After Early Morning Wreck, Off-Duty Police Officer Arrested for DUI The South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers arrested an off-duty North Charleston police officer early in the morning on August 22nd on DUI charges. According to reports, troopers responded to a call about a car accident that occurred just before 1 AM near Highway 78. Stanley Tucker, a 27-year-old off-duty police officer for North Charleston, was driving home in his 2005 Chevrolet pickup when he struck a 2012 Chevy sedan, which was turning left onto Highway 78. Tucker … [Read more...]
Racer and Grandson of Dale Earnhardt Arrested for DUI
August 19, 2013 by
Member of Famous Racing Family Arrested for DUI in West Virginia Bobby Dale Earnhardt, grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame member Dale Earnhardt and a racer in his own right, was arrested for DUI in West Virginia on Monday, August 12th. Earnhardt, 25 years old, is a driver in the ARCA Truck series, and has plans to break into NASCAR. "I'm an Earnhardt through and through," Earnhardt said in an interview earlier in August. "Racing runs through my blood. The adrenaline." Earnhardt was reportedly pulled over by Charleston, WV police just before … [Read more...]
Plea Deal in Felony DUI Case for South Beach “Party Princess”
August 12, 2013 by
Underage Woman Charged with Felony DUI Killing to Take Plea Deal A self-proclaimed “party princess” is slated to appear in court on Wednesday, August 7th, to accept a guilty plea deal in the felony DUI killing of a South Beach chef in January of this year. Twenty-year-old Karlie Tomica is expected to plead guilty to the felony DUI charges, in exchange for four years in prison as a “youthful offender.” Tomica was working as a bartender at the Nikki Beach nightclub at the time. She left work intoxicated, and brutally struck Stefano … [Read more...]
Rapper DMX Arrested for DUI – A New Charge for Him
July 30, 2013 by
DMX Arrested in SC Again, But This Time the Arrest was for DUI Rapper DMX has had yet another run-in with South Carolina law enforcement – this time, however, he was pulled over for DUI, which is a new twist on his story. In February, the 42-year-old rap artist, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was pulled over because he was driving without a license, and local police knew he had a history of that problem. He was arrested in 2011 in a suburb in Phoenix, AZ for driving 102 mph, and he recently finished a stint in prison on probation for … [Read more...]
Race Car Driver Arrested for DUI – While Racing
July 27, 2013 by
Bay Area Race Car Driver Arrested on Suspicion of DUI While on the Track A 64-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of DUI. While this story is not surprising, the catch is that the man is a race car driver who was competing at the Ocean Speedway in Watson,CA. According to reports, Leslie Charles Hunter was competing at the Watsonville Ocean Speedway when the other drivers complained that he was driving recklessly. While drivers do occasionally make these remarks about fellow sober race car drivers, Hunter’s driving was reportedly bad … [Read more...]
Pennsylvania Man Lands 11th DUI Arrest
July 23, 2013 by
Man from Delaware County, PA Arrested for 11th DUI Two Days After Release from Jail A man from Upper Darby, Pennsylvania has, according to police, landed back in jail on his 11th DUI arrest. James John Duggan, 54 years old, posted $1,000 bail on July 9th, and left Delaware County prison, where he had been incarcerated on DUI charges since March. A mere two days after he left prison, according to reports, he went on a bender and his a motorcyclist. The 31-year-old female victim, who police declined to identify, remains hospitalized with … [Read more...]
No Film in the Camera: South Carolina’s Murky DUI Laws
June 11, 2013 by
SC Police Are Not Required to Take Video of DUI Suspects, Says SC Supreme Court On May 29th, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that police are not required to film DUI suspects after they refuse to take a breathalyzer test. The decision came after much controversy around a law put on the books in 2006, that required police officers to videotape DUI suspects for about 20 minutes while they administered the breathalyzer test. Because the law was unclear, many officers turned the camera off when the DUI suspect refused a breathalyzer. … [Read more...]
Trucker Arrested for Felony DUI in Charleston Is Arrested Again in Georgia
May 3, 2013 by
Truck Driver Accused of Felony DUI in SC in January Finds Himself With DUI Charges in Georgia A truck driver who killed a Charleston medical student in a felony DUI in January has been arrested again, this time in Georgia, for a similar crime. On April 6th, in Conyers, GA, Arnold Bradford Williams, 35, was arrested after several witnesses said they saw his freightliner, which hauled 26 tons of stone, weaving in and out of traffic on I-20. According to a Georgia state police report, a breathalyzer showed that Williams’s blood alcohol content … [Read more...]
College Presidents Want Drinking Age Lowered
June 19, 2012 by
South Carolina DUI Lawyer Fervor is growing on the ongoing underage drinking debate as college presidents from around the country are voicing their opinions. The movement called the Amethyst Initiative recruited presidents from major universities like Duke, Darmouth and Ohio State. This movement does not come without opposition. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) feels university presidents are only using this as means for escape from current alcohol problems on campuses. University presidents and MADD agree that alcohol use and abuse … [Read more...]
Felony DUI along I-20
June 18, 2012 by
South Carolina DUI Lawyer A Wagner woman has been charged with Felony DUI after striking and killing a Mississippi man along Interstate 20 early Saturday morning. Lacie Doolittle, 21, struck the man while he was standing near his disabled truck between mile markers 11 and 12 on Interstate 20. Doolittle was traveling west in a 2000 Honda when the vehicle ran off the road and struck the truck. The victim, whose identity has not yet been released, was transported to Georgia Health Sciences University where he was later pronounced … [Read more...]
