Top DUI News, February 22nd, 2008
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    DUI Arrests Increased 32 Percent In 2007  Open this result in new window
    News Channel 5 Nashville - Feb 22 9:36 PM
    In 2007, Metro police made nearly 5,000 DUI arrests, which was a 32 percent increase from the previous year. Police vigilance persisted into the New Year. Since New Year's Day, police have made more than 1,000 driving under the influence arrests.
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    DUI charges dropped in deadly crash  Open this result in new window
    The Charlotte Observer - Feb 22 5:38 PM
    Prosecutors say felony DUI charges will be dropped against a man in a crash that killed three people in December. Authorities say blood tests found 61-year-old Robert Blair had a blood-alcohol level of 0.02 percent at the time of the crash. The legal limit in South Carolina is 0.08 percent. Troopers say Blair's work truck crossed the center line on Abbeville Highway in Anderson County, striking ...
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    DUI Penalties Could Get Tougher  Open this result in new window
    KCWY Casper - Feb 22 10:40 PM
    A bill that would toughen penalties for drinking and driving has easily won introduction in the Wyoming Legislature. The bill would make a third DUI in a seven-year period a felony.
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    Prosecutors drop DUI charges in Anderson Co. crash that killed 3  Open this result in new window
    WIS News 10 Columbia - Feb 22 4:54 PM
    Prosecutors say felony DUI charges will be dropped against a man in a crash that killed three people in December.
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    Prosecutors drop DUI charges in Anderson Co. crash that killed 3  Open this result in new window
    WIS News 10 Columbia - Feb 22 4:48 PM
    ANDERSON, SC (AP) - Prosecutors say felony DUI charges will be dropped against a man in a crash that killed three people in December. Authorities say blood tests found 61-year-old Robert Blair had a blood-alcohol level of 0.02 percent at the time of the crash.
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    Both Drivers In Deadly DUI Crash Out Of Jail  Open this result in new window
    WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke - Feb 22 7:17 PM
    The construction worker killed in a crash early Wednesday morning will be laid to rest on Saturday. Both 42-year-old Tracie Nininger and 32-year-old Jeffrey Dupree are charged with involuntary manslaughter and DUI and both are out of jail.
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    DUI cases on hold in Grant County  Open this result in new window
    Columbia Basin Herald - Feb 22 4:07 PM
    EPHRATA - An estimated 100 DUI cases in Grant County are on hold pending the outcome of a court argument asking breath test evidence be suppressed.
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    Both Drivers In Deadly DUI Crash Out On Bond  Open this result in new window
    WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke - Feb 22 5:30 PM
    The construction worker killed in a crash early Wednesday morning will be laid to rest on Saturday. Both 42-year-old Tracie Nininger and 32-year-old Jeffrey Dupree are charged with involuntary manslaughter and DUI.
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    DUI Bill  Open this result in new window
    KVEW Kennewick - Feb 22 4:01 PM
    KENNEWICK -- Under the current law, people with DUI's get their driver's license suspended. House Bill 3254 would provide a special driver's license to those convicted of DUI's, as long as they have an ingnition interlock device in their car.
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    Pinellas detention deputy arrested for DUI  Open this result in new window
    St. Petersburg Times - Feb 22 7:05 AM
    CLEARWATER -- A Pinellas County Sheriff's detention deputy was jailed on DUI charges early this morning. Aaron Simpson, 28, was pulled over for speeding by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper near the intersection of 49th Street N and Roosevelt Boulevard...