DWI Hit Parade!

Ricky Deel, Fairfield County Jail photo
From WIS
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, SC (Dec. 4, 2012) – The man accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a 16-year-old Michigan teen on Interstate 77 in November was out of jail on awaiting trial for a previous DUI, according to a background check.
Highway Patrol investigators are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash to come forward.
“Each fatality has a family, each fatality has a story behind it,” said Lance Corporal Billy Elder with South Carolina Highway Patrol.
This story was written the night of Sunday,November 18th around 7 p.m. just north of exit 41 on I-77 south. Authorities are still investigating the crash so they have released few details, but investigators say a 2000 model Saturn driven by Ricky Deel of Beaufort hit a2004 Dodge Durango. “The Dodge had seven occupants in it, one of those was deceased as a result of this crash, a 16 year-old male,” said Elder.
That teen, identified as, Jimmy Williams of New Boston, Michigan was in the car with…MORE

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

Jordy Wayne Calhoun

FROM CAROLINA LIVE   From WMBF update identifies deceased

Sept. 22, 2012 — A horrific crash on Highway 17 Business between Highway 544 and the front gate of the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base killed at least one person.
It happened about 1:20 p.m. across from Pirateland Campground in the southbound lane of 17 Business.
South Carolina Highway Patrol says a Jeep heading north crossed the grass median and hit a van that was going south head-on.
There were six people in the van. One of the passengers was killed. That person’s name has not been released pending notification of the family.
The other five were taken to the hospital.
The driver of the Jeep, Jordy Wayne Calhoun, 18, of Conway was also taken to the hospital and then to J. Reuben Long Detention Center where he’s charged with two counts of Felony DUI  ….MORE

deceased man identified by coroner
From WLTX
Columbia, SC (WLTX) — South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Friday night on SC 34, about 10 miles east of Newberry.
Investigators say that 29-year-old Michael Livingston of Charleston was driving his pickup truck when he slowed to make a left hand turn.
Officials say 35-year-old Charles Stuck was behind the pickup in his jeep and was unable to stop. Stuck crashed into the left side of Livingston’s truck.
According to Highway Patrol, Stuck and his passenger, 31 year old Timothy Stuck, were ejected from the vehicle. Both men were taken to Palmetto Richland. Their conditions are unknown.
The third passenger in the jeep was not ejected but officials say he was pronounced dead at ….MORE

The following persons were booked into the Berkeley County South Carolina Sheriff’s Office on charges of DUI:

Jerry Burbage, on 7/5/12 at 5:53 am by Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office DUI 2^nd offence

Woodrow Baker, on 4/19/12 at 4:22 pm by South Carolina Highway Patrol felony DUI bodily injury

Eric Michael Sean Bonnette, on 8/11/12 at 12:53 am by South Carolina Highway Patrol

James Walter DiCicco, on 8/3/12 at 3:22 am by South Carolina Highway Patrol

Nicholas Raymond Tuccirone, 8/11/12 at 1:28 am by Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office

Sidney R. Dalton, on 7/31/12 at 9:37 pm by Hanahan Police Dept.

James Gaskins, on 8/10/12 at 2:00 am by South Carolina Highway Patrol

Lisa Marie DeSilva, on 8/10/12 at 4:35 pm by South Carolina Highway Patrol

From WIS
KERSHAW COUNTY, SC (WIS) – A woman has been charged with felony DUI after the South Carolina Highway Patrol says a motorcyclist collided with the van she was driving.
Troopers say the driver of that motorcycle, 49-year-old Michael Gaskins, was driving south on Highway 341 Friday around 10:56pm when he hit the van being driven by 30-year-old Michelle Anthony as she …MORE

From SCNow.com
CONWAY, S.C. — Driving down the road on a weekday morning you might assume you’re safe from drunk drivers.
But, the South Carolina Highway Patrol has noticed a trend that might make you think again.
“We used to only see DUI’s on Friday, Saturday, Sunday night — late at night when the bars let out, that’s when you saw your impaired drivers,”
Lance Cpl. Sonny Collins, South Carolina Highway Patrol, said.
“Now, we see them on Wednesday afternoons, Tuesday mornings, any day of the week, any time of the day,” Collins said. ….MORE