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The scandal has resulted in the dismissal of some 200 DWI cases, an internal probe, and an FBI investigation.On a Sunday evening last June, Albuquerque police officer Joshua Montaño pulled Carlos Smith over for speeding near the intersection of Central Avenue and Interstate 21. Smith was contrite. "I apologize," he says in a body camera video. "I was just trying to get over in the lane and get on the freeway. My bad." Smith got more than a speeding ticket. He was arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI), even though two breath tests indicated that his blood alcohol concentration was...

Texas drunken drivers who kill a child’s parent or guardian in a crash are now liable to pay child support, according to legislation that went into effect Friday. Texas House Bill 393, also known as Bentley’s Law, was first filed on Nov. 14 of last year. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill on June 2. “Any time a parent passes is tragic, but a death at the hands of a drunk driver is especially heinous,” the Republican governor wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I was proud to sign HB 393 into law this year to require offenders...

The disturbing moment an alleged child rapist was found with six children in his car after being pulled over for drunk driving with his pants unbuttoned was captured in bodycam footage. Jeremy Guthrie, 42, was stopped by New Mexico state police last year after he was seen swerving in and out of lanes in in Albuquerque, but what officers found was much darker than a DWI case. Recently unearthed police cam video of the arrest shows a sloppy and slurring Guthrie claiming the six children in his vehicle are 'his friends.' He is seen struggling to find his documents when...

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), running against Republican J.D. Vance for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat, reportedly has an “ongoing problem” with law enforcement, according to the head of the Buckeye States’ top police union. The Daily Mail reported that the head of Columbus Fraternal Order of Police said the congressman’s “trend of confrontational police encounters” has been an “ongoing problem,” citing the various situations Ryan has gotten into over the years.

A Madeira Beach woman ended up in handcuffs after trying to impress a Pinellas County deputy with pirouettes during a field sobriety test following a car crash. According to an arrest report, Amy Harrington, 38, had rear-ended another vehicle along Gulf Boulevard shortly before 10:30 p.m. on April 27. A deputy responding to the crash said Harrington had slurred speech, glassy eyes and was unsteady on her feet. The affidavit also states that the deputy smelled alcohol on Harrington, who refused to provide a breath test. In body camera video, the deputy can be heard giving Harrington explicit instructions to...

JESSE WATTERS: Just moments ago the Napa County D.A. was forced to release Paul Pelosi’s mugshot from the night Nancy was out of town when he got popped for drunk driving. Today was the deadline for our FOIA request and voilà! There it is. Pretty close to the sketch we commissioned. Pretty close. Crooked politicians and political appointees in California spent more than two weeks trying to keep this photo from going public. Why? Was it really that bad? Pretty handsome for a drunk 82-year-old.

The American Trucking Association released a statement in October 2021, citing retiring driving veterans and lower wages as the partial cause for the shortage of more than 80,000 drivers. However, another cause for this shortage is being attributed to adult-use legalization and drivers testing positive for cannabis. A March 2022 U.S. Department of Transportation summary report states that as of April 1, 2022, 10,276 commercial truck drivers tested positive for THC. (Although this is a significant decrease in numbers, compared to 31,085 violations in 2021 and 29,511 violations in 2020.) Cannabis leads the data as the highest positive drug tests...

Alan West, Republican for Governor in Texas, shared a video last night where he is enraged that his wife was arrested for what he believes were false charges. Alan West shared a video from a Dallas police station last night where he claimed his wife was being housed after being arrested for driving while intoxicated. But West claims that observers did not see her drink alcohol and she did not fail an intoxication test when pulled over. Watch:

Following a ‘No Refusal’ holiday weekend where more than three dozen people were arrested for driving while impaired – Austin Police’s DWI Enforcement Unit will be temporarily suspended so those officers can help respond to 911 calls. In May, an internal email from Interim Chief Joseph Chacon said “As of June 1, 2021, 33 officers from specialized units will be temporarily returning to patrol.” Other units like motorcycle officers and lake patrol will be downsized... Some of APD’s DWI Enforcement unit has already been downsized and by June 6th, the remainder of the unit will be temporarily suspended. For future...

Gwen Inglis, a national cycling champion, was training on familiar roads when a driver hit and killed her after drifting into the bike lane, Lakewood (Colo.) Police said. Inglis was riding with her husband, Mike, in the Denver suburb around 10 a.m. on Sunday when the Nissan sedan driven by Ryan Montoya, 29, veered into the lane. He remained at the scene. Inglis, 47, was taken to the hospital, where she died of her injuries. Inglis is the reigning 2019 U.S. road race champion in the 45-49 age group and her husband won the national title in the 50-and-over category...

The family of the two victims who were killed in a DWI crash are speaking out for the first time. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said Cuba police officer Brandon Barber was off-duty, driving drunk and going the wrong way on I-25 when he crashed head-on into an SUV and killed two people. Diego Robles Arellano, 21, and Alfredo Escaname-Hernandez, 50, died at the scene. Their relative, Fernando Arellano, was also in the vehicle. He remains in critical condition at the hospital.Prosecutors filed to keep Brandon Barber in pretrial detention, but a judge denied that request.

Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid — the son of head coach Andy Reid — has been charged with DWI in a Missouri car crash that left a 5-year-old girl with a brain injury, according to a report. Britt Reid was charged Monday in Jackson County in the Feb. 4 crash involving Ariel Young, who was seriously hurt when authorities say Reid hit a Chevrolet Traverse driven by the girl’s mother near the Chiefs practice field in Kansas City, KSHB reported. Court records show that Reid, 35, had a blood alcohol content of .113 after the crash, Jackson...

A judge dismissed two charges, DWI and reckless driving, against rocker and outspoken Joe Biden supporter Bruce Springsteen, who pleaded guilty to consuming alcohol in an enclosed area, related to his November 14 arrest. He has been fined $540, per Magistrate Judge Anthony Mautone. The “Born in the U.S.A.” singer appeared in court on Wednesday for charges related to his November 14 arrest, which included driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, and consuming alcohol in a closed area. While he initially pleaded “not guilty” to all three charges, prosecutors agreed that there was “enough evidence to prove” he consumed alcohol in...

Bruce Springsteen pleaded guilty Wednesday to drinking with fans at a New Jersey park — but dodged charges of DWI and reckless driving because prosecutors said he wasn’t drunk during the November incident. The disposition in the high-profile case was announced during The Boss’ arraignment on the three misdemeanor charges stemming from his Nov. 14 arrest at Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook. “I had two small shots of tequila,” the “Born in the USA” singer admitted in his signature raspy voice during the virtual hearing, as he copped to a single count of drinking in a closed area.

Bruce Springsteen took 45 steps instead of the requested 18 when he was arrested for DWI, a New Jersey police report says, refused a breath test and 'strongly smelt of alcohol'. The singer's blood alcohol level was, however, reportedly well within the legal limit. The Boss, 71, was in the Gateway National Recreation Area on Sandy Hook on November 14 when he was arrested and charged for driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and drinking in a closed area. The incident reportedly unfolded after the Thunder Road singer pulled over on his motorbike to take a picture with fans and accepted...

Bruce Springsteen was arrested for DWI and reckless driving in his home state, it was revealed Wednesday — days after he appeared in a much-criticized Super Bowl commercial for Jeep. Springsteen was charged with DWI, reckless driving and consuming alcohol in a closed area, and was cooperative throughout his arrest, the spokesperson said. According to TMZ, which first reported the arrest, Springsteen has a court date in the coming weeks and has no known prior busts for DWI. News of the bust broke just days after Springsteen appeared in and narrated a Super Bowl spot for Jeep, in which...

Bruce Springsteen was arrested for a DWI months ago while at a park in his home state of New Jersey.The incident took place in November at the Gateway National Recreation Area, a public affairs officer confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday.

The driver of a box truck that struck and killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway last week, and told investigators he fell asleep at the wheel, had a high level of methamphetamine in his system, prosecutors said Wednesday. Jordan Alexander Barson, 45, of Kingman, Arizona, faces 12 felony charges, including driving under the influence and reckless driving, in a criminal complaint filed in Las Vegas. "Choices have consequences," Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said after a Las Vegas judge issued a warrant for Barson's arrest in the Dec. 10 crash on U.S. 95 between Boulder City...

A group of cyclists were riding and had a Subaru hatchback "safety car" assigned to trail them when they were hit about 9:30 a.m. on southbound U.S. Highway 95 near Mile Marker 36, according to Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Travis Smaka. A southbound truck "entered into the group of bicyclists, some of them were traveling behind the safety vehicle, they were struck, the safety vehicle was also struck as well as some the bicyclists in front of the safety vehicle," Smaka said. The five cyclists were pronounced dead at the scene, south of Boulder City and north of Searchlight. One...

The evidence just stacks up against Jason J. Hartmann, Commonwealth Court President Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt concluded. His car was found abandoned in a roadside ditch outside a bar. Hartmann later was found intoxicated, running around barefoot in the woods behind his home in the middle of a cold winter night. And then there’s the fact that Hartmann and his parents gave contradictory stories about who was driving when that car went ditchward, Levitt noted. Taking all that into account, Levitt’s court, in an opinion she authored, overturned a Mercer County judge’s ruling that state police didn’t have probable cause...