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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...
As noted in a previous post, a national DUI crackdown is underway under the direction of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The crackdown is timed to overlap with Labor Day and the few weeks leading up to the long holiday and the end of...
Once the two sides negotiate a plea deal, two men will plead guilty to a Douglas County, Georgia, DUI crash that took the life of a teenage girl. The man behind the wheel during the crash was both drunk and a minor. He crashed his vehicle in February following a night...
Summer is winding to a close as Labor Day weekend approaches. Students are returning to college and may be attending final summer celebrations in the last couple of weeks before classes truly get underway. In these last two weeks, law enforcement across the country...
A middle school teacher in Murray County, Georgia, pleaded no contest to a charge of DUI last May and was fired from her job. The school superintendent recommended the teacher's contract not be renewed last spring. The ex-teacher requested a hearing over the dismissal...