Alcohol
Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story
In a story May 17 about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation on a blood alcohol threshold for drivers, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the definition of a drink. The standard definition of a drink is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof alcohol. ...
Travis sues to block DWI patrol car video release
Country music star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent the release of patrol car video of his 2012 drunken-driving arrest in North Texas. The Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.ly/108QQ5x ) reported Thursday that the lawsuit names the Texas Department of Public Safety and the attorney general's office. A judge originally ...
Travis sues to block patrol car video release
Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 drunk-driving arrest in Texas. The Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.ly/108QQ5x ) reported Thursday that the lawsuit filed in Austin names the Texas Department of Public Safety and the state attorney ...
Bail set at $200K for man charged in DUI death
A Missoula County judge has set bail at $200,000 for a man charged with being legally intoxicated when his pickup drove up onto a sidewalk and hit two sisters, killing one. Tom George Vineyard of Missoula is charged with vehicular homicide while under the influence for the death of 39-year-old ...
SD man sentenced to prison for manslaughter
A McLaughlin man accused of driving drunk and causing a fatal crash has been sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison for manslaughter. Thirty-three-year-old Jody Red Bird also was ordered to spend three years on supervised release following his prison term and to pay more than $6,200 in restitution. U.S. ...
Driver charged in fatal bicycle crash
A Lyons resident arrested after police say he struck and killed Boulder cyclist Michel Van Duym while driving drunk has been charged with five crimes, including two counts of vehicular homicide. According to the Boulder Daily Camera (http://tinyurl.com/baq9dk6), Patrick Ward reportedly complained about cyclists breaking traffic laws and impeding traffic. ...
Jacksonville man convicted in fatal DWI crash
A Jacksonville man has been convicted in a wreck that killed his girlfriend. The Daily News of Jacksonville reported (http://bit.ly/16DKpLG) that 41-year-old Michael Eugene Kincaid was convicted Thursday of felony death by motor vehicle, driving while impaired and careless and reckless driving. Judge W. Allen Cobb sentenced Kincaid to 20 ...
Ex-top Fort Worth police official fired over DWI
The former chief of staff to Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead has been fired after he was accused of driving while intoxicated. Capt. Paul Henderson had been a major in the Fort Worth Police Department until Halstead demoted him last year after his DWI arrest. Halstead announced Thursday that ...
Man sentenced in drunken driving death of girl, 8
A Grand Rapids man will spend up to 15 years in prison for the drunken driving death of an 8-year-old Detroit girl. MLive.com (http://bit.ly/110DBzf ) says Kent County Circuit Judge Mark Trusock sentenced 22-year-old Byron Juarez Thursday, calling the events that led to Dayma Roblero's death "every parent's worst nightmare." ...
Video shows Vick asks for driver after DUI arrest
State Rep. Ted Vick told an officer arresting him for driving under the influence that he was not intoxicated and couldn't believe he was being put in handcuffs in the Statehouse garage. The Department of Public Safety released about an hour of video from the garage and the cruiser of ...
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