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A Florida man was arrested Saturday after the report of a reckless driver was received. Brenham Police report that Saturday night at 9:25, Officer Buckner responded to a reckless driver traveling east bound on Highway 290 West. A traffic stop was initiated and after further investigation, the driver, Jose Fernando Calix Santos, 29 of Florida, was placed into custody. Santos was transported to the Washington County Jail where he was booked in for Driving While Intoxicated with an Open alcohol container.

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby dismissed almost 600 criminal cases for what she determined are minor offenses. In other words, minor crimes are allowed in crime-ridden Baltimore. The minor crimes include, among others, drug possession, paraphernalia possession, prostitution (allows for trafficking), trespassing, minor traffic offenses, open container, rogues and vagabond, and urinating/defecating in public. Isn’t that lovely? She boasted that she already filed to vacate almost 5,000 Circuit Court and District Court marijuana convictions. But Circuit Court Judge W. Michel Pierson and District Court Judge Kathleen Sweeney completely shot down Mosby’s request to erase those convictions on April 26, The...

In a decision that is sure to please some Detroit visitors, the Detroit City Council voted this week to allow people to drink alcohol on pedal pubs, those unusual-looking quadricycles found in cities nationwide. Until now, pedal pub customers who drank alcoholic beverages while on the cycles could have been cited for disorderly conduct under a 1984 ordinance. The newly amended ordinance mimics a state law passed in 2015 that defines commercial quadricycles as nonmotorized vehicles and thus subject to less onerous regulation. “It’s definitely been a long road, but Stephen and I are pumped that Detroit City Council worked...

TUCUMCARI – A Tucumcari man’s five-year effort to be exonerated of charges for having an open container of O’Doul’s non-alcoholic beer in his car ran into a procedural hurdle Tuesday in 10th District Court. Judge Albert Mitchell threw out Gary Southern’s motion to have his conviction for having an open container of an alcoholic beverage in his car set aside because it was based on a writ of coram nobis, a procedural device that has been abolished in New Mexico courts. Mitchell then advised Southern that he had two options: He could appeal Mitchell’s decision of Tuesday or file a...

JP Liendo apologizes for DWI By KIRSTEN CROW, LAREDO MORNING TIMES 09/06/2006 Justiceof the Peace Hector Liendo said he doesn’t expect his weekend arrest to affect his job performance.“I apologize to my family and my constituents,” he said. “I would like the public to know that this will not affect my commitment to serving the community.” Liendo was charged Saturday with driving while intoxicated, a Class B misdemeanor, and an open alcoholic container, a Class C misdemeanor. Tela Mange, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman, said Liendo was pulled over at about 1:15 a.m. by a state trooper. “He...

The issue of banning open containers of alcohol in vehicles was crushed in the state House March 28. Although the measure is expected to be re-introduced next week, Delaware seems on course to remain one of only 12 states without an open container restriction in place. The defeat is a new hurdle for the bill, which has easily passed in the House several years running only to be stalled each round in the Senate. “Certainly, I hope it passes in the House, but it may well hit the proverbial wall in the Senate,” said Sen. Gary Simpson, R-Milford, who supports...

Open-container law boost up again By Ilene Olson rep3@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Senate File 36 is an old friend, Sen. Tony Ross, R-Cheyenne, said Thursday. The bill, which would prohibit open containers of alcoholic beverages in any moving vehicle, is Ross' fourth attempt to strengthen the state's open-container law. "My old favorite," he said. "I'm just not going to give up. I'm going to keep pressing because it's the right thing to do." The state's current open-container law, passed in 2002, prohibits only the driver of a vehicle from having an open container of alcohol. Wyoming...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- There's a problem with the open-container law in Fort Wayne. Officials have discovered that the ordinance bans all open containers in vehicles -- not just containers of alcohol. That means an open can of soda, or even an open bag of chips in the car, is technically against the law, and could be subject to a $50 fine.

Cold one on open road could end in Montana Associated Press April 10, 2005 HELENA, Mont. -- The joke goes that some Montana motorists measure distances driven by how many beers they can down along the way. That's changing. Lawmakers passed an open-container ban Friday, making Montana one of the last states to outlaw drinking while driving. The House approved the bill 76-21 and sent it to Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who has said he will sign it. It would take effect Oct. 1. The delay is designed to let Montanans get used to the prohibition, which until now had been...