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A Pennsylvania police corporal has been fired from his job and also charged with rape after he allegedly offered to drop a woman's DUI charge if she had sex with him. The 22-year police veteran is now being held in the Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of a $50,000 bail. His former boss...

Fall is here, and with all the wet and gloomy weather there has been in Seattle lately, it must mean that Halloween is fast approaching. Halloween falls on a Thursday this year, which means there are two weekends left for Halloween parties, events, and festivals. Halloween is always a fun time f...

You may not have been aware that if you are stopped and arrested for a DUI in Washington, by state law your car is automatically impounded, which then leaves it open to be legally searched by the police. And depending on what the police find in your car, you might suddenly be facing more than a s...

Maybe folks over in Whatcom County were excited that October is finally here, meaning they could officially start attending Oktoberfest celebrations or super-early Halloween parties. But over the weekend of October 4 through October 7, local law enforcement officials reported that they made 20 DU...

Florida often gets mocked for the bizarre stories that seem to always happen there, but when you hear about a story like the following, it's pretty easy to understand why there's a meme of “Florida Man” on the internet. Last week a deputy in Nassau County, Florida saw a man and a woman traveling...

Driving a school bus can be stressful. Not only do school bus drivers have to maneuver a very large bus through city streets and traffic, but they also have to do it all while dealing with loud and sometimes unruly children on board. But a Longview, Washington school bus driver found out the hard...

Have you been charged and/or convicted of a DUI in the Seattle area and felt you were being subjected to some really tough penalties? There might be a good basis for your feelings. An in-depth report that was recently released ranked Washington as ninth in the country for having some of the stric...

If you feel like the summer of 2019 has just flown by, you are not the only one. Labor Day is just around the corner and many people are planning their final summer vacations, weekend trips, and parties before school starts and fall arrives. If you are one of those people who is planning to celeb...

In Kitsap, Washington, a school board member served a day in jail after a second DUI arrest. Rebecca Diehl was involved in her first DUI back in 2016, and at that time she entered into a pretrial diversion agreement to avoid jail. But her second DUI this past April violated that pretrial diversio...

In honor of the two-year anniversary of Governor Inslee signing the E-DUI law into effect, King County officials will be stepping up their patrols over a two-week period to crack down on those drivers who can't seem to put their smartphones away. From July 22 to August 2, 2019, King County will u...

With the popularity of craft beers exploding in the United States over the last twenty years, breweries have been popping up all across Washington. Right now there are an estimated 414 brewpubs in Washington, which is up from 281 in 2014. And there's another phenomenon coming to Seattle soon--ele...

On December 30, 2018, Utah became the first state in the country to lower its blood alcohol content (BAC) limit to .05 percent. This isn't the first time Utah has been the first state to lower its BAC: in 1983 Utah was the first state to lower its BAC from .10 to .08 percent. Despite having the ...

With many people extending their Fourth of July holiday, the lakes and coasts of Washington are expected to be extra busy with recreational boaters this weekend. If you're planning on being out on Washington waters, you need to be cautious if you're planning on drinking or using recreational mari...

Sandy Swimming Hole is a popular swimming spot for local residents and visitors in Washougal, Washington, which is just 30 minutes northeast of Portland, Oregon. Located on the Washougal River, it's a great place to escape the summer heat. Unfortunately, two visitors were killed recently as they ...

In May 2013, a police officer in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, stopped a man because of reports he was driving drunk. The officer found the man walking near a beach after having parked his car because he told the officer he felt he was “too drunk to drive.” Gerald Mitchell was given a roadside bre...

A 70-year old Seattle man, Dwight David Benson, has been charged with his 17th DUI case. His first DUI arrest occurred in 1984. Miraculously, no fatalities have resulted from any of his DUIs to date. Although his attorneys and family members have stressed in his prior cases that he is not a menac...

Law enforcement officers are cracking down on drivers who are operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI). In many instances, a blood sample is taken from the suspect, which is sent to the Washington State Patrol toxicology lab for testing. This lab is apparently unabl...

According to reports, the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission implemented extra patrols on this Saturday's 20th day of April. State, regional, and local law enforcement officers were planning to step up their patrols to look for those who are impaired by marijuana while driving. Numericall...

Police have arrested man suspected of driving while intoxicated with three children in his car after crashing into a motorcycle and killing the rider. One of the children suffered facial injuries in the accident. The 36-year-old Lacey man was arrested for investigation of vehicular homicide, vehi...

A tractor-trailer driver was recently arrested in Rhode Island and charged with driving under the influence. The 36-year-old commercial driver was pulled over after police received several 911 calls about a swerving semi truck. State troopers witnessed the driver cross several lanes of traffic an...

A bill that would change state DUI laws is making progress in the Washington legislature. Part of the bill, HB1504, is aimed at drivers with multiple DUI convictions and would elevate the fourth DUI arrest in 15 years to a felony. The current state law has a shorter, 10-year look-back period. The...

The Washington State Patrol released data on the number of party-goers arrested for driving under the influence over St. Patrick's Day weekend. Pierce and Thurston counties claimed 35 total arrests including five collisions, and King County saw 59 arrests. Arrest data is still pending release fro...

A statement by a leading spokesman for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in Canada is an excellent example of how little is known about the effects of marijuana on driving, and how little advocacy groups are concerned with the truth. MADD Says Marijuana is the Leading Cause of Fatal Crashes ...

A man in California is facing murder charges after driving under the influence (DUI) and causing a crash that killed an 8-year-old boy. The murder charges come from a unique aspect of California DUI law called a “Watson Murder.” Fatal Crash Leads to DUI and Murder Charges The crash happened in ...

​A pedestrian accident turned fatal over the weekend, and now the driver of the vehicle has been arrested for driving under the influence (DUI). While there are many components to the incident, one of them is the professional repercussions that the driver is likely to face as a result of the cras...