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Suspect in DUI crash identified after crashing into a San Francisco police patrol car

22-year-old Oliver Lorenzo-Lopez was identified Tuesday after an accident that took place Monday. He is being accused of crashing into a San Francisco police patrol car while driving drunk. The crash injured a police officer. The incident took place in the Mission District near Mission Street on Monday Jan. 14, 2013 about 12:48 a.m. According to reports, Lorenzo-Lopez was driving his BMW 328i and was speeding when he drove into the opposite lane and slammed head-on into a patrol car…. Read More

San Francisco police officer injured by drunken driving suspect

According to reports, a San Francisco police officer was injured by a suspected drunk driver who changed the direction of his vehicle sharply into oncoming traffic and hit the officer’s patrol car in the Mission District here on Monday. According to police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza, the incident took place when the officer was driving east on 19th Street when suddenly a 22-year-old man speeding west drove his BMW 328i into the opposite lane of traffic. The BMW collided head… Read More

Glendale Police Department to conduct DUI Checkpoint on Jan. 19

A DUI and Driver’s license checkpoint will be conducted by Glendale Police Department on Saturday, Jan. 19. According to officials, the Glendale Police Department Traffic Unit will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint on Saturday, Jan. 19 in Glendale. The location of the checkpoint has not yet been released. The DUI and driver’s license checkpoint will be conducted between 7:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 19. Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz provided details regarding the checkpoint saying that… Read More

Weekend DUI Checkpoints net 1 DUI Arrest

DUI checkpoints conducted on Friday and Sunday in San Rafael yielded one DUI arrest , five arrests for driving on a suspended license, one arrest for drug possession and one for an outstanding warrant. According to San Rafael Sgt. Christopher Coale, checkpoints on Friday and Sunday evening resulted in one drunk driving arrest. These checkpoints are a part of the holiday DUI campaign. The Holiday crackdown on impaired driving began in the mid of December. To decrease the number of… Read More

Santa Clara County: More drunk drivers arrested in Holiday season this year than last year

SAN JOSE – According to a report by Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, Law enforcement officials arrested more drunk drivers and charged them with DUI this year than last year. This week the number of arrests is more as compared to the number of arrests that were made in the same time period during last year’s Holiday season. Sheriff’s officials told that the staff from 15 agencies arrested 156 people for driving under the influence with a blood alcohol content… Read More

California Highway Patrol renews its $5 million Anti-DUI Grant

Last week, the $5 million statewide grant was renewed by the California Highway Patrol in its ongoing campaign. The continued campaign is to educate and enforce those drivers who decide to drink alcohol and then drive. Los Angeles County has seen a decrease in the number of accidents and deaths caused by driving under the influence. The number has shown a downward trend in the past years and is reducing every year. The CHP’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System shows… Read More

San Francisco woman arrested for DUI after hitting Bicyclist

23-year-old Cerena Barros of Santa Cruz was arrested early Thursday morning, November 15, for alleged drunk driving after a pursuit by the California Highway Patrol. According to police reports, Barros was driving under the influence when one of the officers spotted her. She was driving a 2004 Jeep Cherokee when he attempted to pull her over but Barros allegedly continued to drive away. She led the officer on a pursuit throughout San Francisco which ended with a bicyclist in the… Read More

Drunk California woman drives 2 miles after hitting pedestrian with the dying man stuck in windshield

According to a police report, a southern California woman hit a pedestrian in Torrance on Saturday. She drove the dying victim more than two miles from the point of the accident, with the victim stuck in the windshield of her car. She did that on her way home after coming from work. It is suspected that she was drunk. Torrance police Sgt. Robert Watt told that the victim died a few hours later at the hospital. 51-year-old Sherri Wilkins of… Read More

Bobby Brown pleads Not Guilty to third DUI and other driving charges in LA

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Bobby Brown, the New Edition singer, has entered not guilty pleas Friday to drunken driving and other driving charges through his lawyer Tiffany Feder after his arrest last month in Los Angeles. This was his second DUI arrest this year in LA. The 43-year-old singer was arrested last month on October 24, around 1 a. buy diflucan generic no prescription m. when police saw him driving erratically on a Los Angeles street. According to Sgt. Pablo… Read More

SJ Police Dept. and Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Receive Grant to Fight Drunk Driving

The San Jose Police Department and Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office have both received state grants by the California Office of Traffic Safety to fight Drunk Driving. Local Police, including the San Jose Police Department and Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office have received grants worth $180,000 each from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The grants will help them to pay for more officers to enforce safety measures and to fight drunk driving. The grants, which are expected to fund… Read More

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