MESA, Ariz. - A holiday weekend anti-drunk driving campaign has led to nearly 200 arrests. The Holiday DUI Task Force began its enforcement Friday. It will remain active until New Year's Day.
Officers with the Southern Arizona DUI Task Force stopped 1,512 motorists over the Thanksgiving weekend and arrested 63 of them on suspicion of drunken driving, the task force president said in a news release.
Officers with the Johnson City Police Department arrested Efren Gomez-Sanchez of Greenwood Drive in Johnson City on charges of Criminal Simulation, DUI, Driving on a Suspended License and Failure to stop for a stop sign.
Our justice system can be curiously inconsistent. Take, for instance, the case of two habitual drunk drivers. One comes from a well-known local family. The other is an obscure 65-year-old man. Both caused injuries after getting behind the wheel intoxicated. Both had multiple prior offenses. Both pleaded no contest to felony DUI.
The amount of people killed each year in Arizona in drunk driving crashes continues to rise in Arizona. Between 2005 and 2006, the number of alcohol-related deaths increased 9% in the state. Fox 10's Miriam Garcia is in Tempe, where the DUI task force is out for the holiday weekend......
The amount of people killed each year in Arizona in drunk driving crashes continues to rise in Arizona. Between 2005 and 2006, the number of alcohol-related deaths increased 9% in the state. Fox 10's Andrew Hasbun is in Tempe, where a DUI task force is about to begin for the holidays......
