrtle Beach died from multiple traumas she suffered in the crash, Horry County Deputy …..MORE

Victim and driver identified

From New York Post

A woman was ejected from a speeding car this morning after the driver lost control and crashed into a barrier near the Williamsburg Bridge, authorities said.

A 23-year-old woman was allegedly drunk behind the wheel of a 2003 Nissan Altima when she was heading into Brooklyn over the bridge around 4:05 a.m., police sources said.

She hit a metal divider on the passenger’s side when she was making a turn near the ramp to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway — ejecting the back seat passenger, police said.

The victim landed on the roadway as the car spun out of control into oncoming traffic, police said ….MORE

Officer Kevin Denner killed by drunk driver.

From KDVR

DENVER — A Littleton police officer who died after being hit by an alleged drunken driver was laid to rest Friday morning.

The funeral for Officer Kevin Denner was held at the Mission Hills Church in Littleton.  About 650 people attended the service.

Denner was riding his motorcycle off-duty Monday when he was hit by a car in Aurora. Police said Denner died at the scene.

Jemal Abdelkader Dawed, 37, was arrested at the scene. He faces charges including driving under the influence of alcohol, vehicular homicide, careless driving and failure to yield the right of way.

Denner is survived by his wife, Kristin …MORE

Donna Lynne Brown

From Naples News

ESTERO — A Punta Gorda man was killed Thursday night when his motorcycle was struck by a sport utility vehicle and dragged miles in an alcohol-related crash on U.S. 41, the Florida Highway Patrol reports.

Carl Edward Patrick, 54, died at the scene of the crash, which occurred a few minutes before 10 p.m. at U.S. 41 and Constitution Boulevard in San Carlos Park, the FHP reports.

Donna Lynne Brown, 54, of Estero, was cited by the FHP for DUI manslaughter, DUI property damage, hit and run with death, DUI and careless driving. She remains in a Lee County jail, and her bond has been set at $70,000, according to Lee County’s Sheriff’s Office records….MORE

From Journal Gazette

FORT WAYNE – David Bisard hung his head and stared at the floor for the better part of an hour as his defense attorney fought to keep the embattled Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer out of jail.

It was a losing effort.

An Allen Superior Court judge revoked Bisard’s bond Thursday.

Charged with felony counts of drunken driving, reckless homicide and criminal recklessness stemming from a crash while he was on duty in 2010, Bisard had been out on bond but will now have to spend his days in jail until his October trial.

Judge John F. Surbeck ruled that a second drunken driving arrest late last month in the Indianapolis area showed that Bisard posed a danger to the community.  ….MORE

Plymouth Council Member Aneka Gibson

ANOTHER POLITICIAN WHO DOESN’T THINK DRUNK DRIVING LAWS APPLY TO HER…

From WITN

Troopers say a Plymouth town council member is charged with a hit and run Thursday which sent a 14 year old girl to the hospital. They say 42 year old Aneka Gibson blew a .27 on a breathalyzer test which is more than three times the legal limit. She is charged with  DWI, felony hit and run, having no insurance or inspection,and fictitious tags

Police say they found Gibson at her home after a girl was hit by a truck as she walked down the street in Plymouth Thursday night and the red Dodge pickup took off.

The girl was hit ….MORE

From Post Gazette

After the death of Lexa Cleland, there were many milestones.

First came the arrest of the drunken driver who killed her in December 2010,  then his sentencing 16 months later and, finally, this week, the $15.6 million  settlement with the South Side restaurant that served him the alcohol.

Mark and Nicole Cleland said Wednesday that they hoped the denouement of the  legal battle with Hofbrauhaus would give them “a sense of an end of a chapter”  in the death of their 7-year-old daughter ….MORE

From WHMI
5/10/13 – A Howell woman has pleaded guilty to charges filed following a fatal drunk driving crash. 33-year-old Treena Jean Beazley pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and causing the death of 56-year-old Roger Miles. ….MORE

From KMOV

St. Louis, MO., May 11, 2013 – A grandmother faces 20 years behind bars for killing her granddaughter in a drunk driving accident in 2011.