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The DUI case of a firefighter named Michael Quinn, who crashed his ladder truck into a motorcyclist in the South of Market in June, is under investigation by the San Francisco district attorney. He is investigating whether fellow firefighters tried to cover for Michael Quinn or not. Alex Bastian, spokesman of the district attorney would say, “This is not your run-of-the-mill DUI investigation,” when asked about the chances that Quinn’s fellows attempted to cover up the circumstances of the collision…. Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – On Thursday, prosecutors said that a San Francisco police sergeant was charged with DUI and hit-and-run due to an accident that happened earlier this month. When he was taken into custody, he had a BAC of 0.28 percent which is almost 3 times the legal limit. According to the district attorney’s office spokesman Alex Bastian, Sgt. Thomas Haymond pleaded not guilty on Thursday morning to misdemeanor DUI and hit-and-run charges. On 8th of October at about 8:35… Read More

MILPITAS – According to the California Highway Patrol, a 20-year-old Gilroy man was taken into custody on the suspicion of felony driving under the influence after fatally hitting a construction worker and injuring another alongside Interstate Highway 680 in Milpitas early this morning. The California Highway Patrol said that Adrian Valencia Sanchez was taken into custody after the emergency personnel released him from a 2000 Nissan Altima damaged in the accident and took him to the hospital. At 2:41 AM,… Read More

The Denver Post reports that a school bus driver from Adams 12 schools was charged with DUI, child abuse and reckless endangerment after an auto accident while on the job. Burton Carpenter, 57, drove kids from a football game when he sideswiped another vehicle as he pulled into a parking lot. He had 37 kids and four adults on the bus when the accident occurred. There were no injuries reported. Carpenter worked for the district since July 2012 and this… Read More

According to a California Highway Patrol officer, a 24-year-old Stanford University student, who caused a fatal wrong-way crash in South San Francisco early Saturday morning, is still in the hospital. One man died and two others were injured in the crash. California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Ferguson said that on Saturday at around 3:50 am, Zachary Katz was taken into custody after he drove his vehicle the wrong way onto southbound U.S. Highway 101 near Sierra Point Parkway and collided… Read More

On Saturday night, 76-year-old Carol Doda, who is a popular ex-stripper from San Francisco and who is famous for her supersized boobs, crashed her vehicle into another vehicle left double-parked outside a steak restaurant. Police officers were called at the accident spot. Officers told that she smelled of alcohol. Carol was not harmed in the crash. She told the officer that she’d had “a couple of drinks” and was going home. The officers started administering a field sobriety test but… Read More

On early Friday morning, an All-Pro linebacker who plays for the San Francisco 49ers, Aldon Smith, was taken into custody on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Around 7 a.m. on Friday, Smith’s vehicle hit a tree. When the police reached the crash scene, he was asked to give a sample for BAC level testing and the test showed his BAC level at 0.15 percent, almost double the legal driving limit. According to the San Jose Mercury News, pills were also… Read More

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Aldon Smith is leaving the team to resolve a personal issue as on Friday morning; he was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated. The San Francisco 49ers will play without Smith. On Sunday, Smith played in the team’s 27-7 home loss to Indianapolis. After that he apologized to the team and according to the CEO Jed York, the linebacker was leaving the team for an unspecified period of time. Smith is checking into a treatment… Read More

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – According to the authorities, a Francisco man was taken into custody for drunk driving early Friday after leading CHP officers on a pursuit that ended in an accident in a San Rafael neighborhood. The incident started at about 3 a.m. when one of the officers spotted a Buick Park Avenue travelling at high speed on Highway 101 in the area of North San Pedro Road. The officers tried to stop the car but the driver didn’t… Read More

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – On Tuesday, a former Danville police officer was convicted by a federal jury of 6 felonies for his role in the so-called “Dirty DUI” operation to set up men for driving under the influence arrests that could be used against them in family court. 50-year-old Stephen Tanabe was seen disappointed and depressed when the court clerk read his guilty verdicts for conspiracy, and multiple counts of wire fraud and extortion. 1 extortion charge of Tanabe was… Read More