Category: DUI

Used to both deter Louisiana residents from driving drunk and to catch suspected offenders, DUI checkpoints are a popular tool for local and state law enforcement. At DUI checkpoints, suspected drivers are stopped and asked to take field sobriety tests or a Breathalyzer test before they are allowed to proceed. Unlike field sobriety tests, which… Continue reading “No-Refusal” Checkpoint Held Near New Orleans

A DWI Checkpoint has been announced for tonight in New Orleans, specifically in the Marigny neighborhood. The New Orleans Police Department, per the requirments of Louisiana State law, has issued the following statement: “As required by the Louisiana Supreme Court, the New Orleans Police Department is issuing a public advisory regarding a sobriety checkpoint that… Continue reading DWI Checkpoint Alert

A DWI charge can happen to anybody–you, me, a friend, even a celebrity. Take the case of New York Knickerbocker’s point guard Jason Kidd who was arrested this past Sunday and charged with driving while intoxicated. The star point guard, who was just recently picked up by New York in free agency from the Dallas… Continue reading Arrested for DWI: New York Knicks’ Jason Kidd

A Metairie, Louisiana woman was recently arrested in New Orleans on June 2, 2012 for a DWI and, as a result, she was placed on probation by an Orleans Parish judge. While she was on probation she was arrested and charged with another instance of driving drunk. Because of her second arrest, a Jefferson Parish… Continue reading Get a DUI when on probation, get 15 days in jail: JP judge

Based on a recent press release of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, here is some helpful information concerning motorcycle endorsements for your drivers license. “The Louisiana Department of Public Safety sponsors motorcycle operator training courses that, when completed successfully, facilitate the process for obtaining the required endorsement on a motorcycle operator’s driver’s license. In order… Continue reading Obtaining Motorcycle Endorsements on License

A call made to stop a DWI arrest was not a criminal act, according to the Terrebonne Parish District Attorney, even though that call was made to sheriff’s deputies by Terrebonne Parish Sheriff, L. Vernon Bourgeois, Jr. The suspected drunken driver was not arrested by a Terrebonne sheriff’s deputy last month and Prosecutors said they… Continue reading DA: Terrebonne Parish sheriff’s DWI call not a criminal act

A Covington man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after picking up his fifth arrest for DWI last year. The Louisiana man, 42 years-old, was found guilty of driving under the influence of drugs, his fifth time getting such a conviction, by Judge Raymond Childress during a judge trial earlier this month in… Continue reading 5th DWI nets Covington man 25 years in prison

A DWI bill calling for minimum jail sentences for first-offense DWI convictions has been approved by a Louisiana Senate Committee. The proposed law, from Louisiana Senator Jonathan Perry (R-Kaplan), advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee C this past Tuesday. The bill would mandate jail time of at least two days for someone convicted of… Continue reading DWI Minimum Jail Sentence Bill Advances in Louisiana Senate

A DWI Bill was approved by the Louisiana House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works yesterday. The Bill would required a driver who was convicted of a third or subsiquent driving while intoxicated offense, but enrolled in a drug or DWI court, to lose his or her driving priviliges for at least 45 days.… Continue reading DWI bill approved by House panel