The Carmel Mountain Ranch driving under the influence (DUI) accident that resulted in the death of Marc Durham, 65, concluded with a guilty verdict for Anthony Guarino, 57, on Thursday. Guarino was convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and two DUI charges, according to 10news.com. The defense conceded the…
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Orange County City May Put DUI Mug Shots on Facebook
Huntington Beach, California is considering posting photographs of those arrested, suspected of their second or subsequent driving under the influence charge, on their police Facebook page. Councilman Devin Dwyer believes this will shame people into compliance with the DUI laws, according to 10news.com. Other cities tried this same approach but…
Orange County Drunk Driver Sentenced For Killing Major League Baseball Pitcher & Two Others
An Orange County accident that resulted in the death of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher, Nick Adenhart, and two others, has been concluded, according to cnn.com. The driver of the vehicle, Andrew Thomas Gallo, 23, was found guilty of three felony counts of murder, felony drunk driving, and two…
Santee Drunk Driving Crash Kills San Diego Sheriff’s Deputy, Defendant Sentenced
A San Diego resident, Jose Pedro Lopez Jasso, 23, was sentenced on January 7th, 2011, for the DUI accident that caused the death of San Diego Sheriff’s Deputy Ken Collier on February 28, 2010, according to 10news.com. Lopez was seen going the wrong way on westbound Route 52 at 3:15…
San Diego & California Driving Under The Influence Arrests Decrease During 2010-11 Holiday Season
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department announced the final DUI arrests and fatal accident numbers for the 2010-2011 holiday season. According to the Sheriff’s press release, 14 county law enforcement agencies contributed to this year’s efforts through DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols from 12:01 a.m., Friday, December 17, 2010, through midnight,…
La Mesa DUI Crash Results in the Death of a Pedestrian
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department announced a pedestrian was killed in a suspected DUI crash just after 1:00am on New Year’s. This is San Diego County’s second fatal DUI collision this holiday season. The first occurred on December 18th, 2010, in El Cajon. The DUI incident happened on Murray Drive…
San Diego Announces More Sobriety Checkpoints During New Year’s Weekend
The following San Diego DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols have been published by californiaavoid.org: Poway: 12/30, DUI Saturation Patrol, 8:00pm – 3:00am. Carlsbad: 12/30, DUI Checkpoint, 7:00pm – 3:00am. Coronado: 12/31, DUI Checkpoint, 7:00pm – 3:00am. La Mesa: 12/31, DUI Saturation Patrol, 8:00pm-3:00am. Poway: 12/31, DUI Saturation Patrol, 8:00pm –…
Lemon Grove DUI Checkpoint Scheduled
Lemon Grove will conduct a driving under the influence (DUI) checkpoint on January 1st, at the 6900 block of Broadway, according to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department press release. The checkpoint is funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. OTS deemed…
San Diego Drunk Driving Arrests Down Over Christmas Holiday
San Diego County recorded twenty-two driving under the influence (DUI) arrests by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) from Christmas Eve through 6 a.m., Sunday, December 26th. This is down from the 38 arrests made over the same period last year. There have been 202 total DUI arrests in San Diego…
San Diego County DUI Arrests Up So Far This Holiday Season
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department announced that 122 driving under the influence (DUI) arrests were made in San Diego County from 12:01am Friday, December 17th, through midnight on Saturday, December 18th. According to the press release, the number of DUI arrests is up from the 57 arrests made during the…