NASCAR team owner Billy Ballew was arrested for driving under the influence at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He was driving a friend from his condo to the passenger’s motor home when he was stopped. Both the condo and the motor home are on the property of the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Ballew acknowledged that he had a mixed drink in his vehicle and then refused to submit to a breath test.

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Actor and former television host Gary Collins entered a plea of no contest to charges of driving under the influence in California. He was sentenced to three years probation, had his vehicle impounded and had his driver

Last month the actor/musician who played Zack Mooneyham in the movie ‘School of Rock’ was charged with driving under the influence in Michigan. Joey Gaydos, Jr. played the student guitarist in the 2003 comedy that featured actor Jack Black. The Van Buren Township police said they arrested Gaydos as he tried to drive away from a local Taco Bell restaurant. The 17-year old was booked on charges of underage DUI.

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Governor Bobby Jindal has announced an interest in new laws to strengthen the penalties involved with DWI arrests. He especially wants increased penalties for those who refuse to submit to breath tests when stopped for suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Louisiana. The initiative is one of three proposed by Jindal and a Louisiana DWI Task Force.

Under current LA DWI law, a first offender who refuses to submit to a breath test is subject to suspension of driver

An early St. Patrick’s Day celebration started by Penn State students led to a spike in police calls, crime and drunk driving arrests in State College, Pennsylvania. Dubbed ‘State Patty

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter was charged with driving while intoxicated in Texas following a traffic stop in Hidalgo County. Texas Department of Public Safety officers say they stopped Carter around 2:00 am early Friday morning on US Expressway 83. His blood alcohol content was reportedly .14%, nearly twice the legal limit for intoxication in Texas. Carter was charged on the scene with Texas DWI and taken to the Mission City Jail. He reportedly will be transferred to the Hidalgo County Jail for arraignment.

Carter was the starting quarterback for the NFL Dallas Cowboys in 2003 but was released during training camp before the 2004 season after allegations of drug use. He briefly played for the New York Jets before turning to arena football. Carter played for the Kansas City Brigade and signed with the Rio Grande Dorados for the 2009 season, although league officials recently ruled he could not play due to league eligibility issues.

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A Wurtsboro man lost control of his truck and crashed into the living room of a local residence. He then backed up and fled the scene, despite efforts by the residents of the house to stop the man.

A few hours later a passenger of truck called 911 to report injuries sustained in the accident. That lead to the arrest of Thomas Mills, 45, on charges of driving while intoxicated in NY. The occupants of the house had been sleeping at the time of the crash, and were injured.

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Two Illinois men have filed separate federal lawsuits against a Chicago police officer for reportedly falsifying arrest reports during traffic stops for suspicion of drunk driving. The men claim that Town Hall District Officer Richard Fiorito violated their civil rights. He is accused of manufacturing Illinois DUI charges and other traffic offenses in order to get over-time pay that comes with making court appearances.

In one situation, a man was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in Illinois only four minutes after being released for driving with a suspended license. He would not have been released on a personal recognizance bond if he were drunk. In the same incident, the motorist had been advised by a desk sergeant not to drive until he had a valid license. While retrieving his coat from his vehicle, Officer Fiorito demanded that he move the car. When he did, Fiorita immediately activated the emergency lights on his squad car.

Fiorito, 60, is the third police officer in the past year to be investigated for falsifying arrests for driving under the influence in Chicago. Officer Joe Parker is currently on desk duty during an investigation into wrongdoing and Officer John Haleas has been charged by Cook County prosecutors with perjury, official misconduct and obstructing justice. Anti-DUI organizations like MADD and Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists have recognized all three of those officers as

California DUI in a stolen shopping cart – Around 9 p.m. on a Tuesday night, Marcos Urbano took off in a $3000 motorized shopping cart from a Wal-Mart. Napa police spotted Urbano, 24, traveling in the fast lane of a major roadway. The officer stopped Urbano and charged him with drunk driving in California, felony grand theft and not having a valid driver

Gabe Pruitt, a back-up guard for the NBA Boston Celtics, was charged with suspicion of driving under the influence in LA early Thursday morning. He was pulled over around 3:00 am at Sunset Boulevard and Wilcox Avenue for sitting at a green light. The arrest took place just blocks from the LAPD station in Hollywood. He was booked for misdemeanor CA DUI and released around 8:30 am.

Pruitt has apologized to his family, team and the Celtics management for the incident. He also expressed disappointment in himself.

Pruitt, 22, is from Southern California and played college basketball at USC. The night before his arrest, he played six minutes and scored 3 points during the Celtics loss to the LA Clippers.

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