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Drunk Driving

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Cops Say 4-Year-Old Boy Dies When Two Drunk Drivers, Including His Dad, Crash: Bayou Body Count No. 63

    A four-year-old boy was killed when his father was driving a malfunctioning vehicle without lights slowly on the South Loop Sunday night and was rammed by another driver. Both drivers were drunk, police say. The boy, whose name has not been released, was with his father, Jamal Green, 38, on the So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    MADD Says 85 Percent of Texas Parents Say Their Kids "Are Not Interested in Drinking"

    Texas parents are a deluded group, if a new survey for Mothers Against Drunk Driving is any indication. The survey says 85 percent of Texas parents feel their children "are not interested in drinking." At least some of those 85 percent have kids in high school, one would think. But apparently they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Ryan Earl Whitton: Swipes Bar Tip Jar, Racks Up Felony DWI

    Looks like 24-year-old Ryan Earl Whitton was wearing his bad-idea jorts when he hit the bars of Bryan Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Police there say Whitton swiped a tip jar off the bar at Carney's Pub and Grill -- a surefire way to endear yourself to bar staff forever. Numerous witnes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Michael Lund: Cop Arrested For DWI After Driving Through Accident Scene

    Michael Lund, 27-year vet​A veteran Sugar land police captain was arrested for DWI early this morning after cops say he drove through a blocked-off accident scene. Michael Lund was arrested shortly after midnight near the scene of a large accident at Dairy Ashford and Highway 90A. The Staffo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    No-Refusal Programs, Increased Anti-DWI Patrols: It Must Be the Fourth of July Weekend

    HPDDon't be this guy.​Just about every government jurisdiction with a pulse is putting out reminders that they are going to be looking hard for DWI cases this coming long weekend. The state Department of Public Safety is upping patrols in areas where there have been alcohol-related crashes; H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Sheila Carter: Woman Blows a .47 -- Four-Seven -- On Breathalyzer

    KTRKSheila Carter: How did she manage to get in the car?​KTRK had an exclusive story last night on a woman who is in the Montgomery County Jail on drunk-driving charges. How drunk? She blew a .47 on the Breathalyzer. (Maybe if she was only in the .32 range, she would have remembered to never ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Conroe Man Gets 99 Years for 16th DWI

    Bottle blond, literally.​When a person gets a DWI, most assume it serves as a lesson that perhaps he should not drink and drive. A second DWI might suggest this person should consider counseling for an alcohol addiction. But, when a man gets 16 DWIs, that man goes to prison. Such is the case ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Tonight Is No-Refusal Night: Behind The Scenes of a DWI

    Tonight is no-refusal night.​Happy Friday! It's the joyous start to the weekend, that grateful lapse between the freshly dead work week and the one that looms next. It's also the kickoff to no-refusal weekend, HPD's drunk driving initiatve. If you're pulled over on suspicion of being drunk and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Miguel Cabrera's DUI Handbook

    Miguel Cabrera lights up a mugshot like Tom DeLay​One of the businesses I speak for on my radio show is longtime Texas DWI defense attorney Gary Trichter. Among the talking points that I continually hammer home for listeners is the fact that Gary Trichter co-authored the textbook for DWI defen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    HPD with New Anti-DWI Initiative: You've Been Warned

    HPDAnother anti-DWI crackdown is under way​Law enforcement agencies like the DA's office always like to tout new anti-DWI drives, usually tied to a holiday. The Houston Police Department got in on the game today, holding a press conference with MADD to let the public know they'll be cracking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    DWI Crackdown Begins -- With Arrests Of Two Galveston County Law-Enforcement Officers

    Prosecutor and sheriff's deputy arrested​Police departments, sheriff's offices and district attorneys have been loudly getting the word out about DWI crackdowns at the end of the year. Maybe some of their employees should have paid attention. Fox 26 reports that two law-enforcement officials ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Mario Elie, Former Rocket, Still Part-Time Houstonian, Busted For Drunk Driving

    Mario Elie, celebrating​Mario Elie, the popular former Houston Rocket who's married to KTRK news anchor Gina Gaston, got busted early this morning for suspicion of drunk driving, the Associated Press reports. Elie, now an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings, was picked up in downtown Sac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Worse Week? The Texans Or This Dude Who Got THREE DWI's

    There are bad weeks and really bad weeks​As part of my radio job, I speak for a handful of sponsors. When identifying products or services for me to endorse, the sales staff at our station starts with the question "Is this something Sean would use?" Naturally, my suite of endorsees is heavy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    DWI: Getting Away With It Is Getting Tougher In Harris County

    Blood tests for drunk drivers will be the norm now that Harris County got a fat chunk of federal cash. ​Drinking and driving is serious business in Harris County, and to prove it, the District Attorney's office held a press conference this morning to promote some changes they've made. "A lot of dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    One Toke Of K2 Over The Line: Real High From Fake Weed Lands Bryan Man In Jail

    Not in Bryan​An unidentified 24-year-old Bryan man faces Class B misdemeanor DWI charges after allegedly admitting to police that he smoked K2, a marijuana-like substance sold legally in Houston stores as incense.According to the Bryan-College Station Eagle, a Brazos County sheriff's deputy spotte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Larry Garza: Corpus Man Busted With Beer In Car-Seat And Kids Roaming Free

    Larry Garza likes his beer​South Texas is hell-bent on showing the rest of us exciting new ways of involving the whole family in drunk driving shenanigans.Last week, Hair Balls brought you the Padre Island-based story of the (allegedly) shit-faced Rosales ladies -- one of whom allegedly attempted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    No Refusal DWI Crackdowns: Every Weekend For The Next Three Years

    Because you're mine, you walk the line​Every holiday weekend, it seems, the Harris County District Attorney's office puts out a release touting a "No Refusal Weekend," where law-enforcement sets up locations targeting drunk drivers.Normally, DWI suspects who refuse to take a Breathalyzer (as attor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Rio Grande Mud: Cops, Mayors and Judges Busted For Corruption, DWI And Whoring All Over Valley

    Froget it, Jake. It's just the Valley​On moving to Miami during that city's Cocaine Cowboy heyday, a friend once described the place thusly: "You are nobody here until you are under indictment."As the frontline for the drug war has shifted from Colombia and South Florida to Mexico and South Texas, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Summertime Blues: MADD And Cops Gather To Threaten Drunk Drivers

    Photo by John Nova LomaxHave props, will travel​In what is now a time-honored pre-Labor Day Weekend/dog days of summer ritual, police and members of several anti-drunk driving advocacy groups gathered yesterday to stress what they claim is a multitude of alternative modes of transport for nocturn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Unidentified Female, 20, Bayou Body Count No. 189

    Pedestrian killed by drunk driver, police say​Charges have been filed against a drunk driver who killed a pedestrian on the south side of town Friday night, police say.William F. Jones, 73, has been charged with DWI in connection with an accident involving injury or death.Authorities say he was dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    DWI: They're Coming For You This Weekend By Land And By Sea

    Photo by meltedplastic​As you make your long-weekend plans, one thing to keep in mind: Harris County is having another one of those "No Refusal" campaigns designed to nab drunk drivers...and drunk boaters."If you plan to be driving a motor vehicle or at the helm of a boat, we ask that you act sens ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Ted Poe Decides He Likes Drunk Drivers After All

    ​Congressman Ted Poe was, for a long time, a Harris County district judge. And he displayed special venom for people convicted of DWI.Once he went to Washington things didn't change. Here's part of a floor speech he gave two years ago about a police chief killed by a drunken driver: He took th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Your DWI Arrest Shall Be Tweeted About

    ​Do you like to be tweeted about? Do you like driving drunk? If you answered "yes" (or just gave a drunken head-nod) to both, then you're in for a treat: Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon is tweeting the names of folks charged with DWI this holiday season."The number one crime -- mos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Business Is Booming In The DWI-Arrest Industry

    ​It might not be as helpful as a huge increase in retail sales, but the Harris County DA's office is reporting a big spike in DWI arrests last weekend. (We guess it could be considered "helpful" if you were driving on the same road as some of those arrested.)The second weekend of the joint "No Ref ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Jail, Coffee, Drunk Driving and Insidious Racism?

    Houston Press readers weigh in.

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Widow Of Drunk Driver Denied Insurance Benefits, Sues

    ​Everyone knows that drinking and driving is a recipe for disaster. But if you're injured while driving drunk, does that mean your injuries are intentionally self-inflicted?It does if you ask the global insurance giant Cigna, according to a recent lawsuit filed in Houston federal court.Deborah ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Warning: It's A No-Refusal DWI Weekend In Harris County

    ​Be warned if you plan on using some blessed liquor to get you through the horror of your in-laws this Thanksgiving -- Harris County is making this a "no-refusal" weekend when it comes to DWIs.The District Attorney's office has announced they'll be setting up the usual mobile labs, compete with nu ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    MasterMind Awards

    The Houston Press will once again recognize outstanding local artists.

  • News

    November 5, 2009

    Getting Off

    Attorney Tyler Flood says he wins 80 percent of his clients' DWI trials, even if they were 100 percent drunk as a skunk.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    The Halloween Drunk Tank

    Photos by Mike Giglio​Beneath an almost full moon on Halloween night the (probably) drunk man tried to follow the tip of the officer's pen with his eyes. Behind him a parade of costumed yuppies shuffled between Washington Avenue's trendy bars: sexy school girls, sexy devils, mobsters, Facebook. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Sobriety-Checkpoint Bill Advances; Some Legislators Should Start Worrying

    Photo by Jason PrattThe American Beverage Institute is still keeping up its noble fight to stop the Texas legislature from passing a bill that would allow sobriety checkpoints on the roads.SB298 has been passed by the Senate and now goes to the House."By calling for sobriety checkpoints, this propos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Coming To The Defense Of The Harassed Light Drinker

    Photo by mashgetIn times like these, when police are cracking down on drunk drivers everywhere, who is willing to stand up and defend the impaired motorist?The American Beverage Institute, that's who. They have gone on the record today opposing bills in the Texas legislature that call for breathalyz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Refusing To Blow In The Breathalyzer May Not Save You This Weekend

    Photo by mashgetIn times like these, when police are cracking down on drunk drivers everywhere, who is willing to stand up and defend the impaired motorist?The American Beverage Institute, that's who. They have gone on the record today opposing bills in the Texas legislature that call for breathalyz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2008

    Teacher Of The Year And Hero To Drunk Drivers

    Photo by mashgetIn times like these, when police are cracking down on drunk drivers everywhere, who is willing to stand up and defend the impaired motorist?The American Beverage Institute, that's who. They have gone on the record today opposing bills in the Texas legislature that call for breathalyz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Drunk Drivers: Here's The Person Who's Giving You Hope

    Photo by mashgetIn times like these, when police are cracking down on drunk drivers everywhere, who is willing to stand up and defend the impaired motorist?The American Beverage Institute, that's who. They have gone on the record today opposing bills in the Texas legislature that call for breathalyz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Three Things To Remember During A DWI Crackdown

    Photo by mashgetIn times like these, when police are cracking down on drunk drivers everywhere, who is willing to stand up and defend the impaired motorist?The American Beverage Institute, that's who. They have gone on the record today opposing bills in the Texas legislature that call for breathalyz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2008

    MADD Reneges On Offer To Get Us Drunk

    Photo by mashgetIn times like these, when police are cracking down on drunk drivers everywhere, who is willing to stand up and defend the impaired motorist?The American Beverage Institute, that's who. They have gone on the record today opposing bills in the Texas legislature that call for breathalyz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    Yet Another Longhorn Player Arrested. No, Not Tyrell Gatewood. That's Old News. This Time It's Peter Gardere.

    Photo by mashgetIn times like these, when police are cracking down on drunk drivers everywhere, who is willing to stand up and defend the impaired motorist?The American Beverage Institute, that's who. They have gone on the record today opposing bills in the Texas legislature that call for breathalyz ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2004

    After Oprah

    Ted Poe got the spotlight for a shame-based sentencing -- the victim says it was a sham

  • News

    October 3, 2002

    Justice for Some

    Just who is a victim? After flexing its muscles to reform the justice system, the victims’ rights movement suffers growing pains over divisive issues.

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    Driving Miss D.A.-isy

    A ride-along girlfriend and erroneous testimony taint a DWI squad case

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Votes 'n' Bail

    GOP consultant Allen Blakemore looks to become a do-it-yourself bondsman

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Hotze's Blue Angels

    Not-so-divine DWI help arrives for a conservative kingmaker

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    Great moments courtesy of Ted Poe

    Not-so-divine DWI help arrives for a conservative kingmaker

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Not-so-divine DWI help arrives for a conservative kingmaker

  • News

    December 22, 1994

    Battle of the Retreads

    Two soon-to-be-unemployed politicians may be headed for a City Council showdown

  • News

    August 4, 1994

    A Gay Old Time at Fuzzy's

    In a turnabout, homosexuals raid a police bar

  • News

    August 4, 1994

    Rudy T's Spin Move

    In a turnabout, homosexuals raid a police bar

  • News

    July 28, 1994

    Rudy T Drives the Lane

    In Clutch City, nothing's too good for our champions

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