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As we enter the final stretch of summer, spending time at the pool or barbequing with friends and family, the Newport Beach Police Department would like to remind everyone of the importance of celebrating responsibly. Newport Beach DUI Police Officers will be conducting DUI Saturation Patrols from F...

Josh Ehlers, Commander Office of Community Outreach & Media Relations 601 North 7th Street, Sacramento, CA 95811 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/19/2017 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – As Californians get ready for holiday travel, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is set to begin its Christmas Maximum Enforce...

A Los Angeles man was charged late yesterday with driving under the influence and other crimes related to a New Year’s Day crash that hurt an Uber driver and critically injured four passengers, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said. Michael Steward Forno of Los Angeles pleaded n...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Those arrested for DUI in San Bernardino County, especially repeat offenders and those involved in fatal or injury crashes, can expect to face highly trained, specialized prosecutors, funded by a $211,883.00 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). The gra...

RIVERSIDE – Drivers arrested in Riverside County on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or a combination of alcohol and drugs can expect to continue facing highly specialized prosecutors funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The $423,895 grant to the Riversi...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) will continue to serve as the statewide traffic safety training agency through its acceptance of two grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a training and Vertical Prosecution Program. OCDA was given $...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A drunken driver was sentenced to three years in state prison for crashing into an Orange Police Department (OPD) officer who was standing behind his patrol vehicle on a residential street. Circumstances of the Case At approximately 3:00 a.m. on Dec. 10, 2016, three officers fr...

Kansas City Royals pitcher Danny Duffy was the latest celebrity arrested for being under the suspicion of DUI  -according to an Overland Park police spokesperson. WHB reporter Kevin Kietzman said police were called after Duffy fell asleep in his car in a Burger King drive-through. The pitcher repo...

CECILTON, Md. – Maryland State Police say an off-duty trooper has been charged with driving while impaired after he rear-ended a car while driving a state police vehicle. A 49-year-old Cherry Hill woman and her 10-year-old passenger, who were in the car struck by the trooper, were injured, authori...

California DUI Sentence Enhancements  1. California Vehicle Code Section 23582 aka Speed Enhancement If you are convicted of violating California Vehicle Code Sections 23152 or 23153 while driving 30 or more miles per hour above the speed limit on a freeway, or 20 or more miles per hour over the sp...