Alcohol
Man sent to prison for accident that killed teen
A Topeka man who was drunk when his speeding car crashed and killed a 15-year-old passenger has been sentenced to 10 years and three months in state prison. A Shawnee County judge on Friday rejected a request that 20-year-old Hunter Michael Hillmer receive probation for the March 2012 accident that ...
Vt. woman guilty of DWI, not homicide, in NY crash
A 31-year-old Vermont woman arrested after a fatal crash in upstate New York has been convicted of drunken and reckless driving. But a jury acquitted her of manslaughter and homicide. The Glens Falls Post Star (http://bit.ly/11L61oo) reports Cassie Earley of Arlington, Vt., cried when she heard the Washington County jury's ...
Sheriff: SW Michigan man drove farm tractor drunk
Sheriff's deputies arrested a southwestern Michigan man after finding him driving a farm tractor on a county road while drunk. The Van Buren County sheriff's office says the 49-year-old Paw Paw man was taken into custody around 5 p.m. on Friday in Decatur Township. The deputies spotted the man driving ...
Fill-er-up: Beer "growlers" are a frothy hit
When Fifth Street Growlers started pouring for the first time at noon on May 3, the line of people at the bar to fill reusable jugs with their favorite brew was 15 deep. And some local beer lovers couldn't even wait till the new taproom officially opened its doors. "We ...
Highlights from around the Capitol
A deal on a Texas budget is finally done. Now the Legislature must withstand one final and furious week without sinking a compromise that restores nearly $4 billion to public schools and puts more water in the pipeline amid a historic drought. Gov. Rick Perry must also like this bargain, ...
Billings man charged with 7th DUI
A Billings man with six prior convictions for drunken driving was charged with felony DUI after a convenience store clerk refused to sell beer to an intoxicated man and called police while following him as he drove away. The Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/10yPCA3 ) 48-year-old Fernando Lionel Beauchene was arrested ...
Pueblo man gets 68 years in triple-fatal DUI crash
A Pueblo man has been sentenced to 68 years in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and vehicular manslaughter. Gilbert Sanchez was sentenced Friday for a DUI crash that killed three teen girls in April 2012. According to KKTV (http://tinyurl.com/a5n3phk ), the three teenagers from Alamosa were driving home ...
Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story
In a story May 17 about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation on a blood alcohol threshold for drivers, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the definition of a drink. The standard definition of a drink is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof alcohol. ...
Travis sues to block DWI patrol car video release
Country music star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent the release of patrol car video of his 2012 drunken-driving arrest in North Texas. The Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.ly/108QQ5x ) reported Thursday that the lawsuit names the Texas Department of Public Safety and the attorney general's office. A judge originally ...
Travis sues to block patrol car video release
Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 drunk-driving arrest in Texas. The Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.ly/108QQ5x ) reported Thursday that the lawsuit filed in Austin names the Texas Department of Public Safety and the state attorney ...
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