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  • June 2008

    • Snoop's Wife Busted on DUI Charge

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 15, 08 11:13 AM CDT

      Snoop's Wife Busted on DUI Charge

      Snoop Dogg’s wife was arrested early yesterday on suspicion of drunk driving, the Los Angeles Times reports. Shante Broadus, 32, was issued a citation and is scheduled to appear in court next month. Police would not comment on whether other people were in the vehicle. Broadus and Snoop Dogg have been married since 1997 and have three children. More »

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      crime  • drunk driving  • DUI  • Snoop Dogg  • drunk

    • Other Vick Charged With DUI

      newser  |  Virginian-Pilot  |  Jun 13, 08 10:55 AM CDT

      Other Vick Charged With DUI

      Marcus Vick was arrested today and charged with DUI, the Virginian-Pilot reports. An officer said he approached the former Dolphins quarterback’s car when he heard two people arguing, prompting Vick to speed off. Another officer stopped Vick’s car and administered a sobriety test, which he and his companion failed. Marcus is the brother of former Falcons QB Michael Vick, now serving time for staging dog fights. More »

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      NFL  • football  • alcohol  • Atlanta Falcons  • driving  • DUI  • Miami Dolphins

  • May 2008

    • NY Rep: I Fathered Love Child

      newser  |  Radar  |  May 8, 08 1:51 PM CDT

      NY Rep: I Fathered Love Child

      A New York City congressman already in deep trouble admitted today he has a 3-year-old daughter outside his marriage, Radar reports. Vito Fossella, the Big Apple’s only Republican rep, was pulled over for DUI last week and rumors had since swirled that the former Air Force lieutenant colonel he called after his arrest was the mother of his child. More »

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      New York City  • DUI  • love child  • Vito Fossella

  • April 2008

    • Bon Jovi Guitarist Cops DUI Deal

      newser  |  E! Online  |  Apr 23, 08 6:40 AM CDT

      Bon Jovi Guitarist Cops DUI Deal

      Bon Jovi rocker Richie Sambora may have to take extra care next time he gets behind the wheel of a steel horse, but the axman will be staying out of jail after cutting a deal with prosecutors over drunk driving charges, E! Online reports. The guitarist, busted last month for driving under the influence with his 10-year-old daughter in the car, will be livin' on informal probation for three years. More »

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      drunk driving  • DUI  • rock stars  • guitarist  • Bon Jovi  • plea bargain  • Richie Sambora

    • Bullock OK After Crash With Drunk Driver

      newser  |  Boston Herald  |  Apr 19, 08 6:58 PM CDT

      Bullock OK After Crash With Drunk Driver

      A woman accused of drunk driving slammed head-on into Sandra Bullock's SUV last night near the Massachusetts coast, the Boston Globe reports. Bullock, 43, her husband, Jesse James, 39, and their driver were unhurt in the crash. Police said oncoming driver Lucille Gatchell "almost giggled" when told who she had hit. "She said, 'My first drunk driving and I hit Sandra Bullock,'" a policeman said. More »

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      celebrity  • drunk driving  • DUI

  • March 2008

    • Bon Jovi Guitarist Busted for DUI

      newser  |  TMZ  |  Mar 26, 08 9:06 PM CDT

      Bon Jovi Guitarist Busted for DUI

      Laguna Beach police have slapped Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora with DUI charges after catching his black Hummer bopping and weaving down the street late last night. Sambora took a sobriety test and was hauled downtown at 4am, the AP reports. He may be in more trouble—three passengers were in the car, including Sambora's 10-year-old daughter, Ava, and another minor. More »

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      celebrity  • DUI  • rock and roll  • Bon Jovi  • Laguna Beach  • Richie Sambora

    • Gilligan's Mary Ann Ducks Dope Charge

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 11, 08 6:44 PM CDT

      Gilligan's Mary Ann Ducks Dope Charge

      Dawn Wells, better known as Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island , has ducked a dope charge but will serve 6 months' probation for reckless driving, the AP reports. A sheriff's deputy pulled her over in Teton County, Idaho last year and smelled marijuana in the car; the former actress failed a sobriety test, but avoided a drug charge by pleading guilty to reckless driving. More »

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      drugs  • marijuana  • DUI  • drug possession

  • February 2008

    • Paris Hilton's Little Brother Busted for DUI

      newser  |  People  |  Feb 13, 08 3:32 AM CST

      Paris Hilton's Little Brother Busted for DUI

      You can take a Hilton out of jail, but apparently not for long. Paris Hilton's 18-year-old brother, Barron, was arrested in Malibu for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. He was pulled over after he was spotted driving erratically on the Pacific Coast Highway and failed a sobriety test, police said. He spent nine hours behind bars before posting $20,000 bail, reports People magazine. More »

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      celebrity  • Paris Hilton  • arrest  • DUI  • Malibu  • Barron Hilton

    • Heidi Fleiss Busted for DUI, Possession

      newser  |  Las Vegas Sun  |  Feb 8, 08 6:47 AM CST

      Heidi Fleiss Busted for DUI, Possession

      Former madam to the stars Heidi Fleiss was busted yesterday after a traffic stop and charged with driving without a license, driving under the influence, and possessing prescription medicine without a prescription, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Fleiss had "prescription narcotics on her person, not in a prescription bottle, and could produce no evidence that the prescription pain medication had been prescribed to her," said a statement from county officials. More »

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      Nevada  • DUI  • drug possession  • Heidi Fleiss

    • She Buckled Up Beer, Not Baby

      newser  |  First Coast News  |  Feb 6, 08 11:53 AM CST

      She Buckled Up Beer, Not Baby

      A woman driving drunk on a Florida highway had safely buckled up a case of Busch beer for a Super Bowl party—but not the year-old baby riding in the back of her car, according to police. The woman was pulled over after she ran a red light and was seen driving erratically near St. Augustine, reports First Coast News . More »

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      Florida  • beer  • drunk driving  • DUI  • Super Bowl

  • January 2008

    • 'Model Prisoner' Sutherland Leaves Jail

      newser  |  People  |  Jan 21, 08 2:55 PM CST

      'Model Prisoner' Sutherland Leaves Jail

      Actor Kiefer Sutherland walked out of a California jail today after serving all 48 days of his sentence for DUI and violating probation, People reports. The 24 star looked "glad to be out," said a prison spokesman. Sutherland did his time in an 8-by-10 cell, spending his birthday, Christmas, and New Year's in the can. More »

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      television  • celebrity  • alcohol  • prison  • drunk driving  • DUI  • Kiefer Sutherland  • 24  • Jack Bauer

    • Judge Sends Lohan to the Morgue

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 18, 08 10:47 AM CST

      Judge Sends Lohan to the Morgue

      Glamorous, it ain't. Lindsay Lohan will begin working at a morgue as punishment for her most recent drunken driving conviction, the AP reports. Lohan will put in two days of community service at the morgue and another two in a hospital emergency room. The court-ordered program is aimed to illustrate the consequences of driving while drunk. More »

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      cocaine  • Lindsay Lohan  • drunk driving  • rehab  • DUI

    • Lindsay Lohan Falls Off the Wagon

      newser  |  Access Hollywood  |  Jan 4, 08 9:56 AM CST

      Lindsay Lohan Falls Off the Wagon

      Lindsay Lohan fell off the sobriety wagon during a New Year's Eve party in Italy, Access Hollywood reports. The 21-year-old actress, who completed a 63-day stay at a Utah rehab facility in October, was caught on videotape drinking from a champagne bottle while on the dance floor at the party. The video later was posted on TMZ.com. More »

  • December 2007

    • Ex-Yankee Charged With Manslaughter in DUI Death

      newser  |  South Florida Sun-Sentinel  |  Dec 28, 07 4:11 PM CST

      Ex-Yankee Charged With Manslaughter in DUI Death

      Former New York Yankees catcher Jim Leyritz was charged with DUI manslaughter after an accident early this morning in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., that claimed the life of another driver, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. Leyritz ran a red light around 3:30am and collided with another vehicle, police said, causing the 30-year-old woman to be ejected. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • New York Yankees  • accident  • DUI  • manslaughter  • vehicular manslaughter

    • Mischa Barton Busted in LA

      newser  |  E! Online  |  Dec 28, 07 3:41 AM CST

      Mischa Barton Busted in LA

      Former " OC" star Mischa Barton was booked early yesterday on suspicion of driving under the influence, possessing an illegal narcotic and driving with an invalid license, E! News is reporting. Barton, 21, was pulled over in West Hollywood before dawn after deputies spotted the actress driving her Range Rover straddling two lanes of traffic and turning left without signaling, authorities said. More »

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      celebrity  • marijuana  • Fox  • celebrity trials  • DUI

    • Felon Became Top Exec for Wikipedia

      newser  |  The Register  |  Dec 15, 07 6:27 AM CST

      Felon Became Top Exec for Wikipedia

       Wikipedia had a convicted felon in one of its highest executive positions for over six months this year, The Register reports. Carolyn Bothwell Doran was on probation for a DUI that caused a death when she became the charitable foundation's chief operating officer in January, says the UK-based web site. She left the Wikimedia Foundation in July this year after another DUI arrest. More »

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      Wikipedia  • DUI  • felon

  • November 2007

    • Tyson Sentenced to 1 Day

      newser  |  Arizona Republic (Phoenix)  |  Nov 19, 07 7:16 PM CST

      Tyson Sentenced to 1 Day

      Mike Tyson was scheduled today for a 1-night-only appearance—in the Phoenix slammer. The ex-heavyweight will serve 24 hours in jail and begin 3 years’ probation tomorrow after pleading guilty to cocaine possession and DUI charges stemming from a 2006 traffic stop, the AP reports. Tyson avoided a 4-plus-year sentence by "becoming a role model," the judge said. More »

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      drugs  • Arizona  • DUI  • boxing  • Mike Tyson

  • August 2007

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