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From Red Stick Now
A weekend of partying ended with a Carriere, Mississippi woman being arrested twice, in less than 24 hours, for Driving While Intoxicated.

The first arrest happened early Saturday morning around 2:30am. A Slidell Police officer noticed a red 2002 Saturn swerving on Front Street. When the officer stopped the vehicle, he came into contact with 26-year-old Marjorie Portier. Portier, who just left a party at a bar, exhibited signs of being intoxicated and was placed under arrest. Portier submitted to the breath alcohol test and had a blood alcohol content over twice the legal limit of .08. Portier was charged with First Offense Driving While Intoxicated and Improper Lane Usage.

Less than 24 hours later, a different Slidell Police officer, who was working a Louisiana Highway Safety Commission D.W.I. Grant,
stopped Portier early ….MORE

Joseph Allan Seward

From Billings Gazette

A Billings man who witnesses said was driving a van that was ”swerving  all over the road” was arraigned Friday on what prosecutors said is his fifth  drunken-driving offense.

Joseph Allan Seward, 45, appeared before District Judge Mary Jane Knisely and  pleaded not guilty to felony DUI. His bond was set at $10,000 after a prosecutor  said Seward was previously convicted of  DUI in 1990, 2000, and twice  in 2002.

Seward was arrested April 29 after witnesses called 911 to report a  Chevrolet Venture “swerving all over the road and cutting off other  drivers” on King Avenue West.

Officer found the van parked at a ….MORE

Takoi A. Morris

From Dover Post
A Delaware State Police trooper has arrested a Dover man for driving under the influence after stopping the man for talking on a cell phone.

The incident occurred around 12:45 p.m. Thursday in the area of Route 13 and South State Street, said police spokesman Master Cpl. Gary E. Fournier. After stopping the car near the 1200 block of South Governors Avenue, the trooper noticed the smell of alcohol while talking to the driver, and conducted DUI investigation ….MORE

Third DWI offense for politician who says he MIGHT resign if convicted

From WDIV

Monroe, Mich. — Stephen Pace was elected to the Monroe County Road Commission this past November. On Saturday, he got into trouble.

A neighbor had called police after hearing a crash. Police say Pace hit a tree, lost the front bumper on his vehicle but kept driving to his home a few blocks away. ….MORE

FROM KRQE

ALBUQUERQUE – The son of a powerful New Mexico lawmaker is on thin ice with his own powerful state job after receiving his third DWI charge.

41-year-old Randy Saavedra was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of driving drunk.

Randy is the son of New Mexico lawmaker Kiki Saavedra, chair of the powerful House Appropriations and Finance Committee.

Despite his arrest over the weekend, Randy is still working in his job as programs director at the 13th Judicial DA’s office.

Randy told News 13 he had no comment.

His boss, District Attorney Lemuel Martinez, says the office is conducting an internal affairs investigation about the incident.

“Based on the advice of the attorney on that investigation we’ll do the appropriate thing within the law, within our policy, et cetera, in moving forward with this case,” he said.

Kiki’s other son, Marc, has also held government jobs and run into similar problems.

In 2006, two months after being hired as the lobbyist for UNM, he got a DUI. But despite that, he got a 50% raise the next year. His salary is now nearly $147,000 per year.

When Randy Saavedra was hired by the ….MORE

Johnny Allen Spell in jail charged with DWI fatal and hit and run

From WNCT

HARRELLS, N.C. – A truck driver in Sampson County has been charged with driving while impaired (DWI) and other crimes in relation to the hit-and-run death of a 7-year-old girl.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol said Johnny Allen Spell, 37, of Bud Spell Lane in Roseboro, was heading south on Highway 421 in the Harrells area of Sampson County on Tuesday afternoon when he passed a stopped school bus and hit Alyiah Morgan. Morgan was a 1st-grade student at nearby Union Elementary School. The girl was pronounced dead on the way to Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Jeff Gordon said.

Gordon said the bus’s flashing red lights were on, and its stop sign was out. He said troopers found Spell and his truck about 25 miles away in the parking area of the small trucking company on Hayne Stretch Road where Spell worked.

“He could ….MORE

Ricky Trent Stanley, in a prior DWI arrest photo
From KXII

SHERMAN, TX — A Grayson County Sheriff’s Deputy was killed in the line of duty Saturday night, while directing traffic.

Just before 10:30, Fannin County Sheriff’s deputies and DPS troopers were in pursuit of a driver heading westbound on Highway 82. The pursuit ended at the intersection of 82 and Bethany Road — just east of Sherman.

That’s when officers, including Sheriff’s Deputy Chad Key, were called out to assist in directing traffic at the scene but that routine assistance turned into a deadly accident.

Sheriff’s Deputy Chad Key responded to this intersection of Highway 82 and Bethany Road east of Sherman, just before 10:30 Saturday night.

“They were working that scene and our deputy was out there assisting with traffic control, helping route cars around,” Lt. Rickey Wheeler said.

That’s when authorities say suspected drunk driver, 28-year-old Ricky Trent Stanley of Whitesboro, seen here in a prior mug shot, failed to stop and struck the 42-year-old deputy.

Key was rushed to Texoma Medical Center in Denison, where he later died.

Deputy Key graduated from ….MORE

From MyDesert.com
INDIO — A murder charge was filed Wednesday against a Palm Springs man suspected of fatally striking a 70-year-old bicyclist while driving under the influence in Cathedral City.

Brandon Royce Melton, 27, is also charged with DUI, gross vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run resulting in death or injury.

Arraignment was set for Wednesday afternoon at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, but then delayed at the request of Melton’s attorney.

It was rescheduled to May 3.

Melton was arrested around 9:10 p.m. Saturday, about an hour and 15 minutes after allegedly fleeing the scene of the crash in the 67-300 block of East Palm Canyon Drive.

The victim, Edward James Shaieb …..MORE

The daily drum roll of death and stupidity shows that these idiots are America’s most dependable renewable resource.

The Louisiana State Police arrested a man early Saturday morning and charged him with 5th offense DWI and speeding.

According to their report, a trooper clocked a vehicle going 69 in a 45mph zone on Siegen Lane around 3:45 Saturday morning.

The driver, John Day, 11031 Stanely Aubin Ln in Baton Rouge, failed a field sobriety test that was administered by the investigating Trooper. Day was then arrested and transported to a nearby station where he refused the breathalyzer test. …..MORE
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From Daily Times
FARMINGTON —  The site of a fatal car crash Thursday evening was one the most dangerous intersections in Farmington.

Ladell Light, 37, died Thursday night after he crashed his car into a white GMC truck at the intersection of West Main Street and La Plata Highway. The crash was at 5 p.m., and Light died at San Juan Regional Medical Center three hours later.

Farmington police said several factors are to blame for the high rate of drunken driving crashes at the junction.

“That intersection was one of the most likely of all, at any time of the day, to have DWI crashes,” said Farmington police Sgt. Casey Malone.

Farmington police statistics for DWI crashes weren’t available Friday, but Malone said the DWI Resource Center ….MORE