Former Super Bowl-winning NFL running back Marshawn Lynch has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence, Las Vegas police said on Tuesday. Officers stopped Lynch near the Las Vegas strip for suspected driver impairment, arrested him and transported him to the Las Vegas City Jail, police said in a statement on social media….
Man Convicted of DUI-Fatal Crash That Killed Editor in Santa Ana
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 31-year-old previously convicted drunk driver was found guilty Aug. 2 of second-degree murder for an alcohol-fueled crash that killed a veteran newspaper editor near his Santa Ana home two years ago. Louie Robert Villa was also convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, and DUI with a blood-alcohol level…
DUI Driver Sentenced to 21 Years in Newport Beach Crash That Killed Couple, Injured 3 Children
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 23-year-old woman was sentenced to 21 years to life in prison on July 29 for an alcohol-fueled crash that killed a Santa Ana couple and left their three young daughters hospitalized. Grace Elizabeth Coleman pleaded guilty June 24 when she accepted a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregg Prickett,…
Orange County Police Receives Cannabis Tax Grant for DUI Intervention Training
Five Orange County cities—including Anaheim, Brea, Fullerton, Irvine, and Orange—received funding this month from the state’s cannabis sales tax revenue for their police officers to be better trained in preventing tragedies caused by people driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs. This year, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Cannabis Tax Fund Grant distributed…
Man Convicted of DUI Crash That Killed Long Beach Couple, Son on Halloween 2019
LONG BEACH, Calif.—A young man who drove drunk on Halloween night 2019 and ran down a Long Beach couple and their 3-year-old son was convicted on July 5 of three counts each of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Jurors deliberated about two hours before finding Carlo Adrian Navarro, now 23, guilty in the…
Suspected Drunk Driver, Passenger Killed While Fleeing Police
LA HABRA, Calif.—A suspected drunk driver and his passenger were killed when he tried to evade police during a speedy but brief pursuit from La Habra into Rowland Heights, where his vehicle crashed into another vehicle, authorities said on June 2. Paramedics took the driver of the second vehicle to a hospital with minor injuries,…
Anaheim Man Convicted of Murder in Drunk-Driving Crash That Killed 6-Year-Old
FULLERTON, Calif.—A 56-year-old Anaheim man was convicted of second-degree murder on June 22 in an alcohol-fueled collision that killed a 6-year-old girl in Fullerton. Maximino Delgado Lagunas was scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 9. Normally, prosecutors would file voluntary manslaughter charges against a defendant in a fatal drunk driving collision, but when the suspect has…
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett Charged With DUI
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett was arrested and charged for driving under the influence late on Friday. In a statement released Saturday morning through his office, Hargett said that he was stopped by the Tullahoma Police Department after leading the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Coffee County on Friday night, and was arrested for DUI….
2 Suspected DUI Arrested Separately in Orange After Slamming Into House, 8 Parked Cars
ORANGE, Calif.—Police in Orange arrested two suspected drunk drivers who avoided major injuries in two separate crashes, authorities said on June 4. A 55-year-old motorist from Villa Park sideswiped another vehicle at about 10:45 p.m. on June 3, causing his eastbound blue Ford F-250 to shed the front passenger side tire, veer off the road,…
WWE Hall of Famer Accused in Florida DUI Crash That Killed 1
ORMOND BEACH, Fla.—A World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer is accused in the DUI death of a man in a traffic crash earlier this year, authorities said. Tamara “Sunny” Sytch was arrested Friday night at the Hard Rock Hotel in Daytona Beach, according to a social media post by the Ormond Beach Police Department. The…
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