If you’ve recently been pulled over for driving under the influence in Los Angeles (e.g. in or around the USC or UCLA campuses), you’ve got some pretty famous company. According to Fox News and the Huffington Post, 65-year-old actress, Sally Struthers — best known for playing Archie Bunker’s daughter in…
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Beverly Hills DUI Cop Arrested for Driving Under the Influence… And Crashing into a House While Doing So!
If you’ve recently been charged with a Beverly Hills DUI, you can take some solace from strange news out of Simi Valley. Last Tuesday, an off-duty police officer for the City of Beverly Hills got arrested for DUI after he smashed his pick-up into power pole and house. The force…
O Lordy! Sad Long Beach DUI Arrest, as San Francisco’s New Archbishop Hit with Two Misdemeanor DUI Charges
The archbishop-designate of San Francisco, Rev. Salvatore Cordileone, has officially been accused of driving under the influence, according to blogs that cover Long Beach DUI news and other media sources. The 56-year-old was stopped late on the 25th of August at a checkpoint near San Diego State University. Allegedly, he…
Sherman Oaks DUI Arrest for Joe Simpson (Jessica Simpson’s Dad)
Fifty four-year-old Joe Simpson, father of iconic singer and TV personality Jessica Simpson, was arrested for driving under the influence in Sherman Oaks earlier this month. The LAPD tagged Joe around 10 P.M. when they saw him driving strangely on Ventura Boulevard. Officers noticed symptoms of Sherman Oaks DUI and…
After Your Burbank DUI, Hopefully, You Did Not Threaten to Kill the Officer Who Stopped You, Like Rick Springfield Allegedly Did…
No doubt, your Burbank DUI arrest was one of the lowest moments of your life. You’ve always worked hard, tried to do the right thing, and taken care of yourself. But you’ve also faced obstacles that a lot of people have never had to deal with. Now you’re facing a…
If Arrested for DUI in Long Beach, Do NOT, Under Any Circumstances, Spit in the Police Officer’s Face
When you got arrested for driving under the influence in Long Beach, you were not exactly pleased. No one is. The decisions you make after you get stopped, however, can have an enormously profound impact on your ability to fight the charges — i.e. to get them dropped or pled…
Glendale DUI Celebrity News: Ted Nugent’s Drummer Hit With a Golf Cart DUI Charge
As regular readers of our Glendale DUI blog know, golf cart DUIs are surprisingly common, both here in the Southland and throughout America. The crime sounds a bit preposterous – like something out of a Caddyshack outtake, perhaps. But we keep seeing examples of it in the news. For instance,…
Beverly Hills DUI Epidemic – 3 NFLers Busted for DUI in a Single Week, Brings Total Since Super Bowl Up to 27 Separate Arrests!
If you’ve recently gotten in trouble for a Beverly Hills DUI, you have company, in the form of 27 National Football League professional athletes. That’s right. Since the conclusion of the Super Bowl on February 5th, there have been 27 DUI arrests involving professional NFL athletes. Things really started to…
More NFL Glendale DUI Drama: Marshawn Lynch Slapped with a DUI in California
Driving under the influence in Glendale or anywhere else in California can lead to conviction under California Vehicle Code Sections 23152(a) or 23152(b), which can result in serious jail time, fines, fees, and other radically harsh punishments – even if you didn’t hurt anybody and even if you were just…
The Same Old Pasadena DUI Story, Different Place: 3 Doors Down Bassist Busted in Mississippi
A Pasadena DUI arrest can be a folly or a tragedy, depending on your perspective. Often, there are aspects of both folly and tragedy in the story. Consider, for instance, the arrest of Todd Harrell, the 40-year-old bassist for the rock group 3 Doors Down. According to a Mississippi police…