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Drunk Driver Calls Cops to Report Stolen Weed

Man sought help in tracking down another intoxicant

Nov 6, 09 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - A 21-year-old Oregon man called police to report that ¾ of an ounce of marijuana had been stolen from his car while he was drinking in a bar. After waiting for deputies, he began driving—despite being drunk—and called 911 again to complain. Dispatchers found him difficult to understand,... More »

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crime • drunk driving • marijuana • Oregon • pot

Drunk Man Steals Ambulance, Leads Low-Speed Chase

No one harmed in brief incident

Oct 12, 09 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most drunk people grab a cab home, but a 21-year-old Kansas man was charged yesterday with stealing an ambulance and leading police on a low-speed chase through downtown Lawrence. The ambulance had been left unattended while rescue workers responded to a medical emergency, the Lawrence Journal-World reports. After a... More »

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thief • Kansas • drunk driving • ambulance • car theft

Judge Expunges Gibson's Drunk Driving Charges

Conviction overturned after probation,
$1,300 in fines

Oct 6, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the eyes of law, it’s as if Mel Gibson has always been a real mensch. A judge today agreed to expunge the drunk driving conviction Gibson earned after his infamous anti-Semitic rant in 2006. The actor’s fulfilled the terms of his three-year probation, including the requisite AA... More »

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drunk driving • probation • Mel Gibson • Alcoholics Anonymous • anti-Semitism

NY Wrong-Way Driver to Be Exhumed

Family hopes testing will prove Diane Schuler wasn't drunk

Sep 2, 09 11:43 AM CDT
(AP) - The body of Diane Schuler will exhumed in a bid by her family to disprove findings that the 36-year-old was drunk when she drove her minivan the wrong way on a New York freeway last month, causing a crash that killed eight people, said the family's lawyer on Larry King ... More »

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diabetes • car accident • autopsy • drunk driving • exhumation • Diane Schuler

(AP) - The number of women charged with driving under the influence has increased nearly 30% during the past decade, Transportation Department officials said today, while the number of men fell 7.5% in the same period. The department says the number of impaired women involved in a fatal crash increased in... More »

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women • drunk driving • arrest • statistics • Department of Transportation • Ray LaHood • Diane Schuler

George Michael Busted After
Car Crash

He's detained on suspicion of DUI,
but not charged

Aug 15, 09 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - George Michael was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk or drugged after his Range Rover slammed into the back of a truck on a British highway last night, the Sun reports. Police, however, released him 6 hours later without charge. The singer, who just got his license back in June... More »

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drunk driving • celebrity • car chase • Britain • George Michael • reckless driving

OPINION

Don't Judge Car Crash Mom; Judge Alcoholism


Aug 12, 09 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s easy to condemn Diane Schuler—the mom who drove drunk and stoned the wrong way on a highway and killed herself, four children, and three others—writes Susan Cheever on Salon. But “for those of us who have ever driven a car after having a few beers,... More »

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parenting • alcoholism • drunk driving • car crash • marijuana • Diane Schuler • Taconic Parkway • Susan Cheever

(AP) - The woman who drove drunk and caused a New York highway crash that killed eight people rarely drank, said her husband, who suggested diabetes and other health problems were to blame. "She was not a drinker. She was not an alcoholic," Daniel Schuler said at a tearful news... More »

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New York City • alcohol • drunk driving • car crash • marijuana • stroke • Diane Schuler • Taconic Parkway

(AP) - The woman who drove the wrong way on a highway and caused an accident that killed eight people had vodka and pot in her system, police said. Diane Schuler, who died along with her 2-year-old daughter and three nieces in her red minivan, had more than 10 drinks of alcohol... More »

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 Idol Hit-and-Run 
 Suspect Was 
 Fleeing Cops 

Was running from previous collision when he allegedly hit Cohen

Jul 28, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The driver suspected of killing outspoken American Idol contestant Alexis Cohen was fleeing police at the time of the hit-and-run, People reports. Authorities say Daniel J. Bark, 23, hit a parked car, refused to stop for a bicycle cop, and was pulled over minutes later—allegedly after fatally... More »

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entertainment • American Idol • New Jersey • drunk driving • death • accident • singer • hit-and-run • Alexis Cohen

 Female DUIs Surge in Calif. 


Jul 12, 09 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Men aren't the only ones drinking and driving in California these days, the Sacramento Bee reports. Female DUI arrests and alcohol-related crashes are on the rise, leaving a trail of fatal car wrecks, prison sentences, and women undergoing treatment programs. "Males are still the major knuckleheads, but females for... More »

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California • DUI • drunk driving • arrest



 Why Lover 
 Killed McNair 

Friends, family tell of course of doomed affair

Jul 12, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Within six months of meeting Steve McNair, Sahel Kazemi had fallen hard—and soon after came to the harder realization that the former NFL star wasn't actually planning to leave his wife and family for her, the New York Post reports in an extensive look at the chain of events... More »

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divorce • murder-suicide • drunk driving • affair • Steve McNair • guns • Sahel Kazemi

(Newser) - It's time to stop treating underage drinking like a joke—5,000 deaths and 100,000 sexual assaults a year should make that clear—and give states the freedom to get creative with their laws, writes John McCardell in the Atlantic. The federal age-21 restriction only pushes the drinking underground... More »

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parenting • alcohol • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • drunk driving • teenage drivers • teenager • drinking age

(AP) - A South Korean man allegedly shot and killed a 10-year-old boy after hitting him with his car, apparently to hide the fact that he was driving drunk, police said today. The man, whose family name is Lee, struck the boy June 4 in Gwangju and took him to a hospital,... More »

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South Korea • murder • DUI • drunk driving • child murder

(Newser) - Donte’ Stallworth pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter today, the Miami Herald reports, as part of a deal that will send him to prison for 30 days. After that, the Browns receiver will serve two years of house arrest and eight years' probation in the March 14 crash that killed... More »

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Cleveland Browns • football • DUI • vehicular manslaughter • drunk driving • manslaughter • Donte' Stallworth

(Newser) - The man accused in the April car crash that killed Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, 22, and two others pleaded not guilty today to three counts of murder, the Orange County Register reports. Police say Andrew Thomas Gallo’s blood-alcohol level was three times the legal limit at the... More »

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim • murder • drunk driving • Nick Adenhart • Andrew Thomas Gallo

Facebook Photo Busts Student Charged in DUI

Pics of tequila-swilling 20-year-old incite judge's wrath

Jun 5, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 20-year-old college student awaiting trial on reckless homicide and DUI charges learned the perils of too-candid Facebook photos yesterday, the Chicago Tribune reports. Erika Scoliere is now sporting an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet after violating a court order not to drink while out on bail. “It appears the defendant... More »

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privacy • Facebook • drunk driving • Internet privacy • photos • Erika Scoliere • Thomas Mueller

Interview

Shia LaBeouf Does AA After Accident

Transformers star says mangled hand still causes 'extreme pain'

May 2, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shia LaBeouf says the hand he mangled in a car crash last July will never be the same. “Permanently fucked,” he told Playboy recently. “I’ll never be back to 100%. I can’t zipper my zipper without extreme pain.” Though he won’t be charged... More »

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Shia LaBeouf • drunk driving • Transformers • Alcoholics Anonymous

'Drunk, Cell-Chatting' Driver Charged in Texas Kid Deaths

Dad faces trial for 'intoxication manslaughter'

Apr 20, 09 2:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Houston driver was charged with four counts of intoxication manslaughter yesterday after his car careened into a flooded ditch, killing three of his kids and two others. The 32-year-old dad was arrested after failing an on-the-spot sobriety test, said police. The body of a 4-year-old girl is still missing,... More »

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car accident • children • drunk driving • death • flash floods

 Drunken Cyclists Face 
 the Slammer in Poland 

2,000 Poles are in prison for drunken cycling

Apr 11, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Polish courts have left intact a law that allows two-year prison terms for drunken cyclists. Critics say bikers—2,000 of whom sit behind bars—should be treated like pedestrians, who face only fines for being drunk in public. The Constitutional Court dismissed that argument, saying the speedier transport uses... More »

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prison • crime • Poland • drunk driving • bicycling • drunk

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