In 2007, Dallas County established the first Conviction Integrity Unit in the United States. Since that time, they've spread across the state of Texas and the U.S. Now, these specialized units are helping to exonerate wrongfully convicted criminals in the largest counties in Texas. A recent Star...
Police around the Lone Star State are stepping up their efforts to enforce DWI laws and gaining national attention. An Alton Police Officer was recently applauded for his efforts in personally arresting at least 55 people for DWI— about half of the department's total for the year so far. The Imp...
On Saturday June 27, police officers in Put-in-Bay, Ohio responded to a call that someone had driven their vehicle off the road and into Lake Erie. When they arrived, they found Jeremiah Braswell, a rookie receiver for the St. Louis Cardinals, still inside the car. According to reports, his speec...
If you are charged with DWI in Texas in an accident where others have sustained bodily or severe bodily injuries, you can face additional or enhanced charges. But what happens if you are injured yourself in the accident? This question comes front-and-center with a recent news report in which a w...
In September 2017, a 72-year-old driver in Brazos County pulled out in front of another vehicle, causing a collision. When police responded to the crash, the driver admitted he had been drinking, and testing showed him over the legal limit. Three months later, a jury convicted him of DWI. At the...
Three members of the Texas Thin Blue Line Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club died in July after being struck by a drunk driver in the middle of the afternoon. The accident happened on Highway 16 between Medina and Kerrville while the group was out for a ride celebrating the club's 11th birthday. Th...
A 15-year-old boy was recently killed in a crash with a wrong-way driver in Frisco, Texas. The boy was traveling with his family just before midnight on the Dallas North Tollway when they crashed with a vehicle that was traveling the wrong way. The boy's sister was hurt in the accident and their ...
A DWI arrest in Texas, even on a first offense, can have profound ramifications for the family of the person arrested. But what if two or more family members—for example, a husband and wife—face DWI charges simultaneously? A pair of arrests in Arlington, Texas, recently brought this question to ...
Certainly no one wants their night to end being arrested by Highway Patrol officers while their car sinks to the bottom of a lake. That's exactly what happened recently to a man in Wisconsin. Highway Patrol officers began following him after numerous other drivers called in reports that he was d...
Many false DWI arrests occur simply because the driver was unwittingly showing symptoms or behavior that made the officer suspect DWI. One particularly unusual example was reported in Phoenix, Arizona last year when a female driver experienced a panic attack during a routine traffic stop—and ende...
On July 30 of this year, police arrested a Rawlins, Wyoming man driving his orange tractor down a Rawlins city street and weaving into multiple lanes. When police attempted to pull him over, he refused to stop, engaging in a low-speed chase until he reached his home and tried to go inside. At tha...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact many businesses and government agencies across the state—not the least of which is the Texas court system. The courts have endured repeated closures, and the Texas Supreme Court recently postponed all jury trials in the state until October 1. For...
Usually, when people think of a police chase, images of speeding cars blowing through stoplights and squealing around corners come to mind. They think of vigilantes followed by a passel of police cars with their lights flashing and sirens blaring in hot pursuit. People don't usually think of dri...
A Minnesota mother is facing charges of child endangerment and driving while impaired after police accused her of driving drunk. The woman was pulled over after running a red light and nearly causing a rear-end collision. Her two children, who were in the car at the time of her arrest, have been ...
It may seem a bit unusual, but it does happen. A few months ago in Dakota County, Nebraska, a head-on collision sent at least two people to the hospital, one of which was the driver of one of the two vehicles. By the time law enforcement completed its investigation, both drivers had been charged ...
It's one of those stories that sounds like the script of a tasteless sitcom. Back in February, German police apprehended a man suspected of drunk driving who fled a traffic stop and tried to hide in some nearby hedges. According to news reports, it wasn't the smell of alcohol that gave him away—i...
When local bars across Texas were first forced to close as part of the coronavirus shutdowns, authorities expected to see a notable drop in the number of DWI cases. However, the city of Austin defied those expectations. According to local reports, not only did the rate of DWI arrests remain compa...
Before a police officer can pull over a driver, the officer has to have a legally valid reason (a reason to believe a law/traffic violation occurred). If the driver commits a traffic violation, like speeding, the officer can conduct a traffic stop. The same is true for if the driver has expired t...
For years, researchers and inventors have been working on new technologies to reduce or prevent instances of drunk driving. Ignition interlock devices (IID) designed to measure a driver's with measurable BAC level's from being able to drive are already in widespread use, and the State of Texas ma...
When 53-year old Houston resident Thomas Gorsuch first met Harris County police officers on May 6th, he had a lot to “bare.” In a state of heavy intoxication, Mr. Gorsuch drove his car while nude on North Sam Houston Parkway West, startling both drivers and pedestrians. Officers asked Mr. Gorsuc...
Police officers investigating a car crash in Bryan, Texas, found 72-year-old Robert Ray in a state of impairment. The surprise wasn't that Mr. Ray was drinking, but that this was his 17th DWI conviction. The judge considered Mr. Ray a risk to the community and sentenced him to 15 years in prison....
What began as a night of merrymaking for a young father of four turned into a deadly altercation that led to his death near a Wendy's drive-thru. On June 12th, CCT camera footage shows police officer Garret Rolfe shooting Rayshard Brooks 3 times as he tries to flee arrest. Mr. Brooks did not pas...
Texas bars may be closed again due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, but that didn't stop some Texans from making the mistake of getting behind the wheel while intoxicated over the July 4 holiday. In Harris County alone, 29 drivers were arrested over the holiday weekend and charged with DWI—...
In addition to strict penalties and long-term consequences even for a first offense, DWI defendants in Texas now apparently have a new and imminent threat to contend with, one that has nothing to do with the law: a potentially deadly virus. As the Texas Tribune reports, 73-year-old James Allen S...
Ketogenic diets are extremely popular now, and with good reason. By cutting out carbohydrates and pushing the body into a state of ketosis, which forces the body to burn stored fat instead of sugar, people can lose large amounts of weight quickly, without feeling deprived or hungry. And, unlike ...
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