Khloe Kardashian checked into the Lynnwood Century Detention Center last Friday to serve her jail sentence for probation violation stemming from a drunk driving charge. Though her jail term was supposed to be for 30 days, she was out of the facility less than five hours later and spent less than three hours in a cell.

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Cedar Park joined Hutto and Georgetown in receiving grants to fund extra Texas DWI patrols. The municipalities received federal funds under the Selective Traffic Enforcement Project, or STEP, that help underwrite overtime pay for officers who conduct patrols targeting drunk driving, seat belt violations and speeding.

Incidents of driving while intoxicated in Central Texas go up slightly during the summer months, so the extra Cedar Park patrols will be deployed between the Fourth of July holiday and Labor Day. The funds Cedar Park received will pay for 2-4 additional patrol officers each night. Hutto focuses its extra patrols on the weekends and during holidays. Georgetown applies its STEP funds over the entire year.

Neither the Williamson County Sheriff

A motorist driving while intoxicated on Staten Island lost control of his Chevy Astro minivan and caused an accident that sent nine people to the hospital.

The unidentified driver was traveling in New Dorp around 6:30 pm with his brother and two nephews when he jumped a curb onto a traffic island, striking a pedestrian. The minivan hit a light post and careened into a Mazda carrying two women. The Mazda was then forced into a Jeep Grand Cherokee. The event unfolded in front of the 122nd Precinct police station, and officers from the station helped the accident victims.

A total of nine people were taken to local hospitals, with the pedestrian in critical condition. The minivan driver was charged with New York DWI.

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Detective Joe Lucas with the Austin Police Department was arrested in Bartlett, Texas for driving while intoxicated. Lucas was stopped for speeding near the town police station Thursday evening. He asked the arresting officer if being a police officer made a difference during the traffic stop, and the Bartlett officer responded,

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Prosecutors are using a new tool when seeking penalties in drunk driving cases. Increasingly prosecutors are reviewing images posted on Facebook and MySpace to determine degree of remorse of DUI defendants.

Lara Buys, 22, was driving under the influence in California when she was involved in an accident that killed her passenger. The prosecutor was willing to recommend probation in the case until he checked Buys

Navassa Police Chief Ricky Junior Thorpe was arrested for drunk driving in North Carolina after a single car accident in rural Brunswick County. Thorpe crossed the center line, struck a speed limit sign and ended up in a ditch while driving an unmarked patrol car.

A county sheriff’s office trooper drove past the accident and radioed for a tow truck. Emergency Services then contacted the North Carolina Highway Patrol. Thorpe had left the scene before troopers arrived, though Thorpe was contacted and arrested at his nearby home. He was charged with driving while intoxicated around 4:45 am. A breath test showed a blood alcohol content of 0.27%, more than three times the legal limit for intoxication in North Carolina.

It is not known if Thorpe, 44, was on-duty at the time of the accident. The Navassa Town Council suspended him without pay, pending an investigation by town officials. In 2004, Thorpe was implicated in an embezzlement operation for diverting hundreds of dollars from a drug bust. He was prosecuted though he was required to enroll in additional law enforcement training for ethics and administrative issues.

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Governor Mark Sanford signed bill H.3496 into law, strengthening the DUI laws of South Carolina by adding new penalties and closing several loopholes.

The law establishes a tiered system of penalties, with increased consequences for elevated blood alcohol content. Penalties will be imposed for any motorist who refuses to submit to a breath test when driving under the influence in South Carolina is suspected. Both first time and repeat offenders will experience greater consequences if convicted, and the option of community service has been eliminated for second or subsequent offenses.

The goal of the legislation is to give law enforcement the tools to make the roads safer, and to reduce the legal strategies often used by South Carolina DUI defense attorneys. The new law goes into effect in 2009.

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The Director of Community Development for the city of Natchitoches, Louisiana was arrested for driving while intoxicated last weekend. Randall S. LaCaza was driving a city owned Chevrolet Impala when he was stopped by the Louisiana State Police for a traffic violation.

LaCaze, 57, was taken to the Natchitoches Parish Jail and booked on charges of Louisiana DWI, improper lane usage and having an open container in the vehicle.

A city spokesperson has indicated that the city will wait for the legal system to reach a decision before possibly disciplining LaCaze. In the mean time, his

The Montana Highway Patrol and the Billings Police Department will be increasing the number of drunk driving patrols during the annual Great American Hill Climb this coming weekend. In addition, the Yellowstone County Sheriff