Last Monday, Green Bay Packers tight end Spencer Havner was arrested for driving under the influence in Southern California, after he crashed his motorcycle in his hometown of Grass Valley, California. According to a report issued by the California Highway Patrol, the hometown hero had been zipping around on a…
Last Wednesday, Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson pled guilty to driving under the influence in Southern California in January 2009, and prosecutors set the terms of his sentencing. The 27-year old Jackson had been arrested in January with a BAC of 0.17% (California’s legal limit is 0.08%). The January ’09…
Driving under the influence in Long Beach (or anywhere else in Southern California) is a serious criminal act — one that can lead to horrific tragedies. Sadly, a 48-year-old man, Eddie Lumpkin, stands implicated in a recent and frighteningly brutal DUI homicide — this case out of Chicago. On Tuesday,…
On January 23rd, two individuals both driving under the influence of alcohol in Burbank collided into one another, causing minor injuries and damage. According to investigating officer, James Laforce, here is what happened: A car traveling eastbound on Sherman Way attempted a U-turn, when an oncoming truck plowed into it,…
Mel Gibson’s 2006 Los Angeles DUI arrest may have been the most written-about celebrity DUI arrests of the past decade. That’s saying a lot, given the wall-to-wall coverage that celebrity DUIs merit (see, for example, the DUIs for Lindsay Lohan, Nick Nolte, Stephanie Pratt, etc.). Gibson’s arrest on Pacific Coast…
On Wednesday, January 27, Adrian Pasdar, star of NBC’s “Heroes” series, was pulled over for driving under the influence in Los Angeles. According to reports, the 44-year-old actor was speeding on the 405 in his Ford F-150 truck at nearly 100 miles per hour — straddling two lanes of traffic…
Last Friday, Corporal Elijah Fergusson (22) was sentenced for Southern California DUI manslaughter for a February 22nd, 2008 car accident that resulted in the death of an area doctor, Dr. Michael Sein. On the night of the accident, Fergusson, a young marine who had just returned from a tour of…
In January 2008, Chargers receiver Vincent Jackson got busted for driving under the influence in Southern California. Today – nearly two years to the day since that arrest – Jackson’s driving troubles are again making headlines. Sunday night, just hours after the Chargers lost a bitterly contested battle against the…
As the holiday season winds up and the business year winds down, it is time to reflect on some of the biggest Southern California DUI stories — news items that caught our attention, scared us, wowed us, or just surprised us. Here are nine of the most intriguing of these…
#1. To avoid accidentally driving under the influence in Southern California, plan ahead. Holidays can be times of frivolity and spontaneity, but they can also be peculiarly dangerous. One of the most time-tested driving tips is also the Boy Scout motto: be prepared. Very few people who get arrested for…