Pulled over just this past week and found to have an astronomical blood alcohol content, Doron Sears is facing extreme DUI charges for the second time.

Sears underwent field sobriety tests and a breathalyzer when he was pulled over this week in Scottsdale. Officers smelled alcohol on his breath and also found an open container in his vehicle. [read more...]

A DUI turned fatal one day last year for a police officer acting in the line of duty. The man responsible for his death faced sentencing this week and was not given a lenient penalty.

On October 25^th, 2008 Officer Shane Figueroa was responding to a shots fired call in his police cruiser. He may or may not have been speeding with his alert lights off. Regardless, he was hit by 50 year old Salvador Vivas-Diaz who crossed the center line. [read more...]

Being accused of drunk driving is serious enough. But being charged with a high BAC aggravated drunk driving offense offense with 2 preschoolers in the car is another level of criminal offense.  According to the Arizona Republic, that’s just what Mesa police found last weekend, arrested a woman on a drunk driving offense with a 2 year old and 4 year old child in the back seat.

Thirty-eight year old Tonya Obarski of Queen Creek failed a field sobriety test and took a breathalyzer that showed her blood alcohol content to be .24, three times the legal limit. She is now charged with aggravated DUI. [read more...]

An 18 year old woman is facing a slew of charges after causing some serious damage last Friday. Alina Isaac was initially pulled over for driving erratically, fishtailing, and the turning into an apartment complex while disregarding the safety of others.

According to this story from the Arizona Republic, it was after she was initially pulled over that this traffic stop got interesting. Apparently Ms. Isaac refused to shut off her engine and instead turned up her radio and gunned her engine.

After disregarding the officer’s request to shut off the car, she sped off, hitting 5 parked cars, a cable box, and a parked patrol car with an officer inside. Although the officer doesn’t seem to face severe injuries, she will face an assault charge. [read more...]

You can bet that on nearly any holiday weekend DUI arrests increase. People are out partying and celebrating, having a good time. St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday often marked by green beers, Guinness, and Jameson whiskey. Young people in particular use this holiday to celebrate a lot more than the Saint it was named after.

Police know this and many departments across Arizona set up DUI checkpoints to last throughout the weekend and into Tuesday night. This early report from ABC15.com pointed out that arrests were already mounting as the weekend got underway. In an effort to reduce accidents and deaths caused by DUI’s on this holiday weekend, police were out in full force.

In the Valley, eight police departments united to make 276 arrests throughout the entire holiday weekend. According to the Arizona Republic 74 of those arrests were considered “extreme”, or incidents where the suspects blood alcohol level was more than .15%. [read more...]

Apparently not all superstars are above the law. Pulled over and arrested for a DUI on December 31^st, 2008, retired NBA great and sportscaster Charles Barkley pled guilty to charges just this past week.

On the evening of his arrest Barkley ran a stop sign and was pulled over. Officers detected alcohol on his breath and proceeded to give him a field sobriety test and a breathalyzer. Barkley’s BAC was found to be .149%.

The legal limit it .08% in Arizona, so at .149 Barkley was nearly twice the legal limit. He was arrested and charged with DUI, a Class 1 Misdemeanor. [read more...]