Category Archives: Air Traffic Controllers & Pilots charged with DWI/DUI/OWI
California: Two Coast Guardsmen busted for DUI by California Highway Patrol
Chief Petty Officer Michael Padgett was reporting for duty, when the California Highway Patrol stopped him one mile from the Coast Guard gate at Yerba Buena Island.
In his report, the officer said he smelled a strong odor of alcohol. “And I noticed his eyes were red and watery and his speech was slurred,” the officer said. “As Padgett walked, I noticed he had an unsteady gait.”
Authorities said Padgett had a blood alcohol level of 0.18 on a breath test, more than twice the legal limit.

California: Richard Kay Rockey has the jailhouse blues; gramps crashed his Prius into PT Cruiser, wins DUI
The investigation revealed a white Toyota Prius was traveling eastbound on Highway 111 towards El Dorado Drive when it rear ended a yellow Toyota FJ Cruiser, which was stopped for the eastbound red light at El Dorado Drive.
The driver of the vehicle was determined to be Richard Kay Rockey, age 69 of La Quinta.

South Carolina: Aiken County Sheriff’s Jail bookings for DUI
MICHAEL BRANTLEY, 37, of JACKSONVILLE, S. C. on 01-03-2013 at 0:19, DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE/FELONY […]
Virginia: Obama appointee as FAA chief says it’s time to hit the bricks after DWI arrest
From The Washington Post Three days after his arrest on a drunken driving charge in […]
South Carolina: US Airways pilot convicted of DUI….his 2nd offense; pilot nearly hit cop car
(August 16, 2011) According to the South Carolina prosecutors who handled the case, on Thursday […]