A school bus driver in Chicago is accused of taking 50 children to their homes while her blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit.
Arrested Tuesday, 54 year-old Betty Burden is facing a charge of aggravated driving while intoxicated. Spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney, Tandra Simonton, said Burden admitted drinking vodka before beginning her bus route at Lions Park Elementary School. Police say Burden smelled of alcohol when they stopped her. She allegedly had a blood alcohol content of .226 percent. The legal limit is .08 percent.
Burden has been suspended by the school district without pay, and could lose her job next week. She is being held in lieu of a $10,000 bail.
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A prosecutor at the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office in Texas has resigned following an arrest for DWI last week.
Morgan Anthony Bourque resigned Monday after he was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated in Houston on Friday. According to a spokesperson for the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, the criminal case is ongoing, and Bourque would not necessarily have been removed from office upon conviction. Sources inside the District Attorney’s Office say that all employees were advised to be extremely careful with matters related to drunken driving.
Bourgue was arrested shortly before 1:00 a.m. Friday when officers with the Houston Police Department observed him speeding; he was traveling 50 mph in a 30 mph zone. Police say Bourque complied with field sobriety tests and a breathalyzer test, both of which he failed.
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NBA star Al Jefferson was arrested on charges of fourth-degree DWI Tuesday.
The Timberwolves player was pulled over in downtown Minneapolis after a police officer observed him changing lanes without a signal and speeding. The officer administered a field sobriety test before taking Jefferson to a nearby hospital for a blood test. Jefferson was then taken to jail and charged.
Jefferson has been suspended for the next two Timberwolves games. The center released a statement apologizing to the team, “I want to apologize to the entire Timberwolves organization…my teammates, coaches, and Wolves fans everywhere for my actions Saturday night… I made a very poor decision, and I am truly sorry for that. As a leader on this team, I know that more is expected of me, and I am disappointed in myself.”
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An appellate court in Texas dismissed an appeal by a man who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for felony DWI.
Walter Malone charged with evading arrest and felony DWI. As Malone had a previous drunk driving conviction, the DWI was automatically upped to a felony, and a district court judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison. Malone appealed the decision, claiming that the judgement in his previous DWI was not signed, making it impossible to try him as a repeat offender.
The appellate court denied Malone’s motion, stating that the lack of signature on the past DWI conviction, while questionable, did not affect the validity of the judgement.
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A man in Texas has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in what started as a DWI charge.
The Court of Appeals of Texas said, in an opinion, that Raymond Lee Reese would have to serve consecutive terms, seven years for DWI and another 5 years for bail jumping and failure to appear. Reese did not show up for the second day of his DWI trial in January. Reese was tried in absentia. He was indicted for bail jumping and failure to appear.
The court of appeals denied his request to serve the sentences concurrently.
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