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SAN JOSE – Early Monday morning, an accident happened in San Jose in which one person died. According to police reports, the accident happened shortly after a gray-colored Toyota Avalon’s two occupants stole beer from a 7-Eleven store about a mile away. At 2:01 a.m., the incident was reported to the police in the area of Hillsdale and Pearl avenues, near state Highway 87. Before the accident, the driver of the car, who has not been identified yet, and his… Read More
Khalil Jaser, an unemployed cabdriver was sentenced last week for stalking and harassing Brisbane police officers after he was arrested for driving under the influence. Now he is going after the police officers in court and saying that his arrest was illegal, so he wants to take the DUI case to trial to expose the injustice. In March, Jaser was convicted and after that he called the police officer who arrested him 152 times. He also sent 54 messages over… Read More
25-year-old Sennett Devermont is preparing to greatly expand a social media service that will prove useful for many drivers. The service, named Mr. Checkpoint, developed as a mobile app, sends alerts to subscribed drivers about the places of police DUI checkpoints and speed traps via text message. This app seems to give a choice to drunk drivers to avoid checkpoints but Devermont said that his app is actually created to reduce the rate of DUI, not to allow drivers to… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – The number of intoxicated drivers arrested by the CHP over Memorial Day weekend decreased slightly from the number of arrests that were made last year in the Bay Area and all over the state. However, CHP reported that fatal collisions in the Bay Area are up, but DUI arrests are down from last year. Throughout the state, California Highway Patrol arrested 1,133 impaired drivers between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. today. In 2012, the number of… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – On Sunday, a car driven by a drunk driver collided with a 1998 Ford party bus on a San Francisco Bay Area bridge. The driver of the Honda suffered critical injuries, his wife died in the accident and the accident left 9 others injured who were riding in the bus. They all were taken to the hospital with minor-to-moderate injuries, according to the authorities. At the accident spot, the driver of the party bus refused medical… Read More
SAN RAFAEL – According to the CHP, a 71-year-old San Rafael man was arrested 2 times within the span of 12 hours on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in the same day. California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer Andrew Barclay said that an alert was broadcast to Marin County law enforcement to search and pull over a driver who appeared to be intoxicated. The description of his car was also given. A Marin County Sheriff’s deputy saw the car parked in… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – A former member of the so-called Billionaire Boys Club who spent time behind bars after being convicted of killing his father is wanted by authorities for a San Francisco hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian while driving a taxi on 11th of August 2012. Authorities have asked the public for help in tracking down 52-year-old Reza Eslaminia and an arrest warrant for him was issued on 29th of March. Eslaminia is wanted on misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter…. Read More
April’s national Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign crackdown on distracted drivers nets 343 violations including cell phone use, texting or talking while driving. In South San Francisco, don’t use your cell phone while driving a motor vehicle otherwise you will be issued a ticket. According to South San Francisco police, $159 is the cost of a ticket for distracted driving offenses with subsequent tickets costing at least $279. Enforcement operation began on 1st of April and ended on Tuesday. Traffic… Read More
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – On Friday night, NBC Sports announcer Al Michaels was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in Southern California. According to Santa Monica police Sgt. Richard Lewis, Michaels was pulled over by police officers at 9:30 p.m. after he made an illegal U-turn. Then he was taken to the station for a test which showed his BAC level above the legal driving limit which is 0.08 percent. Michaels was booked for suspicion of driving under the influence… Read More
LOS ANGELES – On Sunday 14th April, Kevin Hart was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving at 4:30 a.m. He was driving his black Mercedes at over 90 mph and his car nearly collided with a gas tanker on a Southern California freeway. According to the California Highway Patrol Officer Ed Jacobs, Hart was pulled over on Highway 101 in Los Angeles. He appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and failed the field sobriety test. He was arrested… Read More
