DWI Hit Parade!

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

Chino DUI checkpoint on Saturday

Newtown Cops to Hold DUI Checkpoint

Patch.com – ‎Aug 29, 2012‎

Newtown Township police will be conducting a DUI checkpoint at an undisclosed location inside their jurisdiction on Friday. In a statement released this week, police officials said they would did not disclose the time and location of the checkpoint

Cornelius P. Marchtmon

From Sussex Countian
A Rehoboth Beach man was arrested Friday after leading police on a high-speed chase that resulted in him crashing his minivan into a condominium building.
Cornelius P. Marchtmon, 35, was driving a 2001 Ford Windstar north on Del. Route 1 at about 7 p.m., when a state trooper noticed that the vehicle’s registration was expired, according to Delaware State Police spokesman Master Cpl. Gary Fournier.
The trooper stopped the minivan on westbound Old Landing Road and spoke to Marchtmon before returning to the police cruiser to conduct a computer check on the Rehoboth Beach man’s license.
When the trooper returned to  ….MORE

Joseph Anastaci

From DelmarvaNow.com
MILTON — A Milford driver who led police on a high-speed chase, then crashed a Dodge pickup truck on Coastal Highway near Milton before he was apprehended in a Milton cornfield was charged with drunken driving — his fifth DUI in two decades.
Forty-year-old Josephi Anastasi also was charged with resisting arrest, disregarding a police officer’s signal, driving on a suspended license and speeding in excess of 55 mph on a four-lane, divided roadway, according to Delaware State Police.
The incident happened Saturday about 11:22 p.m., when a DSP trooper attempted to stop the 1994 pickup Anastasi was driving on Coastal Highway north of Milton near Sylvan Acres Road. According to the DSP, Anastasi was speeding and failed to  ….MORE

From NewsWorks.org
A driver is behind bars charged with vehicular homicide and other offenses in connection with an accident that claimed the life of a man who was waiting for a bus near Wilmington.
State Police say the accident occurred Saturday shortly before 8:30 a.m. during a snowstorm on Philadelphia Pike north of Edgemoor Road.
Troopers say 26-year-old Elton Paynter of Philadelphia was traveling at a high rate of speed when he veered across the oncoming lanes of traffic. His car spun around, struck two trees and a man who was standing at a DART bus stop. The car struck several other objects, including a parked SUV, before it came to rest.
52-year-old Vincent Williams of Wilmington was pronounced dead at the scene….MORE

18 Arrested for DUI Over Weekend

First month DUI campaign arrests total 61

Dover–  Delaware law enforcement officers arrested 18 individuals for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol and/or drugs during week five of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign (July 29 & 30).  Agencies conducting checkpoints and patrols included the New Castle County DUI Task Force, Delaware State Police Troop 1, Millsboro PD, and Rehoboth Beach PD.  In addition to the 18 DUI arrests officers also apprehended 10 wanted individuals, made 11 drug arrests, 9 arrested for felony violations, issued 16 seat belt citations, issued 2 child restraint citations, and issued 70 citations for various other traffic violations.

The weekend’s enforcement brings the total number of arrests for the first month of the 2011 Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign to:  61 for DUI, 41 for drug violations, 28 for felony
violations, and 8 for underage drinking violations.  In addition officers have recovered a total of 3 stolen vehicles, apprehended 42 wanted individuals, seized 4 weapons and issued 66 citations for seat belt violations, 20 for child restraint violations and 330 for additional traffic violations.

Two sobriety checkpoints and one patrol are scheduled to occur the weekend of August 5th and 6th. They are scheduled for: Friday August 5th –   Newport(NcCo DUI Task
Force) – Checkpoint Saturday August 6th –  Woodside – (DSP Troop 3) – Checkpoint Smyrna – (Smyrna PD) – Patrols  Checkpoint Strikeforce is a regional
sobriety checkpoint campaign aimed at arresting DUI offenders, and using high visibility enforcement to deter those who would otherwise choose to drink and
drive.  The campaign, a six month long effort running through New Year’s Eve, involves setting up weekly DUI checkpoints statewide.

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From DelawareOnline.com
(July 19, 2011) A 50-year-old Georgetown man was charged with his sixth DUI after he was spotted speeding on a motorcycle near Oak Orchard, state police said Monday.
Nicholas J. Fell was charged with sixth-offense driving under the influence of alcohol, a felony, as well as driving while suspended or revoked and speeding. ….MORE

Preliminary Results Show 50 Arrested for DUI July 4^th Weekend
Dover (July 8, 2011) –  Despite widespread awareness about sobriety checkpoints & patrols planned for the 4^th of July holiday weekend, preliminary results show fifty (50) people were arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol and/or drugs during the inaugural weekend of the 2011 Checkpoint Strikeforce DUI prevention campaign.  Officers statewide conducted three sobriety checkpoints and over 140 DUI saturation patrols during the Fourth of July DUI crackdown in locations all across the state.  Checkpoints were held in the City ofWilmington,Dover, and Magnolia.   
In addition to the checkpoint DUI arrests, officers issued 7 citations for underage drinking violations, recovered one stolen vehicle, seized 4 weapons, apprehended 22 wanted individuals, made 14 drug arrests, 8 felony arrests, issued 50 seat belt citations, and 425 citations for various other traffic violations. 
One checkpoint and two patrols are scheduled to take place the weekend of July 9th.   They are scheduled for:

  Friday July 8th –   Newport-(NCCo DUI Task Force)- checkpoint

                                           Clayton (Clayton PD)- patrols

            Saturday July 9^th –   Smyrna (Smyrna PD)- patrols

 Checkpoint Strikeforce is a regional sobriety checkpoint campaign aimed at arresting DUI offenders, and using high visibility enforcement to deter those who would otherwise choose to drink and drive.  The campaign, a six month long effort running through New Year’s Eve, involves setting up weekly DUI checkpoints statewide.
For more information on Checkpoint Strikeforce visit www.ohs.delaware.gov and follow regular campaign updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/DEHighwaySafe  and Facebook www.facebook.com/ArriveAliveDE.

Photos of crash scene by Alan Henney

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.- Delaware State Police say a Maryland woman is facing vehicular homicide and DUI charges in connection with a two-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a moped driver in Rehoboth Beach on Tuesday night.
The crash occurred at around 9:30 p.m. on SR 1 (Coastal Highway), just south of Bay Vista Road. Investigators say 43-year-old Dawn R. Layfield, of Annapolis, Md., was driving a 2008 Nissan Rogue in the right-hand southbound land on Coastal Highway when her vehicle struck the rear of a 2010 Bash moped that was traveling directly in front of her…..MORE

From DelmarvaNow.com
A 42-year-old Felton man was charged with his fifth DUI after he crashed into a car Thursday and then rammed a police cruiser, according to Delaware State Police.  …MORE