Dennis Magoon, a bartender of a Portsmouth establishment, was charged with selling an alcoholic drink to an intoxicated customer. The patron left the bar, got behind the wheel of his car and only blocks away struck and seriously injured a pedestrian.

An investigation by local police and the Liquor Commission Bureau of Enforcement determined that the driver had been at Fat Belly

The Greenville Police Department responded to a 1:30 am call from a citizen reporting a suspicious vehicle at an old car wash near Stan

Following a string of high profile arrests for drunk driving in California by celebrities like Nicole Ritchie, Lindsey Lohan and Paris Hilton, a senior researcher with the Automobile Club of Southern California wanted to know if a trend was developing. Steven Bloch found that the number of young females in serious accidents involving alcohol or drugs was up dramatically since in the past decade.

In San Diego County, 18-24 year old females driving under the influence who caused fatal or injury related crashes rose 124%, from 49 to 110 accidents. Of those between 18 and 20 years of age, the figure doubled to 100.

Bloch used the figures from the California Highway Patrol for arrests for driving under the influence in California over the past ten years. While men still are involved with the majority of alcohol related crashes by a two to one ratio over females, their involvement in such crashes is not increasing. In contrast, deadly impaired driving accidents attributable to women had risen significantly. Factors that could attribute for the rise include an increase in the number of female drivers, women driving more miles and women driving more aggressively.

Bloch says there is another contributing factor; the marketing of alcoholic beverages to females. The alcohol industry has turned to sweeter, fruit flavored drinks and packaging to appeal to the female market.

In response, health officials recommend stronger education initiatives about the dangers of alcohol. They also want to emphasize that it is possible to be arrested for California DUI without being stumbling drunk or even in excess of the .08% threshold for legal intoxication. Police can initiate an DUI arrest simply based on perceived impairment.

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It has been revealed that American Idol contestant Jessica Langseth has been arrested for driving while intoxicated in Minnesota two years ago. Langseth made it to the top 36 finalists in American Idol 8 last week.

Langseth pled guilty to drunk driving in Minneapolis, her home town, and was sentenced to four days in jail and put on probation. She completed that probation term last December.

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Five local police agencies and the Department of Public Safety have formed an Arizona DUI Task Force aimed at reducing the number of alcohol related accidents during the NBA All-Star weekend. Tempe police are in charge of the operation, with support from police departments from Scottsdale, Chandler, Gilbert and Mesa.

The NBA All-Star game will be held Sunday, February 15 at the US Airways Center, home of the NBA Phoenix Suns. The drunk driving task force will be conducting traffic stops Friday through Sunday.

The penalties for driving under the influence in Arizona can include loss of driver

A federal judge ordered that a settlement reached between CMI, the maker of the Intoxilyzer, and the state of Minnesota be turned aside. The breath test equipment is used to establish blood alcohol content in Minnesota DWI cases. Drunk driving defense lawyers have argued for access to the source code of the equipment to ensure that any charges filed against their clients are accurate. No one outside of the manufacturer, including the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, knows how the program works, so there is no way to independently ensure correct results. It has also been revealed that CMI has changed the source code without the state

Wadena police stopped a woman on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Minnesota and ended up tasing her twice to complete an arrest. Marie Buchta, 33, of Detroit Lakes, was stopped around 3:30 am and when asked if she had been drinking, she replied yes but was

Actor and Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard entered a guilty plea in court to charges of driving under the influence in Illinois. Shepard was stopped around 2:00 am for speeding on January 3 after spending time in a Bllomington bar. He frequently would stop in the town during travel between relatives in Minnesota and his home in Kentucky.

Prosecutors revealed that Shepard

A Brownsville police lieutenant was charged with driving while intoxicated in Texas after a traffic stop in The Valley. Lt. Adrian Mascorro was stopped for speeding on Expressway 77/83 near San Benito on Friday night. The investigating trooper detected the possible presence of alcohol and asked Mascorro to perform a series of field sobriety tests. Based on his performance during those tests, Mascorro was arrested for suspected drunk driving in Texas.

Mascorro was traveling with his family at the time, and since one of the vehicle occupants was under the age of 15, he was charged with felony DWI. He was booked at the Carrizalez-Rucker Detention Center around 1:00 am and was released around 3:00 am after posting bond. Mascorro has been placed on administrative leave, and an investigation will be conducted in keeping with department policy.

Mascorrro has expressed regret to his family and the police department over the Texas DWI incident.

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A representative with the state legislature has introduced a measure that will require every driver convicted of drunk driving in Texas to install an ignition interlock device in their vehicle. Like similar legislation that has been signed into law in Illinois, New Mexico and Washington. The Texas initiative would include everyone convicted of TX DWI, even first offenders.

An ignition interlock device will disable a vehicle if alcohol is detected on the driver