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Drunk Driver Tries to Headbutt Arresting Trooper
Charges filed against man includes Pennsylvania DUI
A 32-year old man from Indiana County has been charged with multiple offenses following an arrest Pennsylvania State Police. Steven Joseph Perez wrecked his vehicle early Saturday morning after allegedly leaving a domestic disturbance scene. As police initiated a PA DUI arrest, Perez kicked one officer in the chest and tried several times to headbutt other troopers.
While being booked on charges of driving under the influence in Pennsylvania, Perez asked to use the restroom and then tried to flee the police barracks. He was taken to the Indiana County Jail where he is awaiting arraignment.
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Doctor 'Humbled' After 8th DUI Conviction
Anesthesiologist sentenced to jail for repeat drunk driving offenses
A Pennsylvania doctor was sentenced to four months to four years in prison after pleading guilty to his eighth DUI offense. 56-year old anesthesiologist Dr. Ashok Padhiar told the judge that he was "ashamed, humiliated and humbled".
Padhiar was arrested for driving under the influence in Pennsylvania on October 29 of last year. He was found unconscious in his parked vehicle with two and a half empty bottles of cognac. His blood alcohol content registered three times the legal limit for intoxication. Padhiar has five convictions for drunk driving in Ohio on his record, as well as one Illinois DUI and one Michigan DUI.
The Johnstown Pennsylvania doctor will receive credit for 67 days spent in rehab. His minimum jail sentence will be another 53 days, after which he will be placed under house arrest for 12 months.
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Pennsylvania Motorcyclist Clocked at 147 MPH While Drunk
Suspect arrested on interstate highway
A motorcyclist was arrested in Cumberland County for driving under the influence in Pennsylvania after being observed doing 147 miles per hour on Interstate 81. Ryan Felmlee was stopped around 11:00 pm on September 15 after a Pennsylvania State Trooper clocked him with a radar gun in a 65 mph construction zone. Felmlee, 24, was riding a Honda CBR600RR.
In addition to PA DUI, Felmlee was charged before a Magisterial District Judge with speeding and careless driving.
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Pennsylvania State Trooper Dies in Wrong-Way Accident
Trooper was scheduled to appear in court later that day on PA DUI charges
State Police are investigating an accident on the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia that ended with an off-duty trooper losing his life. Cpl. John Quigg, Jr. was traveling west in the eastbound lanes around 1:00 am when he struck another vehicle. The crash left the 23-year old driver of the other vehicle in serious condition.
The other driver, a college graduate headed to law school, was wearing her seatbelt. Quigg was not.
Quigg, 48, had been scheduled to appear in court later that morning on a December 2009 charge of driving under the influence in Pennsylvania. Officials are waiting for the results of toxicology tests to determine if alcohol was involved in Wednesday morning's crash.
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Bus Driver Charged with DUI in Pennsylvania
Driver had liquor on school bus and registered an extremely high BAC
A school bus driver from Swarthmore Pennsylvania has been charged with drunk driving while transporting a student. Christine Rogers was stopped by police Monday afternoon after a motorist called authorities about her erratic driving. Officers found an empty bottle of vodka and more liquor on the bus. At the time of the traffic stop, there was one student on board.
Rogers, 48, submitted to a preliminary breath test which registered a blood alcohol content of 0.374%. Pennsylvania DUI law sets the legal threshold for intoxication for all mototists at 0.08%. For school bus drivers the limit is 0.02%. With the combination of her job description and an exceptionally high BAC, Rogers is facing enhanced penalties for drunk driving in Pennsylvania.
The school district immediately fired Rogers following the arrest.
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DUI Pennsylvania Cop Crashes Into Other Cops
Off-duty officer injures two other cops in drunk driving incident in Western PA.
An off-duty police officer was charged with driving under the influence in Pennsylvania after he crashed his H3 Hummer into two parked police cruisers. The squad cars were parked near a police roadblock when Thomas Walker hit them around 2:00 am Friday, injuring one officer in each vehicle.
Police said that Walker lives in Cecil Township and is employed in nearby South Fayette. The vehicles he struck were from neighboring Bridgeville, southwest of Pittsburgh. The two officers were investigating a report of shots being fired. Walker was placed in a squad car while officers responding to the scene checked on the injured men. Walker however got out the squad car and started walking away, ignoring the instructions of the police. He was handcuffed and returned to the squad car.
The two injured officers are in stable condition in a local hospital. Walker was also taken to a hospital, where a blood sample was taken to check for blood alcohol content. He was booked on suspicion of DUI in PA and aggravated assault.
The South Fayette police chief said that the department would conduct an internal investigation before considering action against Walker.
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Priest Nabbed for Pennsylvania DUI
Monsignor in Central PA had BAC 4 times the legal limit.
Police in Central Pennsylvania charged a Catholic priest with driving under the influence of alcohol. According to the arrest report, Monsignor Anthony B. Little rear-ended a stopped vehicle on Thanksgiving. He failed four field sobriety tests and registered a blood-alcohol content of .34%, more than four times the .08% legal limit for DUI in PA. The occupant of the other car was not injured.
Monsignor Little denied having a drinking problem and expressed regret, saying "It was just a stupid thing" and citing "poor judgment" following a family gathering. While not extending an excuse, Little said that it was the first family gathering since the death of his younger brother, and said "I guess it was just the time missing him."
A spokesperson with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Altoona-Johnstown said the episode is a personal matter and declined to comment. Little remains in his role as pastor at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Newry, Pennsylvania, about 85 miles east of Pittsburgh.
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Pennsylvania DUI for Amish Man with Horse and Buggy
Slow moving horse still earns drunk driving charge in Lancaster County PA.
An Amish man was charged with driving under the influence in Pennsylvania after being found passed out with the reins to his buggy in his hands. Around 9:00 pm, police were alerted to the slow moving horse and buggy traveling at a walking pace in the middle of the road. Elmer Stoltzfoos Fisher was found passed out in his ‘vehicle’. Investigating officers pounded on the buggy door to arouse Fisher. He showed signs of intoxication and reported registered a blood alcohol content of .18% on a breath test, more than twice the legal threshold in Pennsylvania.
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Former Pittsburgh News Anchor Arrested
Don Cannon arrested in California for failure to serve PA DUI sentences.
Former Pittsburgh news anchor Don Cannon was arrested in Southern California on November 17 for failure to serve Pennsylvania drunk driving sentences. Cannon, 69, was arrested on a bench warrant issued by Allegheny County in association with two incidents of driving under the influence in western Pennsylvania.
Cannon was supposed to begin serving house arrest and probation for PA DUI last month. He moved to Carlsbad California after pleading guilty to drunk driving in Pennsylvania in 2008. The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department also learned that Cannon had been arrested for DUI in California.
Cannon, whose real name is Donald Clark, worked for WTAE-TV and KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. He is being held in the San Diego County jail pending extradition to Pennsylvania. Cannon’s DUI defense lawyer has been in communication with the Allegheny County judge assigned to the case.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules on Unique DUI Defense
Man arrested for drunk driving twice in one night not considered a repeat offender.
The state high court issued a ruling stating that a man stopped for suspicion of driving under the influence in Pennsylvania twice on one night cannot be sentenced as a repeat offender.
The defendant was stopped for suspicion of impaired driving at around 11:45pm and booked for DUI in PA after registering a blood alcohol content of .16%. About 90 minutes after being released to the custody of his wife, the defendant was arrested for DUI a second time. His BAC at the time of the second traffic stop was .146%.
Prosecutors filed charges relevant to second offense DUI in Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court, however, found that the defendant must be convicted of the first violation before having elevated charges filed against him for a second offense.
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