Category Archives: government employees charged with impaired driving
Florida: Third Broward Court Judge charged with DUI in six months; Judge Lynn Rosenthal arrested after wreck in courthouse parking lot
Apparently the Broward County Courthouse is the place to be if you want to get riggety riggety wrecked, son! This morning was Judge Lynn Rosenthal’s turn to see how the other half of her criminal courtroom lives when she gets booked at the Broward Main Jail. There are scant details of the accident so far, but everyone agrees that a sheriff’s vehicle was hit, and they’re blaming Judge Rosenthal, a Governor Scott appointee facing an electoral challenge this year from the happiest person in Florida today.
Texas: Oklahoma Senator who sponsored bill toughening DWI laws busted for DWI on his last day in office
An Oklahoma State Senator was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated in Grayson County, Texas, late Thursday night.
According to the Howe Police Department, Oklahoma Sen. Harry Coates, (R – Seminole), was stopped on southbound US 75 near the town of Howe around 11 p.m. Thursday, after a driver reported the vehicle to be driving erratically.
California: family files suit against DUI killer Raymond Morua and Congresswoman Lois Capps
Dies was on life support for several days after she was hit by Morua on December 6. Stoll said, “The hospital and medical bills are hundreds of thousands of dollars. So there is a double tragedy here. They’ve lost their daughter and they’ve lost their financial security, their financial future.”
California: San Francisco firefighter Michael Quinn busted for DUI after crashing firetruck and fleeing the scene…perhaps he was just out drumming up business for the grim reaper!
As he turned the truck, police say it hit a motorcycle. The rider was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Police say Quinn suddenly left the scene of the accident and disappeared for several hours before returning.
New Jersey: the guy in charge of 911 operations busted for…DWI…Ernest Feist crashed and sent three people to hospital
Photo courtesy of NJ.com MONROE TOWNSHIP – Ernest Feist, the director of emergency management for […]