Hollywood producer Jon Peters has been ordered to appear in court after reportedly not completing the terms of his California DUI parole. Peters was charged with drunk driving in Ventura County, California in February 2006 after being found asleep in his vehicle. He pleaded no contest and was ordered to complete an alcohol awareness program, regularly report to a probation officer and perform community service.

Peters was to work with the charity Homeboy Industries, which helps gang members rehabilitate after a prison sentence. While a proof of completion for 40 hours of community service was submitted to the court, when Homeboy Industries was contacted, they were only able to confirm 4 hours of involvement.

Peters has been ordered to appear in the Ventura County Court on January 16, 2009. The length of his probation for the 2006 CA DUI was three years, so he could be sent to prison under a parole violation.

Peters produced ‘Superman Returns’ and is the former lover of Barbra Streisand. A spokesperson for Peters was not available for comment.

If you or a friend have been charged with drunk driving in Ventura County you will need to hire a DUI lawyer in Southern California for representation on your DUI charge and DMV hearing.

Law enforcement agencies from Yolo County and the Sacramento area joined forces in a saturation patrol last Saturday. Their target was motorists suspected of California DUI during the annual ‘Causeway Classic’ football game. Officers stopped 116 motorists. They had 5 drivers perform field sobriety tests, though no one was arrested for drunk driving in California. Twelve citations were issued for safety and vehicle code violations.

The campaign was part of the ‘Avoid the Eight’ program funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

If you or a friend have been arrested for drunk driving in Northern California you will need to hire a Northern California DUI lawyer for representation on your drunk driving charge and DMV hearing.

The city of Davis will be drawing crowds this Saturday for the Causeway Classic between UC Davis Aggies and Sacramento State Hornets. The ‘Avoid the Eight’ DUI Enforcement Task Force will also be out in big numbers looking for motorists suspected of drunk driving in California.

Law enforcement agencies will be joining forces for intensive CA DUI saturation patrols between noon and 6:00 pm Saturday. Included are officers from the California Highway Patrol, Yolo County Sheriff’s Department and Yolo County Probation Department, local police departments from Davis, West Sacramento, Sacramento, Winters and Woodland, as well as the UC Davis police department.

The ‘Avoid the Eight’ campaigns are aimed at warning motorists to avoid drinking and driving with a blood-alcohol content over the legal limit of .08%. The programs are funded by grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

If you have been arrested for drunk driving in California you need to hire a DUI lawyer in California to represent you on your drunk driving charge and DMV hearing.

The Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office has indicated that the investigation into the California DUI arrest of Heather Locklear is on-going. While a spokesperson stated the investigation is nearly complete, no date was given for its completion nor was there an indication that charges would be filed.

Prosecutors are waiting for a final report that will include the results of toxicology tests. Locklear was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Montecito on September 27. It is unusual for it to take this much time to review evidence and complete an investigation. If charges had been filed at the time of her arrest, Locklear would have had a first court date on October 27.

Alcohol was ruled out during Locklear’s arrest though she was suspected of being under the influence of a controlled substance. The Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office has indicated that the results of drug tests will not be made public, unless the case goes to trial and the evidence is entered into the public record.

If you have been arrested for drunk driving in Santa Barbara, you will need to hire a DUI lawyer in Santa Barbara.

The Austin Police Department released the results of a Halloween crackdown on drunk driving. Over an eight hour period, the APD arrested 54 people on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Austin.

Twenty six of those refused to submit to a breath test, leading the officers to seek warrants from a judge to force blood draws as part of a ‘no-refusal’ policy for the weekend. All 26 had a blood-alcohol content above the .08% legal threshold for intoxication, with seven registering a BAC twice the legal limit.

A spokesperson for the APD said he would need another team of DWI officers to make the effort full-time. As a consequence the ‘no-refusal’ crackdown will be limited to weekends or large holidays that historically show increases in Texas DWI arrests in Austin. The police department plans to conduct another ‘No Refusal’ effort around the New Year’s celebration.

Arrested for DWI in Austin during the ‘No Refusal’ weekend? Contact an Austin DWI Attorney for help.

Both the Florida State Patrol and an entire neighborhood are upset over an inability to charge a driver with drunk driving. Steven Janotha and Michael Busowski, both underage and both intoxicated, were speeding in a Trans Am through an Orlando area neighborhood when they crashed. The vehicle nearly hit a house, coming to rest by a wall outside a young girl

Robert Gibson was stopped on the grounds of a high school after a school official noticed a nearly empty bottle of vodka on the floor of the Gibson

When Arkansas jails become overcrowded, lesser offenders are typically released before the end of their jail sentence to make room for those who have committed more serious crimes. A state legislator wants to enact a law that would prohibit the early release of those convicted of felony driving while intoxicated in Arkansas.

Representative Dan Greenberg, from Little Rock, said his legislation stems from a woman found guilty of her tenth DWI in Arkansas and sentenced to a minimum 20 months in jail, yet she was released before serving twelve months. Greenberg said that someone with ten DWI arrests

May 26, 2012