On May 3, 2008, Danny Calvin Ruiz was driving home from a wedding reception with his pregnant girlfriend, Andrea Gerdon, in the passenger seat. Ruiz was drunk and was driving 60 mph in a 35 mph zone. He crashed into a tree in San Clemente, killing his girlfriend and their…
Jeffrey Donovan, star of the cable hit TV show “Burn Notice” was arrested in Miami Beach for DUI. He told the cops he felt the effects of the alcohol, combined with Benadryl, an allergy medication that has the side effect of drowsiness, particularly when mixed with alcohol. Driving DUI is…
A Costa Mesa man pled guilty to a DUI and hit-and-run this Monday that occurred in Newport Beach, and was sentenced to 163 days in jail, three years probation, alcohol classes and a revoked license. James Arlen Peterson was driving drunk in Newport Beach on July 10th. He hit a…
According to Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, DUI drivers across the nation (and by extension in Orange County, California) have driven drunk 87 times on average before they are finally arrested. So when I hear from people that they have NEVER driven drunk before they were arrested, I’m skeptical. What this…
In Orange County, as in virtually every other county in California, if you leave the scene of an accident, you will be charged with violating 20002 VC. If you leave the scene of an accident and you are DUI, you could face some serious jail time. The driver of the…
Sadly, once again, a life taken and a life wasted because of DUI here in Orange County. A Long Beach man, Ivan Gandarilla, was convicted today of second-degree murder in the death of his passenger after a collision in Los Alamitos. There is nothing really special about the facts in…
In a continuing effort to get drunk drivers off the road and educate others about the risks, the Orange County, California Sheriff’s Department set up numerous DUI checkpoints over the Fourth of July weekend, making many arrests. Using a light-hearted approach, deputies conversed with passing motorists, conducting enforcement stops and…
Orange County Sheriff’s deputy Erin Guidice plead no contest to a DUI accident committed on April 15, as reported in the Orange County Register today. Apparently, she rammed her car into the back of another car. Her blood alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit at the time of…
It’s very fortunate for the driver of a hit and run vehicle in Laguna Beach that he didn’t kill anyone today. Apparently, he lost control of the vehicle on Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, hit three parked cars and ran off on foot before being captured by police. If he…
The L.A. Times is reporting that an Orange County sheriff’s official has been charged with two counts of DUI after causing a car accident in Irvine in April. Irvine police arrested Lt. Erin Lorraine Guidice, after she crashed into the back of another car stopped at a red light on…