Cerrissa Christensen’s Sentencing Hearing Set for April 25

Seattle, Washington. On October 16, 2007, Cerrissa Christensen, 27, was driving the wrong way on Interstate 5 with a blood alcohol content level of 0.25. The DUI legal limit in Washington is 0.08. Unfortunately, Cerrissa was not pulled over in time by the police. Eric Hillstrom’s vehicle brought Cerrissa to a stop when Cerrissa slammed [...]

Alcohol Increases the Chances of Breast Cancer

Jasmine Lew discovered an important cause of breast cancer for post-menopausal women. Lew conducts research for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and examined data collected from 200,000 women participating in a study that was launched in 1995. Researchers were interested in the women’s diet including alcohol consumption. It was clear that alcohol increased the risk [...]

MADD President Glynn Birch Lobbies for Increased Budget

Glynn Birch helms Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and he was in Texas recently discussing the current MADD mission. In the past 28 years MADD has focused on exposing the nation’s plague of drunk driving with creative campaigns. MADD has become a powerful lobby and voice of concerned citizens and victims of drunk drivers. MADD [...]

Sandra Bullock & Jesse James Struck by Drunk Driver

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Sandra Bullock, Jesse James and Mark Hussey were traveling through Gloucester when Lucile Gatchell, 64, drove head-on into their SUV. Bullock and company were not injured luckily as Hussey driving slowly. Gatchell appeared dazed, but that might be due to causes other than being involved in an auto accident. Investigating police officers immediately [...]

DUIs Catch Up to Local Seattle Officer Deana Jarrett

Redmond, Washington – April 18, 2008. Deana Jarrett, former Seattle Police Detective, has kept a low profile for nearly a year since her back to back DUI arrests. We prefer our police officers making arrests, and not being arrested. However, Jarrett is in a battle to take control over her life and sometimes during this [...]

Buccaneers’ Line Backer Cato June Wins DUI Case

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are busy this off season in criminal courts. David Boston just entered a plea agreement reducing his original DUI charge to a Reckless Driving charge. Line backer Cato June was also in court recently, but his case ended more favorably for the NFL player. The prosecution was unable to wrestle enough [...]

Detroit Tigers’ Dontrelle Willis Pleas Guilty to Reckless

Miami, Florida. All-Star starting pitcher Dontrelle Willis of the Detroit Tigers has settled his criminal DUI charge resulting from an arrest back in December of 2006. This incident occurred when Dontrelle was pitching for the Florida Marlins. Dontrelle agreed to plea guilty to Reckless Driving pursuant to the prosecutors amending the original charge of DUI [...]

Tampa Bay Bucs’ David Boston Pleas to Reckless Driving

St. Petersburg, Florida. Wide receiver David Boston of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ends his sojourn through the criminal justice system today. Boston and the prosecution agreed to a plea bargain that reduced the original criminal charge of DUI to the crime of Reckless Driving. Judge William Overton imposed the following punishment for the Reckless Driving [...]

156 DUIs of Disgraced Chicago Cop John Haleas Dismissed

Chicago, Illinois. John Haleas, 37, used to be a Chicago police officer. He was honored three times for his tremendous efforts in keeping the roadways safe from drunk drivers. Haleas, a once renowned DUI cop, has been stripped of his police powers. Haleas is being sued in federal court by a defendant he arrested for [...]

North Dakota Supreme Court Denies Access to Software

Bismarck, North Dakota. A crafty DUI defense attorney, Steven Light, in North Dakota raised an interesting legal issue, but the state Supreme Court denied the motion. DUI breath test machines utilize software to compute the test results. In order to mount an aggressive DUI defense an experienced attorney must attack every piece of evidence and [...]

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