In 2012, Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested for misdemeanor DUI in Los Angeles – the event prompted a slew of tabloid rumors and an onslaught of media coverage. Law enforcement alleged that, in April 2012, Bynes tried to pass a police vehicle in her black BMW at around 3:00 a.m.…
Los Angeles DUI checkpoints have their critics. For instance, the American Beverage Institute complains that checkpoints lead more often to frivolous citations – police cite drivers who don’t have their licenses or who have broken taillights – than they do to stopping dangerous drivers. The ABI is actually far more…
As this Los Angeles DUI blog (and an infinite number of other sources) reported: last month, pop singer, Justin Bieber, got arrested in Miami for DUI. Beiber had been drag racing a fellow 19-year-old musician. The news covered the story extensively, so there’s no need to rehash the details. However,…
You recently tested positive for DUI in Los Angeles via a breathalyzer test. Perhaps you’re an underage driver who blew a relatively low 0.06% BAC. Your BAC level wouldn’t have been a problem, had you have been of legal drinking age. Or perhaps police stopped you at a checkpoint in…
“Saturday Night Live” alumnus, Chris Kattan, was pulled over on Monday for DUI in Los Angeles, according to California Highway Patrol reports. The 43-year-old Kattan hit a construction truck on the 101 Freeway at around 2 in the morning in Encino. CHP says that the truck had been parked on…
Los Angeles DUI arrests can leave painful residue. Consider what happened to – the greatest sack artist in the history of the National Football League – after he got pulled over and arrested for DUI in 2009 in Virginia Beach. Despite playing in four Super Bowls, racking up an unbelievable…
As this Los Angeles DUI blog – and practically every other news source on the planet – recently reported, pop icon, Justin Bieber, recently got arrested for driving under the influence in Miami Beach. The 19-year-old allegedly had been drag racing with Def Jam Recording artist, Khalil Sharieff, on a…
In one of the most intense Los Angeles DUI arrests in recent memory, Police Officer Don Thompson — a former bomb squad officer — jumped into a burning Mercedes Benz Station Wagon on the 405 to save a 72-year-old man from certain death. California Highway Patrol authorities say that the…
A teenage girl lost her life – and a man suffered serious injury – during a tragic Los Angeles DUI accident over the holidays. Investigators believe that a 24-year-old driver from Van Nuys had been speeding in his 2009 Ford Focus on Roscoe Boulevard, when he lost control of the…
A Los Angeles DUI charge can be a decidedly unpleasant experience. This is true, whether you’re an ordinary working guy, a big league athlete, or a former child star. Consider, in that context, what’s happened to former child actor, Omar Gooding — the younger brother of Oscar-winning Actor, Cuba Gooding…