Los Angeles DUI stakeholders – police, attorneys on both sides, judges, criminal defendants, and victims of DUI tragedies alike – don’t know what to make of a Twitter user who goes by the handle “Mr. Checkpoint.” Also known as Sennett Devermont, the 25-year old Santa Monican has taken to calling…
There’s no doubt that certain Los Angeles DUI cases are ambiguous. Police should be entitled to some discretion when it comes to deciding whether to arrest people. If you look and act like you are DUI — and you blow a high number on your breath test — the police…
If you’ve read our criticisms of Los Angeles DUI breathalyzer tests, you’ve hopefully been at least slightly convinced that these screening tools are less than flawless. At the risk of being repetitious, breath test results can vary, depending on: • How deeply you blow into the machine; • The machine’s…
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…
A new product has created an incredible amount of controversy and debate within the Los Angeles DUI prevention community. It’s called the “breathalyzer equalizer.” Developed by a DUI defense attorney and a state trooper, this product uses a powder to absorb “mouth alcohol” to make breathalyzer test results more accurate.…
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…