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More legal troubles for Matthew Fox, arrested for DUI

Posted by Unknown | Mar 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Actor Matthew Fox was arrested around 3 a.m. on Friday morning and charged with driving under the influence. Fox was in Bend, Oregon, when a police officer noticed he was not staying in his correct lane on the road and ultimately pulled him over. The 45-year-old had a passenger in his vehicle at...

DUI fatality suspect in Seattle pleads guilty

Posted by Unknown | Mar 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

The drunk driver responsible for the death of another driver in a fatal crash last April pleaded guilty on June 21. A 10-year imprisonment term was recommended by King County prosecutors against 25-year-old Michael Robertson after he pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide regarding the accident in...

Kitsap deputy prosecutor arrested in Poulsbo DUI case

Posted by Unknown | Mar 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Kitsap County Deputy Prosecutor Barbara O. Dennis was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a rear-end collision that occurred in Poulsbo on October 9. Dennis was taken by the Washington State Patrol to Kitsap County Jail where she was later released after posting bail. The...

Suspected DUI Arrested for Injuring Motorcyclist

Posted by Unknown | Mar 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Recently, a man was arrested under suspicion of DUI after his car hit a motorcycle heading southbound West of Lynnwood. Washington State Patrol Trooper Mark Francis said Toby Toro, 20, was arrested after his car pinned a motorcycle on I-5 near 44th Avenue. The 29-year-old motorcyclist from Seatt...

“Hollywood Heights” actor arrested in LA for DUI

Posted by Unknown | Mar 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Television series actor Cody Longo was arrested in Los Angeles for driving under the influence after motorists noticed him driving aggressively, early in the morning of June 6. The 25-year-old star of Nickelodeon Hollywood Heights was pulled over by authorities after they noticed him flashing li...

2 dead and 2 critical in Seattle DUI crash

Posted by Unknown | Mar 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Two people died and two others are in critical condition in Seattle after they were struck by a vehicle driven by a man allegedly under the influence. Seattle police said retired teachers Dennis Schulte, 66, and his wife Judy, 68, were walking together with their daughter-in-law Karina Ulriksen-...

Tougher DUI laws introduced in Washington

Posted by Unknown | Mar 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Washington State recently introduced harsh new DUI laws that include prolonged jail terms and a 24 hour alcohol monitoring system. The new DUI laws were proposed in regular session by Gov. Jay Inslee with a bipartisan group of lawmakers and include a mandatory six months jail term for repeat dru...

Actress arrested in Los Angeles for driving under the influence

Posted by Unknown | Mar 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Former child actress, Tami Erin, was recently apprehended in Los Angeles and charged for drunk driving. Erin, best known for playing the title character in “The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking,” was arrested on Saturday, December 14. Once authorities caught her and administered a sobriety ...

3 DUI arrests made within 2 hours in 1 location

Posted by Unknown | Mar 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

Three DUI arrests were made by state troopers in a span of almost two hours on Fairgrounds Road in Central Kitsap in the early morning of May 11. The first arrest happened at about 2 a.m. when a trooper chased a car driven by 25-year-old man on Bucklin Hill Road who refused to pull over. The car...

Washington DUI offenders face stiffer penalties

Posted by Unknown | Mar 13, 2014 | 0 Comments

A bill that was passed into law during a signing ceremony at the Tacoma Washington State Patrol headquarters on Thursday, July 18 will make drivers charged with driving under the influence in Washington face stiffer penalties. The DUI bill, signed by Washington Governor Jay Inslee, will require ...

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