In June, Dodger’s relief pitcher Ronald Belisario was pulled over by California Highway Patrol in Pasadena for driving while talking on a cell phone. After being pulled over, officers realized he was intoxicated so he was immediately arrested and charged with a DUI. He was released on $5,000 bail. Last…
On Friday night, Laguna Beach PD set up a DUI checkpoint from 9pm to 2 am on PCH. They hoped to catch any drunk drivers that passed them. In total, about 1,996 cars drove through the checkpoint in the 5 hours the checkpoint was set up. Around 15 motorists were…
Last week, Costa Mesa Police set up a DUI checkpoint, stopping about 237 cars. One car that was pulled over had a driver that was driving under the influence. When another car was pulled over and officers told the driver, Patrick Dylan Riley, to roll down the window, officers said…
Billy Gillispie was charged with a DUI this week, after refusing sobriety tests. Police followed Gillispie’s car as he was going 63 mph in a 45 mph zone. The officer pulled him over and smelled a sweet fruity smell from Gillispie. Gillispie got out of the car and looked unstable.…
In July, Diane Schuler was driving a minivan with five children in the car when she drove the wrong way on the street and got into a head on collision with an SUV. Four out of the five children and Schuler were killed instantly and all three passengers of the…
A study done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration conducted in 2007 revealed that less people in the U.S. are driving under the influence of alcohol. In a study of 11,000 drivers, only about 2.2% of the drivers had a blood alcohol level of above .08%. The disturbing finding,…
Scooter Patrol, a nonprofit organization that picks up intoxicated people at bars and drives them home, has closed due to financial hardship. The founder of Scooter Patrol, Anthony Panzica, thinks that the company has kept about 12,000 drunk drivers off the road. He started the company after he saw drunk…
Heather Elizabeth Azkoul was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the death of Virginia Cordier, a mother of 5 children. In January of 2007, Azkoul got drunk with a friend at Alcatraz Brewing Co. at the Block in Orange and then drove home. On the way home,…
In 2008, more than 11,700 people died in crashes involving a driver that had a .08 blood alcohol level or higher. In California, there were 1,029 deaths which was a 9% reduction from the year before. Orange County is making a special effort to crack down on drunk drivers by…
After consuming about 15 beers, Kyle Wygle was seriously intoxicated. Nevertheless, he got onto his motorized barstool and drove home. He was going about 20 miles per hour near his home, when he tried to make a U-turn and suddenly crashed. Officers responded to the scene of the crime to…