Gary Collins, the former host of Hour Magazine and emcee of Circus of the Stars, is facing some serious Los Angeles DUI problems. Last week, a judge in L.A. slapped him with a $100,000 arrest warrant after the ex-actor did not show up to a November 14 progress report regarding…
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…
On November 10, former Yankee superstar Jim Leyritz watched on as prosecutors in his DUI manslaughter case finished their case against him. As those of you who follow Southern California DUI celebrity news likely already know, Leyritz faces 4 to 15 years in jail for killing 30-year old Fredia Ann…
Last week, Maurice Shaw got pulled over for DUI in Moscow, Idaho, prompting Los Angeles DUI pundits to debate what appears to be an epidemic of sports-related DUI incidences in 2010. Whether you have been arrested for DUI in Burbank, DUI in Glendale, DUI in Los Angeles, or DUI in…
Although this blog spends the majority of its time focused on Southern California DUI arrests, laws, and other relevant news, we also try to bring you related, eclectic news, like stories about about lawnmower DUIs. The crime may sound a bit absurd – and perhaps even comical – but it’s…
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…
It only takes a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of 0.08% to get a Southern California DUI – New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards got pulled for a BAC of twice that – 0.16% – last Tuesday. And his DWI arrest may have implications not only for his career…
The death of Angels’ pitcher Nick Adenhart in a multi-fatality Southern California DUI crash two years ago shook the Southland and touched many people here. Last week, in Santa Ana, a court heard testimony from Raymond Rivera, the stepbrother of Andrew Gallo, the driver who caused the crash that killed…
When 31 year old actor Chris Klein got pulled over for driving under the influence in Los Angeles in June – his second DUI within five years – the tabloids quickly compared him to fellow troubled celeb, Lindsay Lohan. Like his 28 year old colleague, Klein got served a jail…