Peculiar drunk driving articles for the week of May 15

Really odd drunk driving news – 'The Unusual'

Trail of oil leads to California DUI suspect – Police in Sacramento responded to a report of a vehicle smashing into a pole around 2:00 am. The vehicle had fled the scene but left a trail of dripping oil. The officers followed the trail and soon located a damaged SUV at a nearby home. The driver was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving under the influence in California.

Man fakes his own death to avoid New Mexico DWI – Byron Shane Carpenter, from Capitan, was facing prison sentence for vehicular homicide and two separate NM DWI charges. Then his obituary appeared in the Albuquerque paper, citing the death of a loving father and husband in an auto accident. A tip, however, lead U.S. Marshals to Carpenter hiding at a friend's house, and he was taken into custody. In addition to new charges against Carpenter, those involved with the fugitive felon's escape will be facing arrest.

Unknown vehicle in driveway leads to Minnesota DWI – A homeowner did not recognize the car found parked in the yard next to his house early one morning, so he called the police. Officers discovered Joseph Donald Shoeberl, 32, asleep in the vehicle and made several efforts to wake him. When finally roused and asked if he knew where he was, Shoeberl answered "in southern Minnesota." In fact, he was about 130 miles northwest of the Minneapolis. Shoeberl's blood alcohol content at 7:17 am registered .16% or twice the legal limit. He was charged with driving while intoxicated in MN.

Wedding night in jail after Texas DWI – Jade Puckett, 26, described her wedding night as humiliating and her greatest nightmare after her new husband, Billy, was arrested for driving while intoxicated in Houston, Texas. The two had just left their wedding reception when they were targeted by a Harris County sweep for drunk drivers. Billy was charged with TX DWI and Jade was charged with public intoxication when she became belligerent. Jade filed a complaint saying that male deputes seemed to take pleasure from her demise as they repeatedly came to see her in the holding cell, still in her wedding dress. The complaint also covered a photo taken of her in her dress in the courtroom. She entered a guilty plea to public intoxication and was released for time served. Her husband pleaded no contest to DWI and was given a year's probation, fined $300 fine and ordered to perform community service.

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