In 2023, a report from the Police Executive Research Forum called for police to put the brakes on car chases unless a violent crime has been committed and the suspect poses an imminent threat. The report noted a spike in fatalities and an increase in pursuits by some departments, including in Houston and New York City.
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office must comply with subpoenas issued by the county's civilian oversight board as part of a whistleblower investigation into alleged misconduct, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Scott Quigley was indicted on a charge of negligent motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence, following a crash that resulted in the death of Angelo Schettino, a 37-year-old man with developmental disabilities.
Intoxalock spokesperson Rachael Larson confirmed that the company had been hit by a cyberattack, stating that they took steps to temporarily pause some of their systems as a precautionary measure.
According to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Mortenson, who is not an attorney, told police he was really nervous and scared when they asked him to step outside of his 2013 Chevy pickup truck and began testing his sobriety. He was ultimately arrested shortly after midnight on May 23, 2024.
A motorcyclist died Thursday after colliding with a sedan in what police said was a DUI-related wreck involving another driver. The crash happened about 4:45 p.m. in the area of Buchanan Road and Woodborough Place. Officers arrived to find the 46-year-old Concord resident down. He died despite rescue efforts by police and medical personnel.
the Bureau of Forensic Services, provided a list of 14 tests that were conducted using the defective kits, though five were tied to investigations that did not result in charges. Per the Chronicle, prosecutors said they notified defense attorneys this week after identifying the affected convictions. The District Attorney's Office identified nine convictions that utilized the tests primarily DUI cases, after the lab reported that some kits from supplier Andwin Scientific contained an incorrect concentration of sodium fluoride, about 100 milligrams instead of the stated 750 milligrams.
Generally, the pour of liquor in your glass is up to the discretion and recipe of the mixologist. In Utah, however, bartenders are required to use a special calibrated device to ensure that a pour of liquor comes out at exactly 1.5 ounces. They are quite serious about this, mandating that all bottles use these devices, and that the devices themselves have a margin of error of less than one sixteenth of an ounce for a one-ounce pour - or about a third of a teaspoon.
American families should have confidence that our school bus and truck drivers are following every letter of the law and that starts with receiving proper training before getting behind the wheel, Duffy said.
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Police sources say he was going 107 mph south on the Cross Island Parkway, more than twice the 50 mph speed limit, when he crashed a relative's 2025 BMW M3 near Hempstead Ave. about 4 p.m. July 5. When Pawar moved from the center lane to the right lane he rear-ended a Honda Accord driven by a 53-year-old man. The force of the impact sent the Accord off the road onto a grassy shoulder, where it slammed into a tree.
"We hold that at a minimum, to constitute a violation of (the open container law), marijuana in a vehicle must be of a usable quantity, in imminently usable condition, and readily accessible to an occupant," wrote Associate Justice Goodwin Liu in a unanimous opinion. Loose marijuana found on a car's floorboards is like spilled beer, the court ruled.
The sudden closure derailed his career plans. A trucking job was a path forward, he said, a way to earn a better living than his current rotation of gig jobs, such as putting up blinds and detailing cars. He had quit working, paid about $2,000 in tuition and fees to attend the trucking school and was hiring a babysitter to take care of his two kids so he could attend class for a few hours each day.
