Rhode Island DUI Lawyer

Compared with last year, arrests for driving under the influence increased over the Memorial Day weekend in Monterey County, California.  This year, twenty-one DUI arrests were made.  In 2007, the total number of DUI charges was only ten.  Fortunately, no deaths related to driving under the influence were reported during either year.
Monterey County’s law enforcement […]

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An 8-year-old boy was killed on his way to church by a drunk driver.  The child was sitting in the back seat of his family’s vehicle when a pick-up truck drifted from its lane and struck the car.  The boy was thrown from his seat into the center console, where he sustained severe injuries.  He […]

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According to a government report, the upper Midwest has the worst drunken driving rates in the country.  The report relies on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.  Wisconsin is the worst offender, followed by North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota.  The study estimates 25% of adult drivers in these areas […]

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On April 21, 2008, the Arizona Senate passed a bill that reduces the penalty for drinking and driving for first time offenders but increases it for repeat offenders.  The bill, named H2395, lowers the interlock requirement from one year to six months only.  The interlock program is an ignition-interlock device which requires the driver blow […]

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After his tractor-trailer ran off the road and blocked U.S. 74 around 10:30 p.m. on April 7, 2008, truck driver John Glenn Little was charged with a DWI in a commercial vehicle.   He suffered a cut to the head and was taken to a local hospital for medical care.  Crews were called to the scene […]

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