Category: DWI

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

When Kenner police found DWI suspect Troy J. Grassel he was asleep behind the wheel of a car, its motor running and his foot on the brake in the 2600 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard. An officer awakened him and detected the odor of alcohol, but Grassel would not submit to a field test or… Continue reading Police restrain DWI suspect in effort to force blood sample

Motorists convicted of DWI, even on a first offense, should spend some time in jail, a Louisiana Senator said this week. Anyone convicted of driving while intoxicated would have to serve a jail sentence under a bill being proposed for the March 12 session of the Legislature. Sen. Jonathan Perry, R-Kaplan, a former police officer… Continue reading Senator wants to require all DWI offenders to serve jail time

New Orleans, Louisiana DWI – Governor Bobby Jindal wants the state to get tougher on people who drink and drive. The governor is proposing a package of new laws to deal more harshly with drivers who get behind the wheel of a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and drugs. In all, the governor is… Continue reading DWI offenders are in Jindal’s sights

New Orleans police will use a sobriety checkpoint to look for drunk drivers in the Uptown area from 9 p.m. Wednesday February 29 to 5 a.m. Thursday March 1, authorities said. Details from the NOPD news release: As required by the Louisiana Supreme Court, the New Orleans Police Department is issuing a public advisory regarding… Continue reading DWI checkpoint planned for uptown New Orleans