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A man accused of driving a pickup while intoxicated, crashing head-on into a car in rural East County and killing an 8-year-old girl over the weekend, was in the country illegally and had been previously convicted of DUI, according to authorities. Brayan Josue Alva Rodriguez, 25, pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with Sunday’s crash on county Highway S-2, also known as San Felipe Road, near Ranchita, according to the District Attorney’s Office. He was among several injured in the crash and was arraigned in the hospital Tuesday. Alva, a Guatemalan national, was...

PASO ROBLES, Calif. (FOX26) — The principal of Paso Robles High School has been arrested for DUI. The Paso Robles Police Department says officers responded to the school campus on Monday after the Paso Robles Police Department's School Resource Officer received a report from Paso Robles Joint Unified School District staff about a possible staff member being under the influence of alcohol. The staff member was identified by the school as Megan Fletcher. Officers say she was found to have driven to the school while under the influence and was arrested for DUI. The Paso Robles Joint Unified School District...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Cuqita Boyd got into a minor car wreck while driving to work in January 2022, then was charged with driving under the influence after an officer claimed she didn't follow directions during a field sobriety test. But Boyd was adamant she hadn't been drinking and asked to be given a Breathalyzer test on the side of the road to prove it so she wouldn't be late for her job as a U.S. postal worker. The Louisville Metro Police officer, Samantha Davenport, denied that request, later saying she didn't carry a portable Breathalyzer in her cruiser. That...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), a fierce defender of sanctuary policies, is getting called out as an illegal alien is accused of killing a local elected Republican official and his wife last week. A 34-year-old illegal alien Edwin Pacheco-Meza of Honduras was driving a van on Oct. 24 when he crossed the center lane and struck 71-year-old Michael Clayton and his wife — killing them instantly. Clayton was a Republican who served on the Coles County Board. Pacheco-Meza, who crossed the southern border as an unknown got-away, was in his vehicle with illegal Juan Morales-Martinez of Guatemala, who crossed the...

In the sanctuary state of Illinois, where Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has attempted to impede federal immigration enforcement, an illegal alien is accused of killing a Republican elected official and his wife in Coles County. Police say that 34-year-old illegal alien Edwin Pacheco-Meza of Honduras was driving a van on Oct. 24 when he crossed the center lane and struck 71-year-old Michael Clayton and his wife, 66-year-old Gail Clayton — killing them instantly. Michael Clayton was a Republican elected official who served on the Coles County Board. Pacheco-Meza, who crossed the southern border as an unknown got-away, was in his...

SUGAR LAND, Texas -- Former NFL running back Adrian Peterson remained jailed on Monday after being arrested a day earlier in a Houston suburb on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon, according to authorities. Peterson was taken into custody Sunday morning by the Sugar Land Police Department, said agency spokeswoman Alicia Alaniz. It's the second DWI arrest in seven months for the 2012 NFL MVP and three-time league rushing champion. Alaniz declined to provide additional information about the circumstances surrounding Peterson's arrest in Sugar Land, which is located just southwest of Houston. Peterson remained in the...

A trucker for a company called "Sandhu," a common Punjabi name in India among Sikhs, killed three people in Ontario, California, after barreling into a line of stopped traffic. The 21-year-old driver was reportedly on drugs at the time of the crash. [Warning: Graphic] VIDEO AT LINK.................. The reason we have to emphasize that this man was driving for a company with a Punjabi logo is because California authorities won't release any details about the man. The 21 year old driver of this big rig slammed full speed into several vehicles, killing three and injuring several others on a California...

An award-winning nurse has been fired from her hospital job after she vowed she would let police officers and their families 'die' during her drunk driving arrest. Crystal Tadlock, 35, shockingly declared she would break her oath to do no harm while handcuffed in the backseat of a patrol car early Saturday morning. She was taken into custody in Magnolia, Texas - about 45 miles outside of Houston - after she was caught speeding and failed a field sobriety test. The nurse, who has worked in the intensive care unit at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital for seven years, launched...

A Brunswick Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge was arrested this week for allegedly being drunk behind the wheel when he backed into another vehicle outside of a Jacksonville strip club. Judge Robert “Bert” Guy, 48, was allegedly attempting to leave Wacko’s Gentlemen’s Club at around 2 a.m. on Tuesday when he backed his Mercedes E300 into a Ford F-150 in the parking lot, a report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and obtained by The News said. A valet at the club saw the incident and told police when they arrived at around 3 a.m. that staff at the club brought...

A Mississippi man who was arrested twice in the span of a month — once for allegedly arriving drunk to bail out a friend charged with driving under the influence, and again for an alleged DUI of his own — has died in custody, according to authorities. Felix Marquez Bartolo was discovered dead in his jail cell on Saturday at 5:30 p.m., according to a statement from Magee Police Chief Denis Borges. Bartolo was jailed alone at the time, and emergency protocols were “immediately followed,” police said. No foul play has been suspected, and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has...

A drunk Florida man allegedly mowed down a woman who was riding an "E-bike" and then drove for "approximately eight blocks" with her body on the windshield of his Nissan Altima before she was "dislodged" and left for dead, cops say. Xavier Rugby [sic], 22, is charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death, vehicular homicide leaving the scene, and DUI manslaughter for the Saturday night slaying of St. Petersburg resident Kjersten Aileen-Hermance Strang, 38, according to a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office press release. Strang was traveling on 49th Street South in Gulfport when she was struck by...

The Brief Andrey Lupulyak, a 14-time convicted felon, appeared in court after leading police on a high-speed chase through Thurston and King counties, reaching speeds of 135 mph and driving in the wrong direction. Lupulyak faces multiple charges, including attempting to elude, reckless driving, felony DUI, and possession of narcotics, and has an active felony escape warrant for failing to comply after a vehicular homicide conviction. Judge Allyson Zipp set Lupulyak's bail at $100,000, with arraignment scheduled for September 9th, noting the danger posed by his actions during the chase. OLYMPIA, Wash. - A 14-time convicted felon appeared before a...

Chris Landry, a 46-year-old Canadian citizen and legal resident of the U.S., has lived in New Hampshire since he was 3. A New Hampshire man is not being allowed to return home after taking a family trip to Canada. Chris Landry is a legal U.S. resident and has lived in the Granite State since he was 3 years old. He has a partner, five children and a job in manufacturing. He was stopped Sunday at the border in Houlton, Maine, while returning from a family vacation. "They pulled me aside and started questioning me about my past convictions in New...

Executives from Jack Daniel’s parent company, Brown-Forman Corp., warned that the business is seeing pressure from cannabis, weight-loss drugs and lackluster demand from Generation Z. Brown-Forman CEO Lawson Whiting told analysts on an earnings call that the “same big three” is the reason that there has been lower demand for liquor. “We’ve been saying that for 1.5 years now. And I know on the sell-side that the world seems to be a little bit split on the extent of the pressure that it’s putting on our category. We’d be naive if we didn’t say that there isn’t some pressure coming...

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia — According to multiple reports, legendary gymnast Mary Lou Retton has been arrested. Retton, 57, was arrested for driving under the influence in Marion County earlier this month. According to a report from WDTV, Retton “was charged with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances or drugs on Saturday, May 17th, according to magistrate court records. A judge gave Retton a $1,500 personal recognizance bond, court records state.” Retton was also recently in the news after suffering from a very rare form of pneumonia and was “fighting for her life” in 2023....

A tipsy Long Island teen went for a passed-out joyride in a Tesla — which he switched into autopilot mode on a busy Connecticut highway before going to sleep and being busted by cops, state police said. Garden City native Guido Reinoso-Gallegos, 19, was slumped over the steering wheel as the self-driving vehicle rolled down I-91 south in Wethersfield at just 30 miles per hour with its hazard lights flashing when he was arrested around 12:30 am Friday. Despite not having his hands on the wheel, Gallegos was charged with driving under the influence because he still needs the awareness...

A New Jersey mayor accused of drunk driving allegedly drove her toddler home from day care on St. Patrick’s Day, nearly crashing on the road only days after resigning from her job with another town. Lumberton Township leader Gina LaPlaca was arrested for her alleged booze-induced stunt on March 17 after she picked up her 2-year-old son from day care. The 45-year-old Democrat was allegedly captured on video by another driver swerving all over the road, nearly crashing into a utility pole before the footage was shared with police, WPVI reported, citing charging documents. Police traced the car back to...

For nearly 30 years, Albuquerque attorney Thomas Clear III says he led a criminal racketeering enterprise that paid off generations of law enforcement officers to get his clients’ DWI cases thrown out. The admission came Wednesday as the 67-year-old Clear, at an unannounced hearing in U.S. Magistrate Court, pleaded guilty to bribery of Albuquerque Police Department officers, racketeering conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and interference with commerce by extortion. A sentencing date hasn’t been set. “Today, Thomas J. Clear III admitted to leading a decades-old criminal enterprise wherein he abandoned his own ethical duties as a lawyer, corrupted generations of law...

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A Brevard County principal and third-grade teacher were arrested after hosting a house party where over 100 juveniles, some drinking alcohol, attended. Police found an intoxicated child needing medical treatment and arrested a juvenile driver for DUI near the scene. Both educators face multiple charges, including child neglect, and have been placed on administrative leave by the school district. COCOA BEACH, Fla. - The principal of a Brevard County elementary school and a third-grade teacher have been arrested, facing multiple charges stemming from an open house party where more than 100 kids attended, some of whom consumed alcohol, police say....