Category: DUI

A Metairie man has been arrested and charged with DWI-child endagerment after Kenner police stopped his vehicle at a DWI checkpoint in the 2300 block of West Esplanade Avenue in Kenner. A young shild was in the car’s back seat, according to police. After stopping the vehicle at the checkpoint, the police officer asked whether… Continue reading Man charged at Kenner checkpoint with DWI-Child Endangerment

When he was arrested in St. Tammany Parish in March 2009 for driving while intoxicated — his seventh drunk driving arrest in less than a decade — the suspect, then 41 years of age, had accumulated warrants for skipped court dates in three different jurisdictions, but no convictions for drunken driving. As a result, he… Continue reading Suspected Drunk Driving Jumper Falls Through Cracks

Police say that a 35-year-old woman was driving drunk northbound on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Friday night. Also in her vehicle were, allegedly, cocaine, marijuana, prescription medication and her 8-year-old son. She was charged with a DWI for a fifth time. The suspect was also booked with child endangerment, drug possession, driving with a suspended… Continue reading Woman charged with fifth DUI, son and drugs in car

On Saturday, March 24th the New Orleans International Beer Festival will be held at Champions Square. The festival will showcase the growing popularity of craft beers from around the country and the world and more than 150 beers will be served in two-ounce pours. Champions Square is located in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana across from… Continue reading New Orleans International Beer Festival

A 44-year old man from Folsom, Louisiana was booked with DWI after he jumped into the waters of Lake Pontchartrain last Sunday in order to avoid a field sobriety test. The man was stopped on the Casueway Bridge after another driver reported to police that he was speeding and swerving his vehicle. After he was… Continue reading Causeway bridge-jumper booked with DWI

A man from Virginia Beach, Virginia was able to rack up an unbelievable 25 arrests for DWI in several states. The 39 year-old man was sentenced to 25 years in prision due to his extensive record of DWI arrests that took place in Alabama, Virginia and Georgia. He is also banned from driving a vehicle… Continue reading 25 DWIs in 3 states nets Virginia man 7 years in jail

The New Orleans Times-Picayune is reporting that State Police booked a LaPlace, Louisiana man with his fourth DWI in five months after he struck a curb and blew a tire on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie, Louisiana. The suspect had a toddler under the age of 5 with him in the vehicle, according to the… Continue reading Fourth DWI in five months after crash in Metairie, Louisiana

According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune a DWI suspect asked “Do you know who I am?” and “Do you know who my uncle is?” to New Orleans Louisiana Police after being pulled over for a suspected DWI. The gambit didn’t work for a New Orleans Louisiana firefighter: The suspect, although politically connected throug his father,… Continue reading Name-dropping fails to help DWI suspect in New Orleans

The Times-Picayune reports that State Police arrested a man who drove his children to the Louisiana State Police office in Kenner while drunk: State Police usually must take to the roads to hunt for inebriated drivers. But they had to look no farther than their own Troop B lobby in Kenner early Sunday when a… Continue reading Drunk dad drives to state police office with children in car

A Minnesota man who allegedly drove a Zamboni at a peewee hockey game while drunk is now charged with DWI. The thirty-four-year-old suspect of Apple Valley, Minnesota was charged this week with four counts of driving while impaired. According to the complaint, the suspect had a blood-alcohol content of 0.32 percent – four times the… Continue reading Zamboni operator charged with DUI