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Judge suspended for being 'too rude'

Posted by Unknown | Mar 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

The State Supreme Court ruled that a judge in King County should be suspended for being too rude while serving on the bench. The woman's original suspension was recommended to be 90-days, but it has been reduced to five days without pay. District Court Judge Judy Eiler was censured by the Judici...

Senator Roy Ashburn Arrested for DUI

Posted by Unknown | Mar 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

A California state senator was arrested and charged with DUI last week in Sacramento. Republican senator Roy Ashburn, representative of Bakersfield, was pulled over by police shortly after 2:00 a.m. Wednesday after police officers observed the man driving erratically. According to officials at t...

'Deadliest Catch' Star Arrested in Washington for DUI

Posted by Unknown | Mar 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

One of the stars of the reality television show “Deadliest Catch” was arrested in Washington Thursday on suspicion of drunk driving. According to Washington State Police Troopers, 24 year-old Jake Harris, a deckhand on the Discovery Channel's “Deadliest Catch” was booked into King County Jail Th...

Seattle Coffee Shop Owner Charged with DUI

Posted by Unknown | Mar 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

The majority owner of the popular Seattle coffee shop Caffe Vita has pleaded not guilty after being charged with DUI, assault, and hit-and-run.  According to sources familiar with the case, the man was arrested following an accident and physical altercation on March 21st.  Records show that the m...

Seattle Man Arrested, Charged with Fourth DWI

Posted by Unknown | Mar 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

A 45-year old Seattle man was arrested after he failed to stop at a red light at the intersection of Sonoma Mountain Parkway and East Washington street, and was involved in a collision with a Chevy Suburban driven by a 38-year old woman from Petaluma. The man was later charged with felony DUI, an...

Navy Sailor Resists Officers During Arrest

Posted by Unknown | Mar 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

A Navy sailor bit and kicked Seattle police officers as they arrested him for DUI early Thursday morning, police said. Reports say the sailor and another man were crashing through several billboards used to keep vehicles from entering the Seattle Center when a security guard called the police. Wh...

Seattle Man Arrested After Driving 135 mph on SR-520

Posted by Unknown | Mar 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

A Bellevue man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of reckless driving and DUI when he was picked up after driving his car at 135 mph on the eastbound lanes of SR-520, along the floating bridge linking Seattle with Medina. The man's black BMW M6 was spotted racing across the bridge by a trooper, ...

Jail Time for Seattle Man with 11 DUI's

Posted by Unknown | Mar 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

A man in Seattle with eleven DUI convictions has been sentenced to three years in prison Thursday. In a Seattle Municipal Courtroom Thursday, prosecutors said jail time was the only way to keep Dwight David Benson from killing someone when he's drunk behind the wheel. Benson has been convicted o...

DUI Charges Dropped Against AZ Cardinals' Porter

Posted by Unknown | Mar 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

Prosecutors in Bakersfield, California have dropped charges of drunken driving filed against Arizona Cardinals player Joey Porter. According to court documents released by Deputy District Attorney Mark Pafford, prosecutors found insufficient evidence to prove the linebacker guilty of DUI. Porter...

960 DUI arrests made in King County over holidays

Posted by Unknown | Mar 12, 2014 | 0 Comments

960 arrests were made over the holidays in King County of drivers under suspicion of driving under the influence. According to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, from Nov 24 – Jan 2, DUI patrols in King County made a significant number of arrests.  There were 3,812 arrests made across the...

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