New York Criminal Lawyer Blog

Recently, a Florida woman was indicted on charges of driving under the influence, DWI, which resulted in the death of an elderly woman as well as injury toward 6 others, including the defendant herself.

On the evening of August 1, 2009, the defendant struck another vehicle head-on after she crossed over the center-line while traveling south on S.C. 917, which is near Loris. According to authorities, the crash occurred around 9:37 PM. The defendant was driving a 1995 Chevrolet truck at the time. When she crossed the center-line on this fateful evening, her vehicle crashed into a 1998 Ford SUV, with the disastrous results of the driver’s death and all people involved being injured. A person noted that the primary victim whose life was taken was an older woman of about 60, who was a native of the town of Nichols, SC. The other 5 people in the car along with her were also taken to the hospital for a variety of reason, the details of which are not known.

The defendant herself was airlifted to a medical university in Charleston, where she received treatment for her injuries. However, upon release she fled the state. It is not known when she was apprehended, though at this time she remains jailed at a detention center since her admittance on Sept. 15, 2009. A New York City Criminal Lawyer observed that the official charges against the female defendant are quite serious: one count of felony DUI resulting in death, as well as two counts of felony DUI resulting in great bodily injury.

The first time, the second time, even the third time wasn’t enough for him to get the message. Nope, for one Rhode Island man it took nine times, nine, the number of men on a baseball field. Nine. Nine times he has been caught drinking and driving, said a New York Criminal Defense Lawyer. Nine driving under the influence of alcohol charges, DWI, in his lifetime. The first time was in the early 1980s and the last one was last month. Inept police, a complicated justice system, and ridiculous lawyers all got in the way, allowing him back on the road time and time again. If he was caught nine times, who knows how many times he actually drank alcohol to excess before driving.

But, maybe that will all be coming to an end, said a New York Criminal Defense Lawyer. A grand jury indicted him and he will face a formal trial soon. There was no indication the man had an attorney. Most likely, he’s a nine time loser on his way to jail for a long, long time. One can only hope. Imagine if he had killed while driving, mulled a NY Criminal Defense Lawyer. The world knows of at least nine times when he was behind the wheel of a potential death machine. And, again, there are probably hundreds of other times when he simply wasn’t caught, said a New York Criminal Defense Lawyer. Justice, hopefully, has been served.

DWI charges can result in harsh penalties especially when you are a repeat offender like the person in this report from Rhode Island. It can possibly mean jail time and if something happens where the intoxicated driver causes a fatality, the ultimate penalty can be the result.

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A Florida man was recently arrested for driving a golf cart on a major road in Brooksville, while under the influence of alcohol.

The defendant was driving the cart along State Road 50 during the early morning hours of February 26, just after midnight of the previous night. A New York Criminal Lawyer observes that the man repeatedly attempted to divert officers away from administering a breathalyzer test, admitting to them that he most likely not pass it due to his drunkenness. Officers took the man into custody and found that, after two separate tests, the man was indeed legally drunk and deserving of arrest. The blood/alcohol levels that were discerned from the tests were 0.251 and 0.242, respectively. It is noted that according to authorities, both of these excessive BAH levels are well beyond the legal limit, even three times over what is considered a legally drunken state.

A New York Criminal Lawyer discovered that the 36-year-old man was also driving a passenger along the section of road he was arrested on. As stated by a report from the Hernando County Sheriff, no headlights were on, and the defendant could not conceal the strong smell of alcohol on his breath. While his passenger (who was reportedly less sober than the driver) was escorted to his home, the driver was taken into custody, where the tests discerning his blood-alcohol levels were obtained.

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South Carolina prosecutors have dropped the DUI charges they had filed against the former mayor of Atlantic Beach, SC; sources inform a N York City Criminal Lawyer. The charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence. Following her arrest in September 2009, after South Carolina State troopers pulled her over for erratic driving, she was given a breathalyzer test, which was negative. Further, the former mayor was given a urine test, which was tested by the State Law Enforcement Division, also showed that at the time of her arrest she did not have any traces of alcohol, or any legal or illegal drugs in her system. Since all of these tests were returned with negative results, then why was this former mayor arrested?

Both the former mayor and her legal representative, a former law enforcement officer of 20 years, say that the reason she was arrested and charged with DUI is very simple and may be summed up in one word—politics. She has been arrested four times in two years, learned a NYC Criminal Lawyer. The DUI arrest came one day before the former mayor’s scheduled court appearance to face a driving related charge of reckless driving. The reckless driving arrest came one day before another scheduled court appearance for an arrest for trespassing and disorderly conduct. She was arrested again in 2009 for allegedly stopping and failing to report her sideswiping of another vehicle. Some observers of this case say there is a distinct pattern that could substantiate her and her counsel’s suspicions.

In September 2009, the Atlantic Beach City Council voted to remove her from office and immediately petitioned the state governor to remove the embattled mayor from office. Their request was granted two months later when he suspended her from office.

A 32-year-old man from Anderson County, SC crossed a median while driving with his son on Liberty Highway in late February, resulting in the unfortunate death of the man’s son.

Late Saturday night, February 26, the local man in question from the Slabtown community of Anderson County was driving his Jeep with his son in the passenger seat next to him. He had just picked the boy up from his mother’s house for the weekend, as was his bi-weekly custom, and was on the way to his own home when the crash occurred. Upon crossing the median, the Jeep collided head-on with a suburban, with the result that both driver and passenger were ejected from the Jeep. The man’s son was airlifted to a local hospital for major injuries that were not known at the time of this report, as noted by a New York Criminal Lawyer. Unfortunately the young boy did not survive his life-threatening injuries; he died at approximately 2 AM on the morning of February 27.

Meanwhile, the driver/father of the young boy was admitted to the neuroscience intensive care unit of a separate medical facility. A New York City Criminal Lawyer observes that according to a hospital spokeswoman familiar with the incident, the father declared to be in serious condition.

An ice cream truck driver from Sub Zero Ice Cream was arrested in New Port Richey, Florida for driving under the influence of what appeared to be alcohol. The driver almost hit a child. It is unclear whether the child was waiting for the ice cream truck to stop in order to buy some ice cream. The driver was arrested with two open bottles of whiskey in the ice cream truck. His alcohol content was 0.227, which is almost three times the legal limit in the state of Florida. Limits this high usually indicate that drivers are unable to properly operate a vehicle. Released from the Pasco County jail, the ice cream truck driver will face DUI charges.

The child the ice cream driver almost hit was not injured. The driver, 49, was driving a Sub Zero Ice Cream truck at the time of the incident. It is unclear whether the driver was working or whether he was driving to another destination. The two open bottles of alcohol were found next to the driver’s seat. It was assumed at the time of his arrest that he had been drinking from them.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, this was the ice cream driver’s first DWI offense in the state of Florida. It is unclear at this time what legal penalties the driver could face. The driver has never been arrested for any illegal activities prior to this DUI charge. “DUI” or “Driving Under the Influence,” refers to drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol which inhibits their ability to properly operate a vehicle.