Category: DWI

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

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