Del Mar horseracing season kicked off on July 20th, and thousands of San Diegans came out to the track to bet on the thoroughbreds and have a few cocktails. San Diego and Oceanside Police Departments, along with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, stopped 349 motorists near the track between…
A Vista judge denied the motion to exclude evidence against two men who were passing through a drunk driving checkpoint and refused to unroll their window, which prompted an Escondido officer to break his window and make an arrest for resisting an officer. The North County Times reported that Angel…
As San Diego Pride Weekend is about to kick off, San Diego Police have warned that they will be out in force looking for drunk drivers. A DUI checkpoint will be conducted on Saturday, July 16th, between 9:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. The location of the roadblock was not published.…
San Diego and other California counties have been making millions of dollars off vehicle impounds at drunk driving checkpoints, according to 10news.com. In a recent audit, a discrepancy was found between the number of cars that are impounded and the number of drivers arrested for being under the influence. Most…
San Diego law enforcement agencies have been racking up statistics at DUI checkpoints, and it is not on arresting drunk drivers, rather impounding cars, according to 10news.com. And even more surprising, most of those impounds are happening to sober drivers. The roadblocks have been a revenue source of millions of…
Chula Vista, National City, Coronado, and San Diego Police Departments held three separate operations targeting repeat drunk driving offenders from Saturday through Monday, according to 10news.com. Ten people were arrested for allegedly driving under the influence, 37 vehicles were confiscated and impounded from drivers who did not have valid licenses,…
An alleged five-time drunk driver avoided the mandatory two year prison sentence, according to thesunchronical.com. Brian Hand, 55, of New Hampshire, was found guilty of DUI in a Attleboro District Court in Massachusetts last week. However, the jury did not hear evidence regarding the defendant’s alleged priors. In a hearing…
UC San Diego sociologist David Phillips and coauthor Kimberly M. Brewer completed a study comparing blood alcohol content (BAC) and injury and death-related vehicle accidents, according to nbcbayarea.com. The results were published in the journal “Addiction.” The study examined official data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). The dataset…
Can being under the influence while in control of the reins of a horse-drawn buggy subject you to the drunk driving laws in California? Yes, it may! In Pennsylanvia, two people were allegedly in control of the reins of a horse-drawn buggy that ended up in the path of a…
Misdemeanor DUI charges for Assemblyman Martin Garrick, 58, following his arrest by California Highway Patrol officers on June 15th, in Sacramento, according to 10news.com. Garrick, once the leader of Assembly Republicans, is the Assemblyman for the 74th Assessbly District with an office in Carlsbad, which serves Carlsbad, Del Mar, Encinitas,…