DWI Hit Parade!

Would others arrested for drunk driving be able to bring their drinking buddies into court to testify that they were not really intoxicated? Does this only have weight when the person charged is a judge?  Is this prosecutor just a suck-up?  Inquiring minds want to know…
From Herald Net
(Oct. 30, 2012) — MILL CREEK — A longtime Snohomish County judge will face no charges after being arrested Aug. 29 for suspected drunken driving.
There is insufficient evidence to prove Snohomish County District Court Judge Timothy Ryan was drunk that night, and another judge likely would testify the man wasn’t impaired, according to documents released Monday under public records laws.
Ryan was pulled over by a Washington State Patrol trooper who said the judge was speeding and driving erratically along the Bothell-Everett Highway near Mill Creek.
Based on Ryan’s reportedly bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and the smell of alcohol, troopers asked him to perform sobriety tests. The judge declined. He was arrested and his vehicle impounded. Ryan was then driven home after refusing to submit to sobriety testing using a Breathalyzer at nearby Mill Creek police headquarters.
Although troopers believed Ryan exhibited signs of intoxication, a King County deputy prosecutor concluded that Ryan’s cause would be helped “most significantly” by the anticipated testimony of Roger Fisher, Ryan’s friend and fellow district court judge ….MORE

From Daily Herald
MILL CREEK — A south Snohomish County judge who presides over drunken-driving cases now faces a possible DUI charge of his own after his arrest Wednesday night.
The Washington State Patrol stopped Snohomish County District Court Judge Timothy Ryan on the Bothell-Everett Highway, between 183rd and 186th Street SE, shortly after 9 p.m.
Ryan, 65, was driving an Acura TSX sedan south ….MORE

The following persons were reported charged and booked for DWI by the Pierce County Washington Sheriff’s Office:
Jamar Coza Adams, on 8/1/12 sentenced to 30 days by Pierce County Sheriff
Lamont Benson Afuvai, on 8/6/12 at 8:21 am (bench warrant from Pierce County) by Sheriff
Sabino Allende Patino, on 8/4/12 at 12:17 am by Washington State Patrol
Abdirahman Mohamud Ali, on 7/23/12 at 7:28 pm by Pierce County Sheriff (FTA)
James Macoe Athens, on 9/11/10 at 4:57 am by Washington State Patrol
William Josue Baca Quero, on 4/27/12 at 12:51 am by Lakewood Police Dept. sentence to 9/15/12
Robert Lewis Bare, on 8/7/12 at 9:34 am Washington State Patrol, sentenced to 20 day
Jasper Zion Bell, on 6/30/12 at 12:28 am by Washington State Patrol sentenced to 64 days
John Blaine Bell, on 7/12/12 at 7:48 pm by Pierce County Sheriff, sentenced to 56 days
Steven Lee Bell, on 7/16/12 at 12:06 am by Tacoma Police Dept. sentenced to 85 days
Anita Francis Berry, on 5/1/12 at 2:42 am by Tacoma Police Dept. sentenced to 134 days
Brian Timothy Berry, Jr. on 8/13/12 at 3:08 pm by Washington State Patrol
Richelle Lachish Bibbs, on 8/7/12 at 12:04 am by Washington State Patrol
Heather Rene Blakeway, on 8/17/12 at 7:10 pm by Washington State Patrol
Gary Dean Boyd, on 7/16/12 at 12:58 pm by Washington State Patrol
Lyndsay Ann Boyko, on 7/3/12 at 11:37 am by Tacoma Police Dept. sentenced to 87 days
Barry Scott Brassesco, on 5/24/12 at 11:16 pm by Washington State Patrol sentenced to 121 days
Timothy Brosius, on 7/23/12 at 8:57 am by Washington State Patrol sentenced to 91 days
Evan Christopher Brown, on 5/15/12 at 11:00 am by Tacoma Police Dept. sentenced to 90 days
Amos Lester Brown Jr., on 3/1/12 at 10:21 pm by Washington State Patrol

From Columbia Basin Herald
MOSES LAKE – Washington State Patrol Troopers arrested 253 people suspected of being impaired by drugs or alcohol during the New Year’s weekend.
The number is a few dozen fewer than the 286 troopers arrested for DUI in 2010, according to Washington State Patrol Captain Jason Berry. Of the people arrested in 2011, 32 were involved in DUI collisions, he added.
In Grant and Adams counties, 94 motorists were arrested for DUI during the course of a holiday enforcement campaign running Nov. 24 through Jan. 2, according to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. ….MORE

From Seattle Times
Those arrested for drunken driving will have their cars impounded in a new law that goes into effect at midnight Thursday.
There also is a mandatory 12-hour hold at towing companies before a vehicle can be released.
It’s all part of a new law passed by the Washington Legislature this year.
The 2011 Legislature passed the law after realizing that people who released after being arrested for driving under the influence could quickly end up behind the wheel again, said the Washington State Patrol.
Because of limited jail space, when someone is arrested for suspicion of drunken driving they typically have been released to another adult or allowed to take a taxi home. But sometimes the driver would return to his or her car and drive away….MORE

The following persons were incarcerated in the Pierce County Washington Jail for DWI:
Addirahman Mohamud Ali, on 2/3/2011 at 6:35 pm by Washington State Patrol
Francisco Alvizar Martinez, on 2/4/2011 at 11:14 pm by Tacoma Police Department (also immigration detainer)
Paul Andrew Anderson, 5/2/2010 by at 3:57 pm by Tacoma Police Dept.  (also operating without ignition interlock) serving 1 year sentence
Raymond John Azevedo Jr on 1/17/2011 at 5:52 am by Tacoma Police Dept.
Michael Ryan Taylor, on 2/9/2011 at 9:42 am by Pierce County Sheriff
Travis Wade Towne, on 2/9/2011 at 12:31 am by Tacoma Police Dept.
Travis Lee Tyler, on 12/27/2010 at 10:25 am by Puyallup Police Dept.
Steven Edward Tolliver, on 11/2/2010 at 8:25 pm by Pierce County Sheriff sentenced to 120 days
Justin Robert Tonsor, 2/3/2011 at 9:17 am sentenced to 7 days
Ramon Antonio Martinez, on 2/9/2011 at 8:23 am by Pierce County Sheriff
Matthew Scott McCabe, on 1/25/2011 at 9:46 am by Washington State Patrol serving 20 day sentence
Daniel James McKernan, on 1/15/2011 2:16 pm by Washington State Patrol