Philadelphia DUI Attorney Sees Tumult Ahead in Local Drunk-Driving Cases
Philadelphia police say they will continue to use breathalyzers in DUI stops, while state police have suspended their use due to a central Pennsylvania ruling.
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Philadelphia police say they will continue to use breathalyzers in DUI stops, while state police have suspended their use due to a central Pennsylvania ruling.
"Anytime we arrest someone for DUI now instead of taking them to get a breath sample, we're now taking a blood sample and taking that off to the lab to be analyzed," state police spokesman Adam Reed says
An allegedly unruly and intoxicated woman was arrested after crashing her car and biting a police officer.
Two pedestrians were injured after being struck by a vehicle in Gloucester Township.
Delaware State Police say they've charged a man with driving under the influence of alcohol after he struck a Norfolk Southern train in Bear.
Cowboys' Brent had a BAC .189, more than twice the legal limit, after the car crash that killed teammate.
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Judge orders Cowboys' Josh Brent to wear an electronic monitor while free on an intoxication manslaughter charge.
Cowboys players bowed their heads during a moment of silence Sunday for a teammate killed in a car accident.
Police say someone driving a Bentley went of control this morning and crashed into the Park Towne Place apartments on 22nd Street.
Alcohol abuse has become a major issue on college campuses. A group called the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Association is trying to help because over 1700 college students die each year from alcohol-related injuries.
Authorities say a southern New Jersey man was drunk when he drove to a police station on Thanksgiving Day to pick up someone who also had been charged with DUI.
Two people are dead and one man is in custody after a horrific crash in the Oxford Circle section of Philadelphia early Tuesday morning.
A motorist is under arrest after police say he hit two police cruisers while officers were investigating an earlier accident in West Philadelphia in which a pedestrian was struck.
Police Sergeant Chanta Herder, a 42-year-old and 14-year veteran of the department, was reportedly involved in a minor accident with another vehicle.
A Delaware man arrested for his 7th DUI told police he crashed his car because he was trying to avoid an elephant on the road.
Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner has been arrested for drunken driving and speeding in metro Atlanta just hours after he scored a touchdown in the team's win over the Denver Broncos.
A man has been jailed in central Pennsylvania after being ordered to stand trial on his ninth drunken-driving arrest, because prosecutors say the man has seven aliases—with seven different birth dates—and two Social Security numbers that he's used after his arrests in several other states.
A New Jersey man is going to jail under a tougher law aimed at keeping repeat drunken drivers off the streets.
Robin Jones and Rodney Williams, arrested over the weekend on DUI charges, are now out of work.
Authorities in Burlington County, New Jersey say charges were upgraded on Wednesday against a 52-year-old Hainesport man who allegedly struck a teenager with his car and fled the scene of the collision.
A South Jersey assemblyman and former Washington Township mayor was reportedly cited for driving under the influence Tuesday afternoon.
Pennsylvania State Police say they've suspended a trooper who was driving drunk in his marked police cruiser.
