Man Charged With DUI In Fatal Crash In Palos Township
Stephen Rodriguez appeared in court in Bridgeview, and was ordered held on $500,000 bond on four counts of aggravated DUI causing death.
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Stephen Rodriguez appeared in court in Bridgeview, and was ordered held on $500,000 bond on four counts of aggravated DUI causing death.
Police said Lucero Reyes was driving 51 mph in a 35 mph zone before swerving over the curb, onto the grass, and veering back into traffic.
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Alicia Fields has been charged with driving under the influence for causing a crash that killed a man Thursday in East Garfield Park.
A man is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after a crash Wednesday afternoon in southwest suburban Plano.
Omar Montoya Medina, of the 100 block of East Pomeroy Street, was found guilty of two felony counts of aggravated driving under the influence causing death and two felony counts of reckless homicide, according to the DuPage County state's attorney's office.
A Bridgeport man is charged with driving under the influence after he struck a Chicago Police officer with his vehicle Thursday morning in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
Yonatan D. Monrroy-Madrid, 19, faces one felony count of aggravated DUI causing an accident resulting in a death, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Cook County Judge William J. Hooks also sentenced Ryne San Hamel to four years probation.
John A. Yanni III was charged with two counts of aggravated DUI and one count of reckless homicide, the DeKalb County sheriff's office said.
Dwane Rowlett, 43, was charged with one felony count of aggravated fleeing, one misdemeanor count of DUI and three misdemeanor counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer, according to Chicago Police. He was also issued two traffic citations.
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Frank Oppong, of the 1800 block of North Monticello in Chicago, was charged with felony aggravated drunk driving, felony aggravated driving while license is revoked, transportation with open alcohol, driving the wrong way on a one-way street and several other traffic citations.
A Hammond police officer was charged with DUI after an Indiana state trooper allegedly saw him driving erratically and pulled him over early Saturday in Lowell.
A north suburban woman was sentenced to five years in prison after she pleaded guilty to DUI charges for an Evanston rollover crash that left a U.S. Army veteran dead last year.
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A man was injured after he was shot by people inside two different cars in the Garfield Park neighborhood early Saturday morning.
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