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Special police flashlights have been in use in certain college towns and other locations that can detect alcohol on a person's breath if held near their face. These flashlights could be used in a traffic stop in which the police officer thinks a person may be driving...
As discussed in the previous post, a man facing DUI manslaughter charges plans to plead guilty by reason of insanity. The man's lawyer claims that his client suffered a dissociative episode and blackout on the night that he hit another car head on while drunk, and the...
A man who is on trial for DUI manslaughter has pled not guilty and his attorney plans to use the insanity defense because he says the accident was a result of his client's untreated brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The accident occurred when the...
A Douglas County bar and strip club has been held liable for the death of a 22-year-old woman in a drunk driving crash in 2008. The crash was caused by a Mableton man who was driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.398, which is five times the legal limit in Georgia...
A 22-year-old UGA student was arrested on Saturday night after being involved in a minor car accident. When police arrived, he was apologizing to the four women from the Redcoat band involved in the accident and saying it was his fault. The officer noted that he was...
An Atlanta man was sentenced this week to 25 years in prison after being convicted of causing a fatal car accident when he was driving under the influence of alcohol. The DUI crash occurred in 2006 when the man hit a taxi with his car. The car crash killed a passenger...
On September 10, 1897, the first person to ever be arrested for driving while intoxicated was taken into custody after crashing into a building with his taxi cab in London. The 25-year-old man, George Smith, was the first person to be charged and later convicted for...
As reported in a previous post, rapper T.I. was taken back into federal custody one day after being released from a federal prison for allegedly again violating the terms of his probation. Apparently, it is now reported that T.I. was riding on a luxury rap tour bus to...
Last fall, this blog covered the legal troubles of rapper T.I, who is from the Atlanta, Georgia, area. The 30-year-old rapper was convicted of federal weapons charges in 2009, but was allowed to served a fraction of the five-year maximum prison sentence if he paid a...
President Obama's uncle was recently arrested on suspicion of DUI. The 67-year-old is originally from Kenya. It is believed he was mentioned in Obama's book, "Dreams From My Father," as Uncle Omar. It has been reported that when the man was arrested he asked to make a...