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Peculiar drunk driving articles for the week of March 27

Really odd drunk driving news – Multiples

2 Texas DWI arrests in 15 hours – Javier Rodriguez of Brownsville was charged with driving while intoxicated in Texas after running a vehicle off the road around 2:00 am. He was released at 11:20 am after posting bond. Six hours later Rodriguez ran into the backend of a pick-up truck and rolled his car. He was charged with multiple offenses including TX DWI and intoxicated assault.

2 WV DUI arrests in – A loud exhaust drew the attention of police to a red Chevy Blazer leaving a convenience store in Cedar Grove. The officer followed the SUV and observed it speeding and crossing the centerline twice, and the driver, Scott L. Ramsey, was stopped for suspicion of driving under the influence in West Virginia. While being transported to Charleston for booking, Ramsey told the officer that he had been arrested for DUI by a Kanawha County deputy earlier in the evening and was released on bond just hours before. A background check revealed that Ramsey was convicted of drunk driving in WV in 2000, leading to the filing of a felony third offense DUI.

3 Wisconsin DUI arrests in 3 days – A 60-year old Washington woman vacationing in Wisconsin was arrested three times in three days. She was first arrested after police found her trying to drive out of a ditch. She was wearing only one shoe and registered a blood alcohol content of .21%. Just 24 hours later, the women was found stuck in the snow at a campground that was closed or the winter. She told the officer that she was "finishing up the box of wine in (her) car from yesterday." After spending 12 hours in jail, she was spotted yet again driving erratically, leading to her third charge of drunk driving in Wisconsin and a one month jail sentence.

1 driver; 1 police officer; 3 hours; 2 Idaho DUI arrests – Randy J. Reynolds was arrested for misdemeanor drunk driving in Boise, Idaho around 9:00 pm and his vehicle was left legally parked on the side of the road. That was within police policy, and usually it is the responsibility of the person arrested to have the vehicle towed or removed. After posting bond and being released from jail around 11:30 pm, Reynolds took a taxi to his pick-up truck and less than an hour later he tried to drive again. The same officer who had arrested Reynolds earlier spotted him swerving on the road and initiated another traffic stop about 12:15 am. The second ID DUI arrest led to the impoundment of Reynolds' vehicle.

Peculiar drunk driving articles for the week of January 30

Really odd drunk driving news – Parallels - Hitting police vehicles.

Automobile and sheriff’s cruiser and North Carolina DWI – Brysson Campbell, 29, was traveling too fast for the wet road conditions, lost control of his Acura while trying to turn and struck a New Hanover County sheriff’s cruiser sitting at a red light. No one was injured. Campbell was charged with exceeding a safe speed and driving while intoxicated in North Carolina.

Automobile and patrol car and Idaho DUI – Wolfgang Drude, 59, was charged with drunk driving in Idaho after hitting a parked patrol car. The officer had parked the cruiser while conducting a traffic stop and Drude struck the vehicle with his Mercedes van. Drude drove off, telling police later that he thought he had hit a dog. The officer was outside of the vehicle at the time of the accident and no one was injured.

Automobile and police cruiser and Massachusetts DUI – Fitchburg Police responding to a report of a two vehicle accident discovered that a car had hit a marked police cruiser. The cruiser had been blocking part of an intersection, with emergency lights flashing, while wreckers were trying to right an overturned utility truck. Paul J. Gallant entered the intersection with his Lincoln Town Car and struck the police vehicle. The officer, who was outside his vehicle at the time, was shaken up but uninjured. Gallant, 55, was charged with several offenses, including drunk driving in Massachusetts.

Salt truck and police cruiser and Pennsylvania DUI - Rodney Rosen, a Butler County street department worker, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence in Pennsylvania after plowing his salt truck into a police cruiser. The law enforcement vehicle was unoccupied at the time and no one was injured. Rosen, 42, reportedly had a blood alcohol content three times the legal limit for intoxication in PA.

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Boise Police Officer Sentenced in Idaho DUI Case

Officer receives probation after pleading guilty to drunk driving in Boise.

Gary Miller, an officer with the Boise Police Department, had his case of driving under the influence in Boise come to a close last Monday. Miller pleaded guilty to Idaho DUI and the Fourth District Magistrate handed down a sentence of one year probation, 90 days in jail and a $750 fine. 87 days of the jail term were then suspended. The Magistrate also agreed to a withheld judgment, meaning if Miller completes the probation period without incident, the DUI arrest will be taken off his record.

Miller, 38, was off-duty when he was arrested April 26 for drunk driving by an Idaho State Police trooper. His blood-alcohol content was reportedly twice the legal limit. At the time of the arrest, Miller was given a citation but not booked into the Ada County jail. State Police cited general officer safety as the reason for the lack of standard booking procedure.

Miller, a 10 year veteran with the Boise police department, still faces internal sanctions from an internal investigation.

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Legal to Drive w/Marijuana

Marijuana Users Can Drive Legally in Idaho

1/16/2002

Since Idaho law doesn't list marijuana as an illegal narcotic, a federal appeals court ruled that users of the drug can legally drive in the state, the Associated Press reported Jan. 14.

The ruling was made in the case of Matthew Patzer, 21, who was stopped for a broken tailgate light in 1998 and admitted to police he had smoked marijuana at a party. He was later convicted for impaired driving.

Under Idaho law, it is illegal to drive under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.

But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Calif., ruled that Patzer could not be automatically assumed to be impaired since the law does not list marijuana as a narcotic and Patzer passed two sobriety tests.

As a result of the ruling, Patzer's conviction was overturned. Idaho's Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Fica may request the court to review its decision or ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case.

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