Illinois Drunk Driving Articles

Former WWE RAW general manager and announcer Mike Adamle was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence in suburban Chicago early Thursday morning. Adamle was stopped in Evanston, Illinois around 1:00 am after failing to obey a red flashing traffic signal. The officer suspected intoxication and had Adamle perform a field sobriety test, which he reportedly failed. He also exhibited 'erractic behavior'.

Adamle was taken to a hospital to conduct a drug test and then was booked at the police station for suspicion of Illinois DUI and two other charges. He is scheduled to appear in court on February 14. The police commander has ordered Adamle's arrest mug shot to not be released.

Adamle is currently the sports director for the NBC affiliate in Chicago. He played football for the Chicago Bears and was an All-American at Northwestern University.

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In the over 200 new state laws that went into effect on January 1, one increases the fee associated with processing a violation for driving under the influence in Illinois. The measure raises the fee from $500 to $750. It also gives the municipality where the IL DUI arrest occurred a bigger portion of the fee.

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An off-duty patrol officer with the Decatur Police Department was charged with suspicion of driving under the influence in Illinois on November 6. Around 3:50 in the morning, an Illinois State Police trooper noticed a vehicle not responding to a light turning green and initiated a traffic inquiry.

When it was determined that the driver of the vehicle, 25-year old Bradley A. Hall, was a city police officer, the state trooper contacted the Decatur Police which in turn contacted the Macon County Sheriff's Office. After a field sobriety test, the sheriff's deputy considered there probable cause to make an arrest for DUI in Illinois.

Hall, who joined the police department in July 2008, was booked and released with a notice to appear in court on December 10. The Sheriff's Office is continuing its investigation of the arrest and the Decatur Police Chief is expected to make a decision on Hall's employment status soon.

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Illinois State Police received a report of a car on the Kennedy Expressway with a person clinging to the roof. Trooper Clare Pfotenhauer pulled over the vehicle near Chicago's border with Park Ridge around 4:30 am and began an investigation.

The unidentified person on the roof of the car turned out to be the owner of the vehicle, yet would not say how or why that person got up there. The driver was deemed to be driving under the influence in Chicago and charged with misdemeanor DUI and misdemeanor criminal trespassing. The owner refused to sign a complaint so the driver avoided a more serious felony offense.

It was determined that the incident started nearly 11 miles away, though it was not known how long the owner was on the roof of the car.

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A 44-year old man was arrested for driving under the influence in Illinois after he arrived at the Montgomery Police Department around 6:30 Saturday morning. Antonio Trujillo claimed that his family at home was in danger and that there was an armed man in the back of his pick-up truck.

Police said the vehicle was empty and the family was safe. Trujillo was arrested and charged with IL DUI.

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A 33-year old Illinois man has been hospitalized and is facing criminal charges after wrecking a go-kart. Richard Wilson, of Litchfield, was driving the kart on a public road Sunday evening when he ran a stop sign and slammed into a guard rail. He was pinned inside the cart from the impact.

Illinois State Police say that Wilson was air-lifted with serious injuries to a St. Louis hospital. An investigator said that Wilson was driving under the influence and operating a motorized vehicle with a suspended driver's license. Besides a DUI in Illinois and a license violation, Wilson is facing charges of improper operation of an off-road vehicle, failure to stop at a stop sign, lack of valid registration and lack of insurance.

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The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that alcohol related fatalities in the state have dropped 16%. The totals reflect the change from 2007 and 2008, the last two complete statistical periods.

Transportation officials contribute the drop in highway deaths to law enforcement cracking down on driving under the influence in Illinois and more motorists using their seatbelts.

Currently the IDOT and the Illinois State Police are conducting a two week Labor Day campaign against Illinois DUI. Titled 'You Drink & Drive. You Lose', the initiative includes sobriety checkpoints, roadside safety checks and specialized patrols.

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The Diamonds Gentleman's Club in West Chicago has reached a $1 million settlement in a law suit for its role in a deadly drunk driving accident. In January 2006, John Homatas and John Chiariello had gotten drunk at the club, and bouncers ejected the two after Homatas was found vomiting in the restroom. Club employees placed an intoxicated Homatas in his vehicle, and 15 minutes later he struck an SUV head-on. The crash killed 27-year old April Simmons, who was 8-months pregnant. Homatas' passenger Chiariello, 25, was also killed.

The million dollars is the maximum of the club's insurance policy. $800,000 of the settlement will be given to Simmons' widow. The remainder will go to the Chiariello's family. In a separate civil case, Homatas settled a $200,000 suit against him. The amount was the maximum of his insurance policy.

Diamonds does not serve alcohol so they contended that they were not responsible for Homatas' actions and did not play a role in the accident. Patrons of the club, however, are allowed to bring in their own liquor, leading the Illinois State Supreme Court to rule last March that the club did have accountability in the Illinois DUI incident. That decision led to negotiations between the parties in the suit and the final settlement.

Homatas, 29, was convicted of aggravated driving under the influence in Illinois and reckless homicide in 2007. He is serving a 12-year prison sentence.

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A recent, informal survey was undertaken in Illinois to track arrests for driving under the influence. Approximately 68% of the state’s 700 police stations responded to the voluntary survey. It showed that Chicago had initiated the most arrests DUI in Illinois, not surprising because of the size of the city. A total of 4,341 IL DUI arrests were made during 2009, down form a total of 5,262 in 2008.

Other metropolitan areas with the most arrests for drunk driving include: Rockford with 743; Decatur 730; Naperville 581; Carol Stream 499 and Aurora 447. The city with the largest percentage increase in Illinois DUI arrests was Evanston, which jumped from 126 to 220 arrest, a 74% increase.

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