Two cyclists were hit by an accused drunk driver near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Monday. The collision occurred near the intersection of North Airfield Drive and Freeport Parkway in Irving. It was captured on video posted to X. In the video, a white 2020 Subaru Forester can be seen quickly approaching the cyclists from […]
A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to three years in prison for a drunken crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that left his passenger dead. Yvenson Louis, 32, was sentenced last week for the March 27, 2023 crash that claimed the life of 23-year-old Teyonna Balkman, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Louis driving a […]
GOSHEN — A man accused of terrorizing his relatives in an intoxicated break-in received an eight-year sentence. Doug Streetman, 37, was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to burglary resulting in injury, a Level 3 felony. He also admitted to intimidation as a Level 6 felony and operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Class C misdemeanor, […]
A deputy prosecutor with the Porter County Prosecutor’s Office resigned last month after an arrest for alleged drunken driving. Prosecutor Gary Germann confirmed that Amanda Elworthy resigned immediately after her arrest. Because the court appointed a special prosecutor and Elworthy’s case is pending, Germann declined further comment. Elworthy, 36, of Chesterton, was hired as of […]
A Yonkers woman who killed her partner after an argument when she drove drunk and struck the wall of a school with him on the hood of her car pleaded guilty Thursday. Mercedes Vargas, 45, of Stanley Avenue, was promised a sentence of five years probation including six months in the county jail after pleading […]
A crash allegedly involving a drunken driver that involved eight vehicles in Elmwood Park on Friday evening left one driver trapped and a trail of damage on roads and sidewalks at the intersection of Mola Boulevard and Godwin Avenue. The crash caused severe damage to vehicles, with car parts strewn on the road and cars […]
FILE – GloRilla performs during the second weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. The rap artist known as GloRilla has been charged with drunken driving in Georgia, jail records show. GloRilla, whose real name is Gloria Woods, was charged Tuesday, April 16, […]
A Sarasota woman who hit a Florida trooper’s vehicle during a 10K race on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge is set to spend the next 10 years in prison. Kristen Watts, 54, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and fleeing and eluding law enforcement at a sentencing hearing Tuesday, more than two years after the […]
An Alva woman missing for six days is also wanted on seven warrants linked to drunken driving, including manslaughter, officials say. Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers reports that Anne Lang, 41, is on the run trying to avoid the warrants with her trial set to begin. Anne Lang She has a failure to appear warrant for […]
A vacationing Georgia couple ended up in jail after too many drinks on the beach left them incapable of keeping up with two children, ages 5 and 7, Florida investigators say. It happened Saturday, March 16, at Daytona Beach and concerns were such that a Volusia County deputy checked for a pulse when the couple […]
Mar. 14—Mindy Wilson was known to her friends and family as “an advocate for those without a voice,” someone who spoke up to make things better for her students, her neighborhood and her children. As a local special education teacher, Wilson, 35, pushed for change in the classroom so her students could learn along with […]
A Michigan village has agreed to a $320,000 settlement with a man from Japan who was wrongly accused of drunken driving after a police officer badly misread a breath test, court records show. Ryohei Akima blew a 0.02 on the test, but it was mistakenly read by the Fowlerville officer as 0.22 — nearly three […]