Many celebrity Los Angeles DUI arrests that “go viral” revolve around extremely well known celebrities like Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson, and Nick Nolte. But as this blog tries to highlight, many “minor” celebrity DUI arrests happen every week. Last week, Glenn Douglas Packard, a regular on the reality TV series…
NFL fans and professionals who follow celebrity Southern California DUI news have been heatedly debating the fallout of Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams’s DUI arrest. The 23-year old rookie got pulled over two weeks ago in his black Escalade and arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence.…
Last Monday, Huntington Beach Councilman Devin Dwyer offered a radical proposal at a city council meeting: publish the names of Southern California DUI offenders on Huntington Beach’s Facebook page. Dwyer made the case for “public shaming” of DUI offenders thusly: “I would use any tool necessary to bring down the…
Although horrific Southern California DUI collisions and injuries occur with an unbearable frequency these days, rarely do prosecutors charge offenders with “DUI murder” – a charge that’s equivalent to second degree murder. But last week, a jury in Anchorage Alaska returned a “guilty” verdict in a DUI murder case involving…
Websites like TMZ.com and other gossip blogs that follow celebrity Los Angeles DUI arrests have been chatting non-stop about the arrest last week of David Cassidy. The actor and singer, who is best known for his role as Keith Partridge in “The Partridge Family,” got arrested in St. Lucie County…
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…
Most headlines about Southern California DUI concern politicians, actors, celebrities, or “ordinary” people doing outlandish things (such as riding lawnmowers while DUI – a peculiar habit that this blog has documented multiple times). A breaking story publicized by the Chicago Tribune shows that actors, celebrities, and oddballs don’t have a…
Motley Crue frontman, Vince Neil, got arrested in Las Vegas in June for driving under the influence. His blood alcohol concentration tested at over 0.21% – nearly 3 times the legal limit for Southern California DUI. Ever since, celebrity gossip sites have been wondering how Neil would plead to the…
This blog has covered a spate of Los Angeles DUI and celebrity DUI arrests recently – including arrests of notable sport stars like the Jets’ Braylon Edward. In some celebrity drug/alcohol cases (e.g. Paris Hilton’s recent bust in Vegas for cocaine possession), the defendant escapes without serious consequences. In other…
Last week, a jury convicted 23-year-old Andrew Gallo of Southern California DUI murder in a widely publicized case regarding the DUI deaths of Nick Adenhart (a pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels) as well as a Cal State cheerleader named Courtney Stewart and another passenger, Henry Pearson. This blog has…