Hideki Irabu, former Major League pitcher for the Yankees, Expos and Rangers, got pulled over for driving under the influence in Los Angeles on May 17th on Redondo Beach Boulevard, according police reports. The 41-year-old Irabu had played for professional teams in Japan before coming to the United States to…
An unfortunate number of Southern California DUI cases involve athletes, politicians, actors, and other celebrities. But the Southland isn’t the only place where tragic accidents happen. Indeed, Southern Florida has also played host to a cascade of DUI tragedies involving celebrities (from hip-hop moguls to athletes). On May 24th, a…
A standard Los Angeles DUI stop in Santa Monica last Tuesday escalated to gunfire. The passenger in a vehicle stopped at 1.30 a.m. on the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Bay Street shot a police officer while the driver was being put through the paces of a field sobriety test.…
Southern California DUI headlines about indiscreet celebrities and sports figures capture a sizable (perhaps undue) slice of the American attention span. But today we are reporting on a story that’s potentially even more bizarre than the standard Lindsay Lohan DUI or Paris Hilton DUI type affairs. A breaking story out…
Blogs that follow celebrity Los Angeles DUI arrests have seen a spike in interest in the criminal history of country singer Mindy McCready, thanks to new news reports suggesting that an hour-long sex tape starring the singer is set to be released. McCready is no stranger to charges of driving…
23-year old Jason Wahler was arrested for driving under the influence in Southern California last Friday night – just one week after he was arrested in Mexico for getting into a fight at a nightclub in Cabo San Lucas. According to the arrest reports, the former boyfriend of both Lauren…
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…
A Southern California DUI arrest has the national media buzzing with its political implications. Early last Wednesday morning in Sacramento, State Senator Roy Ashburn from Bakersfield (R), was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol for driving erratically. Unidentified sources reported that the Senator had been partying at a local…
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 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…