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Entries from January 2008

30 year sentence for Intoxication Manslaughter

January 29th, 2008 · No Comments

DENTON, Texas - Stephen Mole was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in Denton County, just north of Dallas/Fort Worth after jurors found him guilty of intoxication manslaughter.
 The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Mole must serve at least 15 years before he’s eligible for parole.
Marilyn Gates was the victim.  She was a flight attendant who just barely missed being on aAmerican Airlines Flight […]

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DWI Mark on Your License

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Lawmakers in Oklahoma have proposed a law that would require convicted drunken drivers to have a special mark placed on their driver’s licenses.
This proposed law is extremely jaded.  Most individuals convicted of DWI are good citizens who at some point had a brief lapse in judgment.  This law would only serve to punish a crime […]

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DWI Number 10 & 23

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

LAS CRUCES — Jose A. Gonzalez, 54, was indicted on his 10th DWI charge after being pulled over for speeding.  The officer stated that this wasnt the first time he had pulled someone over for a 10th DWI.
The interesting thing about this particular DWI is that the arrest took place in the afternoon.  Gonzalez was […]

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Dog Poop Trail DWI?

January 17th, 2008 · No Comments

DURHAM, N.C. - 18-year-old Josue Herrios-Coronilla was charged with driving while impaired and drinking underage when police followed a trail of dog poop. 
An individual reported that someone had crashed into his yard.  When police arrived they noticed crushed bushes, a damaged fence, an inoperable car - and a fresh shoe print in a pile of […]

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Texas DPS has Quota’s for DWI

January 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Rucks Russell of KHOU reports that based on interoffice memo’s, Texas DPS troopers have arrest quota’s for DWI along with many other offenses.
State lawmaker Garnet Coleman states that he is very concened as one of the memo’s essetially makes it clear that troopers need to arrest somebody for DWI or they will get the bad shifts.
The first of […]

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