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Tougher penalties proposed for drunk drivers in Texas

Posted on April 29th, 2011 No Comments

A proposed bill in the Texas House could cause much harsher penalties for people who are caught drunk driving in Texas. If drivers are caught driving over twice the legal limit, which is .08, the penalties will be much tougher than they currently are. As of now, there is no difference in punishment no matter [...]

Woman charged with drunk driving after crash

Posted on April 25th, 2011 No Comments

A multi-car accident on the Northeast Side ended with one woman charged with driving while intoxicated. According to investigators, the woman was driving east on the access road of Loop 410 when she rear ended multiple cars that were waiting at a stop sign at the intersection of Nacogdoches and Loop 410. The woman was [...]

San Antonio firefighter faces DWI after accident

Posted on April 22nd, 2011 No Comments

A San Antonio fire fighter is facing a drunken driving charge after he was involved in an accident on the North Side. The 23-year-old was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after his blood alcohol level was measure at 0.19, which is twice the legal drinking limit. The accident occurred as a police car [...]

338 drunk-driving arrests recorded during Fiesta weekend

Posted on April 18th, 2011 No Comments

According to information compiled by news sources, there were 338 arrests that occurred in San Antonio during Fiesta weekend. The time period when the arrests occurred was between midnight on Friday and 8 a.m. on Monday morning. The city has not yet recorded any alcohol-related fatalities, but with the number of drunk driving arrests made, [...]

Texas strives to cut back on drunk driving

Posted on April 14th, 2011 No Comments

Texas lawmakers are striving to make laws against drunk driving tougher by allowing the state to conduct sobriety checkpoints. More than 30 states already allow sobriety checkpoints to be conducted by law enforcement. At sobriety checkpoints, nearly one percent of the cars are arrested for a DWI. Opponents of the roadblocks say that they will [...]

Women claims that she could not perform field sobriety test sober

Posted on April 11th, 2011 No Comments

In Abilene, a 24-year-old woman was pulled over and ask to complete a field sobriety test so that police could tell if she was driving while intoxicated. While performing the tests, she stated that she would not be able to do well even if she was completely sober. The woman was arrested and charged with [...]

Former San Antonio worker faces prison for ID theft

Posted on April 7th, 2011 No Comments

A former worker at the Emily Morgan hotel is facing prison time for allegedly being responsible for one of the largest identification theft cases in San Antonio. Officials have accused the former hotel employee of stealing thousands of credit card receipts and going on a $300,000 shopping spree with customers’ money. The incident occurred in [...]

Trial continues for SAPD officer

Posted on April 4th, 2011 No Comments

A former San Antonio Police officer is under trial for a driving while intoxicated charge from an incident that occurred in 2011. The officer that is under trial is for allegedly drunk driving while in an under cover police car. If the man is found guilty, he will either temporarily or permanently lose his license [...]

Tougher penalties proposed for drunk drivers in Texas

Woman charged with drunk driving after crash

San Antonio firefighter faces DWI after accident

338 drunk-driving arrests recorded during Fiesta weekend

Texas strives to cut back on drunk driving

Women claims that she could not perform field sobriety test sober

Former San Antonio worker faces prison for ID theft

Trial continues for SAPD officer

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