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Austin Texas DWI Attorneys
2008-10-30 09:07:00
Austin, Texas DWI Lawyer's Dunham & Rogers handle Driving While Intoxicated and Drunk Driving cases in Austin and throughout Central Texas. Dunham & Rogers has Texas Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist, former prosecutors and assistant district attorneys ready to help you fight your DWI charge.Austin DWI Attorneys handling Driving While Intoxicated (DWI Arrest), Driving Under the Influ
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Texas DWI convictions in jeopardy due to false records allegation
2008-11-20 09:10:00
The Texas Department of Public Safety said that nearly 2,600 DWI could be invalidated in the Houston area after they discovered a contractor in charge of calibrating the breathalyzer had been falsifying records for over a year.A DPS auditor discovered that the technical supervisor for the company supervising the test calibration had been altering the records to make it look like he had been conduc
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26 people who refused breath test were over legal driving limit
2008-11-18 09:57:00
Monday, November 10, 2008, 05:38 PM All 26 people who had blood samples taken from them by Austin police because they refused a breath test after being arrested for driving while intoxicated over the Halloween weekend were above the legal limit, police said Monday. One of the blood samples, taken from a man who crashed into a North


Texas DWI Laws
2008-11-13 09:09:00
Important Statutes About DWI, Ignition Interlock Devices and Drivers License Suspension Periods 1. Driving on Roadway Laned for Traffic. Tex. Transp. Code § 545.060. (a) An operator on a roadway divided into tow or more clearly marked lanes for traffic:
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Texas Driver's License Surcharge (Fines)
2008-11-06 09:08:00
Since 2003, the Texas Department of Public Safety has been authorized to levy a surcharge on driver's licenses suspended for alcohol related arrests. This charge can range from $1,000.00 to $2,000.00 per year for three years. Depending on your case, you could be facing a $6,000.00 fee just to keep your license. Now you know why it is so important to fight your license suspension. Call the Austin
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No refusal DWI policy in effect despite protestors
2008-12-18 06:12:00
Not everyone was out for a good time Halloween night. Protestors were out to voice their views of an Austin police no refusal DWI policy. Austin police officers were out Friday night looking for drunk drivers and they weren't taking no for an answer. Drivers who were pulled over were given a choice. They could take a breathalyzer test or a judge would issue a warrant for blood to be drawn to chec
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APD encourages drivers to play it safe over the holidays
2008-12-12 08:29:00
Austin Police officers will be giving out fliers to drivers this month, as part of their Holiday DWI enforcement initiative. The goal is to remind drivers, when they drink and drive, they put someone's life at risk. "We want to put a face to the tragedy of DWI," DWI prevention advocate Gloria Souhami said. "This year we are honoring—we have fliers that are red and green for Christmas—we are ho


Austin police announce 'no refusal weekend'
2008-12-11 06:10:00
If you drink and drive this weekend, Austin police say they will find proof through your breath or your blood. You can't refuse because this coming weekend will be a "no refusal weekend" in Austin. On 6th Street in downtown Austin the decorations are out for the holiday weekend and the liquor shelves are full. "It's gonna be crazy. It's gonna be nuts; lots of people out here," said


Austin police announce 'no refusal weekend'
2008-12-11 06:10:00
If you drink and drive this weekend, Austin police say they will find proof through your breath or your blood. You can't refuse because this coming weekend will be a "no refusal weekend" in Austin. On 6th Street in downtown Austin the decorations are out for the holiday weekend and the liquor shelves are full. "It's gonna be crazy. It's gonna be nuts; lots of people out here," said


Austin police: Teen drunk driver hit pregnant woman
2008-12-09 10:02:00
Austin police said a man that was driving while intoxicated slammed into the right side of a car in a Wendy's Drive-Thru, injuring a pregnant woman sitting in the passenger seat.The Austin Police Department said they have charged Manuel Grijalva, 18, with failure to stop and render aid after they said he slammed his Chevy suburban into the side a car in which Melissa Muniz was a passenger. Muniz's
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APD officer suspended after DWI arrest
2008-12-05 09:15:00
An Austin police officer has been suspended for 45 days after he was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated. The incident happened in August. APD officers arrested Officer Vernon Stevenson after he was involved in a crash. Internal Affairs ordered blood samples, according to a memo from Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, which showed Stevenson's blood alcohol level was .224 an


Inspector faked records, leaving Houston-area DWI tests in doubt, agency says
2008-12-04 09:14:00
AUSTIN – At least 2,600 Houston -area DWI arrests are now in question, after a Department of Public Safety contractor allegedly failed to inspect breath test equipment and faked records to show that she had."It's unbelievable, it's like Christmas came early," said Tyler Flood, a Houston criminal defense lawyer who works predominantly in DWIs. "We will try to reopen any cases that resulted in conv
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Priest convicted of drunk driving in Bastrop restaurant crash
2008-12-02 10:01:00
A Catholic priest who drove his truck into a crowded Smithville restaurant in 2007 has been convicted of drunk driving, but he escaped jail time. Priest convicted KVUE's Clara Tuma reports November 13th, 2008 > More Local Video View larger
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28-year-old from rural Austin is charged in DWI crash
2008-11-28 09:00:00
A 28-year-old man is facing charges for allegedly driving while impaired and crash ing his car into a front yard last month south of Austin , injuring himself and a passenger. Nicholas Louis-Helge Giovannetti, of rural Austin, is charged in Mower District Court with single counts of criminal vehicular operation resulting in bodily harm (a gross-misdemeanor) as well as fourth-degree driving while im


Thousands of DWI cases put in jeopardy
2008-11-27 09:13:00
Thousands of drunken-driving cases in the Houston area could be dismissed because of an inspector of alcohol breath test machines who didn't conduct the examinations she claimed to have completed. The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Friday that it suspended the certification for a woman who contracted to keep the breath test machines accurate for the Clute, Friendswood, Galveston, Leag


Police: DWI Suspect Caused Deadly Dallas Crash
2008-11-25 09:59:00
DALLAS (CBS 11 News) ― A North Texas man is in the hospital accused of driving drunk. Police say he caused the crash that killed one man and sent another to the hospital last night. Friday afternoon, both the surviving victim and the suspected drunk driver were being treated at Parkland Hospital. Friday afternoon CBS 11 News received video from a Dallas


Judge dismisses DWI charge against retiring lawmaker
2008-11-22 09:36:00
GEORGETOWN — A retiring Republican lawmaker was cleared Monday of a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge , a visiting judge said. Judge Chuck Miller dismissed the case against Rep. Mike Krusee after prosecutors cited insufficient evidence, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Krusee was arrested in April after a trooper pulled him over for driving erratically, according to the arrest affidav


Drunk drivers flood hospital ERs, escape DWI charges
2008-11-22 09:35:00
HOUSTON—Visit any hospital emergency room, and you’ll find people who have crashed their cars. But some of those people weren’t just innocent victims. They were driving drunk. By some estimates, 50 percent of the people brought to the ER are legally too drunk to drive. What’s more, many of those drivers are never charged, because
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11/21 Cleburne Police Reports
2008-11-22 09:33:00
The following is a list of arrests — except for minor traffic violations — based on public records at the Cleburne Police Department. Individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.October 2112:59 p.m., Johnson County Adult Probation Center. Denise Adele Fox, 26, of Irving, one Johnson County warrant.October 229:40 a.m., 700 block North Robinson Street, warrant service


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