An Ohio man suspected of driving under the influence in the Cleveland area gave police an unusual excuse for his actions. William Liston told officers that, "Ozzy Osbourne and his music made me do it".

Liston, 33, was stopped by police in Solon on Christmas Eve after reportedly running an SUV off the road. Officers found four different types of prescription pills in a bottle in Liston's coat pocket. Liston is scheduled to be arraigned today in a Cuyahoga County Court on charges of DUI in Ohio.

Have you been arrested for a OH DUI and are needing quality legal assistance from a qualified Ohio DUI attorney?

A teacher at Lorain High School in northern Ohio was arrested for drunk driving and cocaine possession. Around 2:15 am on November 5, police attempted to pull over Dominic Fracchione for speeding and crossing the center line. With the patrol officer behind him, Fracchione sped up and eventually pulled into an alley behind his home. He failed a field sobriety test and a breath test registered a blood alcohol content of .211% - a reading more than two and a half times the legal limit. The arresting officer found an open bottle of whiskey in the vehicle.

Fracchione, 36, told the officer that he had to be at school in the morning because the "students looked up to him". He also said he could not afford another OH DUI/OVI arrest. His driving record shows he has been convicted of driving under the influence in Ohio in 1997, 2003 and 2006.

While being booked at the Lorain City Jail, officers found two bags of cocaine weighing 1.2 grams in Fracchione's pockets. In addition to the drunk driving offense and moving violations, Fracchione was charged with drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia and conveyance of drugs into a detention facility.

The Lorain school district reports Fracchione is on unpaid suspension until the criminal charges are resolved. If convicted, he would face termination.

Have you been arrested for a OH DUI and are needing legal assistance from a qualified Ohio DUI lawyer?

A Dayton man is in jail on charges of driving under the influence in Ohio after causing a chain reaction crash. Daniel Ray Morgan reportedly was not in control of his vehicle when he came out of an alley around 3:45 pm Thursday and struck a police cruiser. The impact caused the cop car to crash into a passing Ford Mustang.

When Morgan realized that he had hit a cop car, he tried to flee. An off-duty cop who happened to be in the area and a bystander were able to detain Morgan until he could be handcuffed.

The police officer in the vehicle and the driver of the Mustang were taken to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries.

Dayton police say that Morgan, 26, has been charged with Ohio DUI, driving without a license, and reckless driving.

Are you requiring OH DUI legal assistance from a qualified Ohio DUI lawyer?

Delaware Ohio Police Sgt. Mark Leatherman has been suspended from the department for failing to investigate an incident of drinking and driving. The drunk driving suspect, Ashley Glazer, had struck two parked vehicles in her parent's neighborhood in the early morning hours of June 16, 2010. Glazer's father is a fellow police officer.

Leatherman failed to administer a field sobriety test even though Glazer's mother told a police dispatcher that her daughter had been drinking before the crash. An internal investigation found that Leatherman did not fully investigate the possibility of driving under the influence as a professional favor. The police investigation of the incident was launched only after residents whose vehicles were damaged wrote letters to the local paper and to city officials wanting to know why Glazer was not tested for intoxication even though the police report said alcohol was a suspected factor.

Leatherman was suspended for five days without pay. Glazer was cited for failure to control a motor vehicle. She was fined $130 and had two penalty points applied to her driving record.

Are you needing OH DUI legal assistance from a qualified Ohio DUI attorney?

A Northern Ohio woman has been charged with her second offense for driving under the influence in 12 days. Heather M. Leyda reportedly lost control of her 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix, drove off the left side of the road and struck a highway barrier. She was not injured though a test for blood alcohol content registered .194%. The legal limit for intoxication in Ohio is .08%.

Leyda, 25, was booked at the Ottawa County Detention Center and held Wednesday morning on $4,000 bail. She is scheduled to appear in court on August 18.

Leyda has another pending case from July 30 charges of DUI in Ohio and resisting arrest in Erie Township. A sheriff's deputy observed her erratic driving around 2:00 am and followed her to a rest area. According to the arrest report, Leyda appeared highly intoxicated with glassy eyes and an odor of alcohol. She refused to submit to field sobriety tests and at one point told the officers that she was leaving. When told she was under arrest, she resisted and began yelling at the officers. Her bond in that case was set at $9,025.

Are you needing help from an Ohio DUI attorney?

Gerard Lawson, defensive back for the Cleveland Browns, was involved in a late night hit and run accident early Sunday morning that resulted in his arrest for driving under the influence in Ohio. Laswon reportedly skipped a team curfew to go party in Cleveland's Warehouse District. He struck a parked car and elected to drive away. He was stopped shortly after by Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputies, who handed him over to Cleveland police.

The Browns' organization said they are "continuing to gather information" on the Ohio DUI arrest and refused to make further comments.

Lawson played five games last season and has recently been utilized more on special teams than as defensive back. He was on the losing side of an inter-team Brown & White scrimmage Saturday and thus listed for 11pm curfew. Lawson, 25, is considered to be on the roster bubble and his arrest for DUI in Cleveland OH could impact his chances of joining the team.

Have you been charged with an Ohio DUI and are needing legal assistance?

A 51-year old man with the name Donald Duck was charged with drunk driving in Ohio after an incident at a Little Caesar's Pizza druve-thru. Duck allegedly repeatedly struck the vehicle ahead of him with his 1998 Jeep. Investigating Massillon Police Department officers said that Duck had red-glassy eyes and smelled of alcohol. When the OH DUI suspect opened his door a bag of marijuana fell out of the vehicle.

Duck has four previous convictions for driving under the influence in Ohio, as well as arrests for driving with a suspended license. A police department spokesperson said that Duck is a "frequent flyer".

Duck was booked at the Stark County jail on third degree felony charges of DUI in Ohio, possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Have you been charged with an Ohio DUI?

The news of the arrest of an Elyria woman for drunk driving in Ohio comes with some unusual details. Officers say that Wendy Phillips pulled out in front of a police cruiser last Friday afternoon and then drove off the side of the road and nearly hit a stop sign. They stopped her just a block away from the police station.

As the officers approached the vehicle, Phillips threw a bottle of vodka out the window. It broke on the courthouse drive. Phillips was unable to stand without help and she then told the arresting officers, "I pooped my pants. I ate too much corn."

Phillips, 46, was charged with driving under the influence in Ohio, child endangerment and failure to maintain control of her vehicle. She has a prior Ohio DUI arrest.

Have you been charged with a Ohio DUI?

The driver of a bus in northern Ohio was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence in Ohio following an accident. The bus was chartered to transport 12 middle-school students and two adult chaperones from Hilliard, near Columbus, to Cedar Point, along Lake Erie.

In Attica, Ohio, about thirty miles from the amusement park, the driver lost control of the vehicle. Ronald L. Williams, 46, was driving a 2000 Ford vehicle as part of a caravan when he veered off the left side of road, hit a deep ditch and then managed to steer the bus back onto the road. He left a 75 foot long trail of debris from the undercarriage of the bus. The accident occurred at 8:35 in the morning. No one was seriously injured though several students suffered bumps and bruises and one adult was treated for a back injury. The children were put on other busses and continued on to Cedar Point.

Police detected alcohol on Williams' breath and his blood alcohol concentration registered .103%. He was charged with Ohio DUI, child endangerment, failure to control a vehicle, and operating a commercial vehicle without the correct type of license.

Are you needing the assistance of an Ohio DUI Lawyer?

Around 1:00 am on January 3, Conley had been dispatched to a local McDonald’s restaurant following a report of a disorderly man. That suspect was Ruby, who was not arrested after promising to call his wife for a ride home. Just a few minutes later, however, Ruby was spotted driving his pick-up truck. Knowing he was intoxicated, Conley initiated a traffic stop and cited Ruby for DUI in Ohio. The 61-year old man was released to his wife around 3:00 am. He appeared less than hour later at the police department and waited for Conley to exit the building.

Conley was shot in the back. Because he was wearing a bulletproof vest, he was able to be treated at a hospital and released. Hearing the gunfire, Patrolman Christopher Hodges rushed to Conley’s aid and shot and killed Ruby. Conley is resting from his injuries and both law enforcement officers are on administrative leave while the incident is investigated.

Mt. Orab in Brown County is about 30 miles east of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Are you looking for a Cincinnati OVI attorney?

Ohio DUI laws state that a motorist can be charged with impaired 'driving' by simply 'operating' or being in a vehicle. Felony DUI/OVI charges are filed when a motorist has 3 prior DUI convictions within six years or 5 offenses within 20 years.

Counties with the most misdemeanor Ohio DUI arrests: 1. Franklin County - 3,080 arrests 2. Butler County - 1,992 3. Lucas County - 1,817 4. Stark County - 1,597 5. Lorain County - 1,591 6. Montgomery County - 1,442 7. Mahoning County - 1,207 8. Portage County - 1,205 9. Hamilton County - 1,139 10. Trumbull County - 1,089

Counties with the most felony OH DUI arrests: 1. Lorain County - 42 cases 2. Belmont County - 22 3. Stark County - 22 4. Franklin County - 20 5. Scioto County - 20 6. Richland County - 17 7. Butler County - 16 8. Ross County - 16 9. Lawrence County - 14 10. Ashtabula County - 13

Were you one of those arrested for OVI in OH and need a DUI Lawyer to represent you?

DUI checkpoints have been a common tool of law enforcement since being allowed by a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court decision. However, it is required by law that the location of such checkpoints be made public in order to balance constitutional rights against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Saturation patrols allow officers to cover a much larger area and to less obtrusively target locations with statistically higher numbers of arrests for driving under the influence on Ohio. In addition to searching for signs of impairment, the patrols use moving violations such as not wearing seatbelts, breaking traffic laws and failure to maintain proper speed to initiate a traffic stop.

Are you looking for an OH DUI attorney?

Carmen was arrested for OH DUI in the Cleveland area after crashing into a fire hydrant. He reportedly handed the officer a credit card instead of his driver’s license. His blood alcohol content registered .23%, nearly three times the legal limit for intoxication.

Carmen was also fined $1000, charged $362 for court costs, ordered to enroll in an alcohol treatment program, required to install an ignition interlock device and ordered to begin his jail sentence on April 25. He lost his driver's license until September 9 and will have to undergo regular testing to ensure that he does not drink alcohol for 12 months.

This is Carmen's second offense for drunk driving in Ohio. In 2007, Carmen was arrested after striking a mail box and a sign.

Carmen is the former lead vocalist for the 'Raspberries', recording the band’s biggest hit 'Please Go All The Way'. He also recorded the 80's hit 'Hungry Eyes'.

Were you charged with OVI in OH?

Concerns were raised during the decision making process because the manufacturer of the Intoxilyzer 8000, CMI Inc of Kentucky, is involved in several law suits with states over the equipment’s software. A suspicion of bid rigging has also been raised because the Ohio Department of Health official who wrote the state’s specifications for the device is friends with the president of CMI. An Ohio based firm that had previously supplied law enforcement with such equipment was excluded from the specification process. In fact, the process reportedly excluded all competitors.

The State Controlling Board voted unanimously to approve the acquisition. While acknowledging that the departments of health and public safety could have made a better case for the Intoxilyzer 8000, the legislators thought there was no reason not to buy the devices.

The Intoxilyzer 8000 will first be put into use in southwest Ohio. The handheld device will replace larger units now used to test for driving under the influence in Ohio.

The two state agencies say that the Intoxilyzer has been tested in a range of temperatures and climate conditions and been found to perform well. The concern is that the equipment has been the focus of several lawsuits recently. Judges in Florida, Arizona and Minnesota have ordered CMI, the Kentucky manufacturer of the Intoxilyzer 8000, to release the software code. To date the company has refused to do so and large penalties have been accrued. The software is the center of an on-going debate as to the accuracy of the breath test. Rather than being a static test with a single code version, each state has the latitude to define tolerances it finds acceptable. Drunk driving defense lawyers have challenged those variables and also claim that the manufacturer has changed the software authorized by the states without their knowledge or permission, leading to the possibility of false BAC readings.

Ohio Controlling Board is expected to announce a decision today.