Police in Roanoke Texas pursued a driver they say was speeding and weaving in and out of traffic. The suspect, Raymond Smith, was actually taking his brother Gerald, who was suffering from a heart attack, to the hospital.

The dash cam evidence only shows Smith driving to a local hospital, with his emergency flashers on, and not through traffic. Smith even says, “sorry for the inconvenience officers” as an arrest is initiated. He passed a field sobriety test though declined to take a breath test. Smith was charged with driving while intoxicated in Texas and evading police.

Smith’s brother survived the heart attack.

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Billionaire John Goodman has been charged with driving under the influence in Florida and manslaughter following an accident that claimed the life of another driver. The founder of the Polo Club of Palm Beach was driving his Bentley in the early hours of February 12 when he struck a Hyandai driven by Scott Wilson. Wilson’s vehicle ended up in a canal and he drowned.

Goodman arrived at the Palm Beach County Jail around 6:00 am on May 19, after an arrest warrant was issued the day before. His bond was set at $100,000.

Goodman was charged with DUI in FL causing death, manslaughter and failure to render aid. The victim’s family has filed a civil suit against Goodman for wrongful death.

The mother of Phoenix Suns basketball player Amare Stoudemire was arrested last Saturday after a traffic infraction in Scottsdale. Carrie Mae Stoudemire was stopped around 3:30 pm for straddling two lanes and speeding. According to the police report, her eyes were watery and glassy. The officers then noticed that she was in violation of Arizona DUI law for not having an ignition interlock device in her vehicle. Stoudemire’s driver’s license indicates that she must have this device in her vehicle until October 30 of this year because of an Arizona DUI conviction.

Stoudemire claimed the SUV she was driving was a rental vehicle and she was unaware that the ignition interlock was required in all vehicles she operates. She said that she was driving to an alcohol education class, another condition of her sentence. After Stoudemire refused to perform field sobriety tests, she was arrested and placed in a squad car.

Amare arrived on the scene in a Bentley and Carrie started yelling for her son, asking him to get a lawyer. Police recognized the Suns player and asked him to leave because his presence was causing his mother to “act out”. Amare complied.

Carrie Mae Stoudemire, 54, was booked at the Scottsdale jail for speeding, a lane violation and operating a vehicle without a mandated ignition interlock. She has a history of incidents with the law, including drunk driving, drug possession and prostitution. She was sentenced to three years in prison in 2006 for aggravated DUI in Arizona involving an accident.

The opening weekend of the fishing season will have sportsmen heading to lakes across Minnesota. To reduce drunk driving and alcohol related accidents, the Departments of Public Safety and Transportation will be staging extra DWI patrols. The heightened MN DWI enforcement will be focused on Anoka, Hennepin, Olmsted, Rice, St. Louis, Crow Wing and Stearns counties.

Officials are urging motorists to be prepared, buckle up, use caution and plan for a sober designated driver. The DPS reports that 18 motorists have been killed over the past five fishing season opening weekends, and 6 of those fatalities were alcohol related. During the same time period, 2,331 arrests for driving while intoxicated in Minnesota were made.

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A Groveland Florida resident went to investigate a loud noise outside his house and he found a car had crashed into one of his trees. He also saw a man running from the scene. Police were able identify the man quickly however after finding a pay stub and a social security card in the wrecked vehicle.

Police soon caught up with Cody Dow Sullivan, who exhibited signs of inebriation, including bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and a strong odor of alcohol. Sullivan admitted to crashing into a tree while driving home from work. He also confessed to leaving the scene because he had been drinking. Sullivan failed a field sobriety test and his blood alcohol content was reportedly .166% and .168% during two different breath tests. The legal limit for drunk driving in Florida is .08%.

Sullivan, 20, was charged with driving under the influence in Florida and leaving the scene of an accident.

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A 50-year old Girl Scout leader was arrested for driving under the influence in Connecticut. West Hartford police stopped Theresa Tracy after being alerted by other motorists to an erratic driver on a winding hilly road. In the truck with Tracy were four young girls, including her daughter, being driven to a scout jamboree.

Tracy was seen hitting a traffic barrel and driving poorly while traversing Avon Mountain, considered one of the most dangerous roads in the state. Her blood alcohol content was reportedly nearly four times the legal limit for intoxication. Tracy and four eighth grade girls were heading for a scouting event in Tolland, nearly forty miles away. In addition to being charged with DUI in CT, Tracy is facing four counts of risk of injury to a minor.

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A new, federally funded facility located in The Woodlands has opened to serve southeast Texas. Ten full time examiners will process blood evidence and test for drugs. The laboratory will serve Montgomery County and 10 counties north of Houston, and reduce the backlog of cases in the state. Currently the area is using an overwhelmed lab in Austin is being used for testing.

The lab is run by the Sam Houston State University. Drug tests and blood analysis can take up to a year to process in some Texas facilities. The new lab plans to handle 6000 cases a year, with results in as little as two weeks. This will help prosecutors involved with crimes such as sexual assault, drug possession and driving while intoxicated in Texas.

While the facility has opened, it must be accredited by the American Society of Crime Lab Directors and the Texas Department of Public Safety before accepting evidence in Texas criminal cases. That is expected to happen this fall.

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