DWI Hit Parade!

From KSAT
SAN ANTONIO -The drunk driver responsible for a crash that killed two people early Sunday morning on Old Highway 90 at Callghan Road had two previous DWI arrests, according to Bexar County records.
Ruby Marie Bukvasevic, 53, is charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter, San Antonio police said.
Bukvasevic was listed in critical condition at University Hospital Sunday evening.
Bexar County records showed Bukvasevic has been arrested for DWI twice before, once in 2003 and again in 2006…..MORE

SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio police officer has been arrested for driving while intoxicated.
San Antonio Police Department officials say Officer Robert Romo was ….MORE

From WOAI
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police department has launched an investigation into seven of its officers after an apparent alcohol-related crash and a possible cover up, San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus said.
Chief McManus said the off-duty sergeant was apparently driving under the influence, headed north in an unmarked patrol car on Highway 281 and crashed into a barrier near Josephine at about 5:30 Thursday morning. The sergeant wandered away from the vehicle to a building several blocks away, where security guards called police.
McManus said a “number of improprieties” were found involving six responding officers during the initial investigation, including an attempt to take the sergeant home and remove evidence from the car. ….MORE

From KENS 5 TV
SAN ANTONIO — The message of not drinking and driving has been repeated over and over. There’s even been added emphasis on holiday weekends, but some people aren’t getting the message.
“I think most people believe that it won’t happened to me,” said San Antonio police Chief William McManus. “Either I won’t get to the point where I’m impaired or police will never find me, police will never see me.”
However, a lot of those people are wrong, including dozens of people midway way through the holiday weekend.
McManus said 24 drivers were arrested Friday, 37 on Saturday and 26 by midday Sunday. ….MORE

From KENS5.COM
SAN ANTONIO — A former San Antonio police officer who accidentally killed a civilian in 2006, is set to go to trial on a DWI charge.
A Bexar County grand jury did not indict Winder Morales in that 2006 fatal accident, but in November of 2009, Morales was arrested on a separate DWI charge.
Morales is fighting that case and is heading  to court Monday afternoon.
The 34-year-old is accused of drinking and driving on Highway 90 at General McMullen.
He was in an unmarked police car and off duty at the time when authorities say he crashed into a traffic barrier rolling the city vehicle.  …MORE

From mySanAntonio.com
A San Antonio police officer is accused of driving while intoxicated early Friday, when he crashed into a parked vehicle on the Northeast Side.  Officer Roland Alvarado, 43, was arrested in the parking lot of The Player’s Club, in the 11400 block of Perrin Beitel Road, around 2:30 a.m. Friday.   …MORE

From Officer.com and KSAT.com
At about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Thornton had parked his police unit on the upper ramp of I-35 and South Laredo Street. He was assisting a stranded motorist when McManus said a blue extended cab pickup truck crushed the rear of the patrol car where the officer had been standing.
“The officer actually was thrown up in the air,” said McManus.
He said Thornton was holding on to the concrete barrier with his arm when “the two people who he was assisting pulled him back over by his belt.”
Had they not reacted immediately, police believe the officer may have fallen to his death 30 feet below I-35.
McManus said 24-year-old Kevin Balditt of San Antonio, now in police custody, will likely face charges of intoxication assault on a police officer and driving while intoxicated.   MORE