Last week, Lindsay Lohan’s grand felony theft charge (which this blog covered at length in a previous post) consumed nearly all the oxygen in the Los Angeles DUI blogosphere. Jaime Presley’s DUI drama snatched up the dregs. (As this blog also covered recently, the “My Name is Earl” actress filed…
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Burbank DUI News Eclipsed by Bizarre Bicycle Arrests in Baldwin Hills
Often, the most bizarre Los Angeles DUI news items come out of the valley (places like Burbank and Glendale). But last week, Baldwin Hills had the honor of being the site of a super-strange DUI bust in the Southland. If you or a coworker or family member was arrested recently…
Pasadena DUI Madness: Two Stunning New Year’s DUI Stories Shock the Southland
With the ringing in of the New Year, one might expect to hear stories about elevated numbers of Pasadena DUI arrests and extra checkpoints around the Southland. But two breaking news events suggest that 2011 has gotten off to an extra rocky start, as far as Southern California DUI news…
Long Beach DUI Roundup: Several Minor Celebrities Busted for DUI Right before Christmas
Driving under the influence in Long Beach (or anywhere else in California, for that matter) can result in fatal injuries as well as manifold penalties to drivers caught and convicted. Unfortunately, despite massive multi-million dollar educational campaigns, DUI continues to be a serious problem throughout the southland and beyond. Those…
Pasadena DUI Alert: Ice Cream Truck Driver Busted for Driving Under the Influence in Chico
Last weekend, Chico California Police arrested George Jefferson Smith, for driving an ice cream truck while under the influence. Pasadena DUI bloggers and others who follow bizarre criminal news have been vigorously discussing the plight of the 48-year-old Smith, who got stopped as part of a saturation patrol that led…
Burbank DUI Bombshell: Local Poker Players Shocked as World Series Runner Up Socked with Third DUI
Everyone in the world of poker knows that driving under the influence in Burbank (or, really, anywhere in the United States) is bad news. Unfortunately, John Racener, Runner Up in the 2010 World Series of Poker’s Main Event, may not have gotten the memo. According to a report out of…
Broncos Linebacker Busted: Celebrity Los Angeles DUI Blogs Look at Implications
Last Friday, D.J. Williams, a top linebacker for the Denver Broncos, got pulled over for driving under the influence in his Hummer, prompting many in the celebrity Los Angeles DUI community (and others in the media) to examine what appears to be a rash of sports figures – specifically NFL…
Breaking Southern California DUI News: Former Miss America Host Gary Collins Arrested for Hit and Run DUI in Mississippi
Gary Collins, the ex-host of “Hour Magazine” and the Miss America Pageant (1980 to 1988) may soon be arrested for a hit and run DUI in Mississippi, according to celebrity Los Angeles DUI blogs. Although the 72-year old has not yet been arrested for DUI in Los Angeles, DUI in…
A Deadly Brew: Southern California DUI Experts Weigh in on Case of Woman Who Drove DUI While Texting on her Cell Phone
Most Los Angeles DUI arrests involve one (or maybe two) violations of proper driving protocol. In other words, they are not overly extreme. But a breaking case out of Richmond, Vermont has made national headlines due to just the sheer outrageousness of the allegations. Apparently, a 49-year-old woman named Matilda…
Los Angeles DUI “False Positives” – What You Can Do to Protect against Them
If you get arrested for driving under the influence in Southern California – whether you are a celebrity like Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton; or an “ordinary Joe” – you may find it difficult to get over the social stigma and get on with your life. Ideally, you want to…