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Motorists suspected of drunk driving in Alabama will be targeted across the state during the Fourth of July weekend. The Alabama Department of Public Safety has announced that all available troopers from both state and local law enforcement agencies will be on patrol during the 78-hour holiday.

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Governor Matt Blount signed legislation into law today that will strengthen the penalties for driving while intoxicated in Arkansas. The legislation covers a number of transportation oriented issues, and it includes increased fines for those who plead guilty to drunk driving in Arkansas and then receive a suspended sentence.

In addition, repeat DWI offenders must install an ignition interlock device in their vehicle. Such a device requires the driver to breathe into a tube and if alcohol over a set blood-alcohol limit is detected, the car cannot be started.

Senate Bill 930 was signed at the Greene County Courthouse in Springfield, Arkansas Thursday morning.

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The Nassau County Police Commissioner has announced a crack down on New York DWI over the Fourth of July weekend. Officers will employ a new tool, a license plate scanner, to target repeat drunk driving offenders.

The scanners will be mounted to patrol cars with access to a database containing license plate information on 361 known chronic drunk drivers. About 13 vehicles will be equipped with the equipment in an effort to deter driving while intoxicated in Nassau County New York.

In addition, another dozen Highway Patrol Bureau vehicles will be used in saturation patrols of areas prone to increased drunk driving activity. Last year over the five day extended holiday weekend, 74 motorists were arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in Nassau County. It is expected that more arrests will be made this year, with motivation partly coming from a Nassau police officer being injured by a drunken driver last May.

Those arrested for New York DWI in Nassau County over the Fourth of July weekend will join 310 defendants on the

Andy Dick, the 42-year old openly bisexual comedian, was arrested after leaving a bar southeast of Los Angeles. Some of the charges he could be facing include sexual assault of a minor, lewd public exposure, drug possession and public intoxication.

Dick allegedly pulled down the tank top of a 17-year old at Buffalo Wild Wings in Murrietta, California. Police then responded to a man urinating outside the bar, stopping a truck that was fleeing the scene. Dick was in the front seat of the vehicle. Police placed him in a line up with other men at the scene and the female victim and another woman positively identified Dick.

Dick reportedly had Xanax and marijuana in his pockets at the time of the arrest and witnesses say he was extremely intoxicated. He was charged with California DUI in 1999 following a hit-and-run accident. Dick has repeatedly entered rehab, the latest effort following a 2006 Comedy Central roast where he licked the faces of Farrah Fawcett and Carrie Fisher and allegedly groped a reporter.

If you have been arrested Riverside County, California you will need to hire a criminal defense attorney in Southern California.

During the entire month of July law enforcement agencies across the state will be on increased patrols for incidents of driving while intoxication in Minnesota. July is statistically one of the deadliest months for accidents involving alcohol.

July records an an average of more than 3,300 motorists charged with Minnesota DWI, and more than 20 fatalities attributed to driving impaired. A total of over half a million licensed Minnesota drivers have received a DWI.

A traffic safety representative said that summer is a deadly time on Minnesota roads and that driving while intoxicated incidents increase.

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University of Michigan tailback Kevin Grady was arrested for Driving Under the Influence near his home town of Grand Rapids. The 22-year old red shirt junior was stopped in Wyoming, Michigan just before 2:00 am. His blood alcohol content registered 0.281, three and a half times the legal limit.

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Lindsay Lohan’s attorney has provided an update to a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on the progress being made in completing her California DUI sentence. Lohan is reportedly “completely on track with everything.”

Lohan was arrested twice for driving under the influence in LA last year. The 22 year old actress was required to complete several programs and duties or face stiff penalties. Lohan has completed her 10 days of community service, spent 84 minutes in jail – satisfying a 24 hour sentence, assisted in a morgue and emergency room and attended all her required obligations. She must continue with drug treatment and an 18 month alcohol education program.

The judge requested a further update on January 16, 2009.

If you have been been arrested for a DUI in Los Angeles, you need to hire an experienced Southern California DUI Lawyer.

Khloe Kardashian, the 24-year old sibling of Kim, is scheduled to begin a 30 day jail sentence for Driving Under the Influence in Los Angeles.

Khloe was charged with California DUI on March 4, 2007. She pleaded no-contest and was to sentenced to 36 months probation, required to complete community service with the California Department of Transportation and ordered to complete an alcohol-education program.

Khloe’s attorney acknowledged in LA Superior Court that the member of the E! Online cable show ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ had not completed the alcohol program. The CalTrans community service requirement was dropped and she was sentenced to 30 days in jail. She must also re-enroll in the alcohol program within 21 days of her release from jail. She offered to go directly to Lynnwood County Jail, but that request was denied. Khloe was instead ordered to turn herself in on July 18.

In a statements issued by her mother, Kris Jenner, and her sister, Kim, they said that drinking and driving should be taken very seriously and that Khloe was “ready and willing to serve out her sentence”.

If you have been charged with a DUI in Southern California, you will need hire a California DUI Lawyer to represent you on your DUI charges.

Governor Ted Strickland is expected to sign legislation that will give police greater powers to force a blood or urine sample from certain motorists. The bill would allow police to demand samples from drivers who have been convicted of driving under the influence in Ohio two or more times.

Under current Ohio DUI laws a warrant must be obtained from a judge if the motorist declines to submit a blood sample. The new bill would make the blood draw a requirement even without a warrant. Opponents of the plan point out that a repeat DUI offender could be stopped for any traffic infraction, not just suspicion of drunk driving, before being asked to submit a blood sample. Those states that have provisions for warrantless blood draws usually limit the action to situations where a driver involved in an accident involving an injury or fatality is suspected of impaired driving.

The Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is expected to challenge the new law on the basis of constitutionality.

If you have been arrested for DUI/OVI in Ohio, you will need to hire an Ohio DUI attorney for representation on your drunk driving charge.