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…
DUI arrests were up significantly this Thanksgiving weekend. The California Highway Patrol assigned all available units to man the streets to catch as many Los Angeles DUI drivers as possible. The statistics have now been released and the number of drunk driver arrests are up. Over the same period last…
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…
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…
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…
Many major Southern California DUI stories pertain to celebrity arrests, politician mishaps and “news of the weird” items like lawnmower DUI. But the DUI blogging community has been tracking a surprisingly high number of athlete DUIs lately – particularly in the Midwest. The latest celeb-athlete DUI arrest occurred in Texas…
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…
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…
This blog (and practically every other major and minor media outlet) has thoroughly covered Lindsay Lohan’s Los Angeles DUI arrest – and its numerous codas, side stories, and other moving parts. Last week, another bombshell dropped – pursuant to the 24-year-old actress’ failure to pass a court ordered drug test,…
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…