Driving Under the Influence or DUI is considered a serious offense in California and the Prosecution pursues the penalties and punishments seriously. Recent statistics have shown that there are approximately 13,000 DUI arrests in Orange County alone. A conviction for DUI can carry long lasting effects on a person’s life…
Costa Mesa Police Department screened 475 out of 1,000 vehicles traveling through a checkpoint at 17th and Raymond Street on Tuesday night. They were checking for impaired drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs, which resulting in 3 arrests for suspicion of DUI. Whether you live in Costa Mesa,…
Rockfield Blvd. in Lake Forest must hold some kind of record for car collisions. In today’s example, a 66-year old man who was recovering from hip surgery, slammed his car into two others and was found to have a blood alcohol content of nearly twice the legal limit. This driver…
Wow. The folks up at the state capitol had a good idea: what if you were drunk and wanted to find out where the heck your taxi was? You just push the panic button! This is good common sense. Make it as easy as possible for a drunk person to…
Regrettably, no one is immune to the power of alcohol. Just ask a peace officer who’s been arrested for DUI. Mark Wayne Hewlett of Orange, a Sheriff’s deputy, was arrested on March 23 for DUI when he crashed his car into a tree at about two in the morning. As…
Hey Dummy! Don’t drink and drive in Orange County on Super Bowl Sunday! Know why? The cops are out in force trying to protect the rest of us. Last year, eleven people died as a result of DUIs on Super Bowl Sunday. Orange County residents know that it’s dangerous to…
Ciera Stoelting, 21, of Santa Ana, fresh off a stint in state prison, was spotted one evening weaving down West McFadden in the city of Santa Ana. Police saw her, turned on their lights and, in a fit of great judgement, Ciera did what so many parolees do: she jammed…
This could have been much worse. Yonic Serafin Cardenas Patino, of Garden Grove, oiled up after a bit of drinking, crashed his minivan into Honda Civic and then into an OCTA bus filled with passengers. Patino won the Trifecta: He had an active warrant for a suspended license charge, he…
Plenty of fish to catch in the net, so the Newport Beach Police thought. They were right. It isn’t really hard, either. Newport Blvd. is Deuce Alley, a place rife with bars and the drunk drivers who leave them. I’m surprised they caught only six drivers in six hours. As…
South Orange County residents may not rest a little easier knowing that the Sheriff’s Department in Lake Forest is making progress in taming the DUI monster in Orange County. In a weird twist, DUI arrests were up in 2009, between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. More than 57%. But accidents…