Top DUI News for the Week of August 16th - August 22nd in the year Two Thousand and Ten

• Sunday, August 22nd
Wild chase near Rehoboth leads to arrest of man for 7th DUI offense A Wilmington man is facing his seventh DUI charge, following a hit and run accident and chase early Thursday morning. Delaware State Police first received a call about a hit and run vehicle fleeing from an accident.
• Saturday, August 21st
DUI Motorist Sentenced For Murder A Garden Grove man who killed a woman bicycling alongside her teenage son in Seal Beach in a drug- and alcohol-fueled crash was sentenced on Friday to 15 years to life in prison.
• Friday, August 20th
DUI Charge Dropped Against Ind. Officer in Crash DUI charges against an Indianapolis police officer accused in a crash that killed a motorcyclist have been dropped because the officer's blood test wasn't properly obtained.
• Thursday, August 19th
DUI VICTIM AWARDED $6.8 MILLION A Common Pleas Court jury has awarded a Coatesville area woman more than $6 million in damages related to a drunken-driving crash.
• Wednesday, August 18th
Felony DUI charges in crash that killed 4-year-old A woman has been charged with felony aggravated DUI in connection with a four-car crash that killed a four-year-old boy riding in the vehicle she was driving Sunday morning on the Northwest Side. iciaLaticia Medel, 24, of the 2100 block of North Austin Avenue, was charged with felony aggravated DUI resulting in death.
• Tuesday, August 17th
Bonita firefighter follows DUI hit and run suspect A man was arrested for DUI after being followed by a Bonita Springs firefighter who watched the suspect leave the scene of an accident.
• Monday, August 16th
Hitchhiker's texting leads to DUI charge A driver who picked up a hitchhiker faces DUI charges after the hitchhiker sent text messages about her worries that the...

Stories of the Week

August 16nd - August 22nd DUI VICTIM AWARDED $6.8 MILLION

August 9nd - August 15th DUI attorney says Bisard case may overturn state law

August 2nd - August 8th Family Refutes CHP claim of DUI in Deadly Accident

July 26th - August 1st "DUI Mom" Ratted Out By Her Kid

July 19th - July 25th Beer Truck Driver Faces DUI Charges Collbran, Colo.

July 12th - July 18th Repeat DUI Offender Sentenced To Life In Fatal Crash

July 5th - July 11th Deadly DUI Causes a War of Words on Facebook

June 28th - July 4th Chesterfield School Volunteer Arrested for DUI

June 21st - June 27th Cerabino: DUI in doubt? Polo mogul's case takes twist

June 14th - June 20th Delaware prosecutor charged with DUI

June 7th - June 13th DUI case against assistant principal delayed til July

May 31st - June 6th DUI case against assistant principal delayed til July

May 31st - June 6th 476 DUI arrests in Ariz. over holiday weekend

May 17th - May 23rd Colorado Springs DUI trooper receiving treatment

May 10th - May 16th DUI trial ends in hung jury, mistrial declared

May 3rd - May 9th DUI Lawyers Get Case Dismissed Due to Officer’s Lack of Memory

April 26th - May 2nd Mock DUI crash simulated at Grand Junction High School

April 19th - April 25th 7 DUI cases dismissed after Springs lab errors

April 12th - April 18th Man on mower charged with DUI, fishing pole theft

April 5th - April 11th Cops: Man Drove Drunk To Prison For DUI Sentence

March 29th - April 4th Former 'Hills' Star Charged After DUI Arrest

March 22nd - March 28th DUI arrests rise over St. Patrick's Day holiday

March 15th - March 21st Man, 71, faces DUI, vehicular homicide charges

March 8th - March 14th School bus driver arrested for DUI on the job

March 1st - March 7th State high court to review DUI blood test case

February 22nd - February 28th Man driving without a tire gets charged with DUI

February 15th - February 21st 'Deadliest Catch' star arrested for DUI, hit and run in Seattle

February 8th - February 14th Norridge man gets 10 years in prison for 7th DUI

February 1st - February 7th DUI enforcement during Super Bowl party weekend

January 25th - January 31st Tucson Police use grant money to increase DUI enforcement

January 18th - January 24th N.Y. man charged with snowmobile DUI in Mount Holly

January 11th - January 17th 444 arrested in Colo. campaign against DUI

January 4th - January 10th DUI Task Force reports fewer arrests in 2009

December 28th - January 3rd Colo. lawmaker going after repeat DUI offenders

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