Rapper Krayzie Bone

Thirty-nine year old Anthony Henderson, better known as Rapper Krayzie Bone was arrested for DUI in Los Angeles. Krayzie Bone is better known for his successful group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. After being pulled over on a routine traffic stop, officers suspected that he may be DUI and asked him to perform field sobriety tests. The rapper remained cooperative, but failed to pass the sobriety tests and blew a .10% on the breathalyzer while California’s legal limit is .08%.

According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, the rapper was held on $5,000 bail and released shortly after. After being released from jail, Anderson told reporters,

“I was just riding home late and got into a little trouble with the law. It is what it is. It happens sometimes. I’m cool now. I’m going home”.

The rapper has never had any prior drunk driving offenses and when asked if he’d be getting a driver before driving home drunk again he responded, “Yeah, that’s the best thing to do”.

If you have been arrested for DUI in LA, you should retain an experienced Los Angeles DUI lawyer now.

Paul Moriarty, New Jersey Assemblyman

Paul Moriarty, a New Jersey State Assemblyman and former Mayor of Washington Township faces charges for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) after being pulled over late Tuesday afternoon. In addition to being charged with DWI, he also faces charges for refusing to submit a Breathalyzer test. Moriarty denies that he was drunk and insists that the officer was simply abusing his power. He also says that after disagreeing with the officer about cutting him off at an intersection, which was the initial reason for the stop, he was asked to step out of the vehicle and perform field sobriety tests. He states, “Let me be clear: I had consumed no alcoholic beverages, and this entire episode was an abuse of power”.

What makes the DWI case more interesting is that the arresting officer has been fired from the department once before because he allegedly lied during an internal investigation, but was later reinstated by court order. Moriarty and his attorney are considering filing a complaint against the officer, but no decision has been made yet. The assemblyman is due in court on the August 8th where a judge will decide whether or not the arresting officer had probable cause after Moriarty refused to submit to a breathalyzer.

If you have been arrested for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), call a skilled New Jersey DWI attorney before it’s too late.

Eric Ramirez of Corpus Christi was arrested for DWI on June 8th when he was found sleeping in his car with the engine running and a open can of beer in the front seat cup holder. The police followed a trail of vomit to Ramirez’s car where he was found sleeping in the front seat. Ramirez failed his breath test and field sobriety tests and was arrested for DWI with an open container.

Click here to find out more about the penalties a DWI in Texas can carry if convicted drunk driving.

The goal was to shame drivers suspected of drunk driving in Huntington Beach.

The Huntington Beach city council has voted against a proposal that would have allowed the police department to post mug shots on Facebook of those arrested for DUI in California. One council member had recommended posting the names and faces of repeat drunk driving offenders on the social networking site in an effort to shame them into changing their behavior. His original goal was to post photos of all accused of DUI in California.

The police opposed the plan, saying it would alienate the area residents. Council members voting against the idea said it would damage the city.

A study conducted by the University of Minnesota determined that one in every 12 fans leaves a major sporting event while intoxicated. Researchers measuring the blood alcohol content of 382 adults who had attended baseball and football games found that 8 percent of the fans registered a blood alcohol content in excess of the legal threshold for intoxication, 0.08%. Those participating in tailgating activities before a game were 14 times more likely to be drunk when leaving the sports venue.

In 2006, the team of researchers would approach fans at professional sporting events and ask them to submit to an anonymous breath test and answer a five minute survey. Many resisted, perhaps not wanting to know the result or an interest in leaving the stadium and getting home. An average of 20 fans per event did participate in the study. 58% of them were male, and 55% were between the ages of 21 and 35.

The significant concern is that the intoxicated fans likely would be driving home, leading to drunk driving accidents and injuries. Some have used the study to ask stadiums, universities and other sporting venues to conduct better sobriety checks, discourage tailgating and limit drinks served to fans during events.

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Motley Crue singer Vince Neil is to be sentenced to two weeks in jail for driving under the influence in Las Vegas. The 49-year old agreed to plead guilty before a judge on January 26. His jail sentence will begin on February 15. Neil will also be sentenced to two weeks of house arrest. Under Nevada DUI law, the minimum sentence was two days in jail.

Neil was stopped for speeding and weaving between lanes last June while driving his Lamborghini around 11:00 pm. He claimed to have consumed three glasses of champagne before his arrest. The police report indicated he swayed, had bloodshot eyes, smelled of alcohol and had slurred speech. Neil failed a field sobriety test and a breath test registered a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit for intoxicated driving in Nevada.

Just days before his arrest for DUI in Nevada, he had declared he had stopped using drugs twenty years ago and did not drink to excess.