October 3, 2014
A law requiring more people convicted of drunken driving in South Carolina to use a locking device that won’t let their car start if they have been drinking is going into effect. The state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon …
August 7, 2014
Documents from the Georgia State Patrol show that former Auburn football player Philip Lutzenkirchen and the driver involved in a fatal crash were both legally intoxicated. Authorities released the toxicology report Wednesday. Lutzenkirchen had a blood alcohol level of .377 …
March 7, 2014
You may have only had one glass of wine with dinner, but if you’re 55 or older, that single serving may hit you hard enough to make you a dangerous driver. So, baby boomers, what you suspected is true: you …
January 29, 2013
Police say Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Jay Ratliff had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit the night he was arrested after a car accident. Grapevine police on Monday said Ratliff’s blood-alcohol level was measured at 0.16 percent. Texas’ …
November 21, 2012
Olympic BMX cyclist Kyle Bennett’s blood had an alcohol level twice the legal level for drunken driving when he died in a car crash in Southeast Texas. Bennett was 33 when he died in a single-vehicle crash happened the morning …
October 16, 2012
Lines of drinkers wait on a weekend night to have their intoxication levels checked and it doesn’t have anything to do with a sobriety checkpoint. Kansas City, Mo., police allowed drinkers to measure their blood alcohol content at a Waldo …
July 19, 2012
A judge has set bond at $15,000 for a West Fargo, N.D., man accused of what prosecutors say is his 14th drunken driving offense. Sixty-year-old Kevin Tegtmeier was arrested Friday night. Authorities allege he had a fictitious license plate, and …
March 29, 2012
A Massachusetts man who police say had a blood-alcohol level of nearly five times the legal limit has been charged in Rhode Island with driving under the influence. Rhode Island state police said Tuesday that 32-year-old Dammon McLaren, of Brockton, …
March 22, 2012
Test results say state Rep. Bob Genetski’s blood-alcohol level was at a point considered intoxicated under Michigan law about an hour and a half after his drunken driving arrest. MLive.com reports Genetski’s blood-alcohol level was at Michigan’s legal limit of …
February 2, 2012
The number of arrests for driving under the influence in Laramie County, Wyo., was down last year but police are concerned that the blood-alcohol level of those who were arrested remained high. The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reports that the Cheyenne Police …