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Posted on Jan 4, 2012 By Editor
Four people were killed and and 274 suspected drunken drivers were arrested in Los Angeles County over the New Year's holiday, according to figures from the California Highway Patrol. Across ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2011 By Editor
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Editor
A 49-year-old Fillmore man was killed in a car accident early Saturday morning in an unincorporated part of Ventura County near Piru. James William Lacotts was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:15 ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2011 By Editor
Los Angeles police Wednesday were looking for a driver who seriously injured a USC student in a vehicle accident in East Hollywood and fled the scene. The 21-year-old student was riding a motorcycle ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By Editor
A 43-year-old woman was arrested Saturday evening after crashing her vehicle while allegedly being under the influence of alcohol, causing her passenger to be injured, Simi Valley police said. Donna ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Editor
A 44-year-old Ventura woman who pleaded no contest to leaving the site of a fatal accident will be sentenced next year. On March 5, Shannon Richard struck and killed Jose Luis Carmona, 40, of Santa ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2011 By Editor
A 55-year-old grandmother has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk with her three grandchildren, one of whom fell out of the car while it was moving. Marie Shipley, of Lancaster, was booked on ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Editor
Two men died and another was arrested on charges of murder and drunk driving in an accident near MacArthur Park, west of downtown Los Angeles, early Saturday. Coroner’s officials identified one ...
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Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Editor
Four of six children injured in an alleged drunk-driving crash in Lancaster have been released from the hospital, while two remain hospitalized, one in critical condition, authorities said Monday. ...
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Posted on Jul 27, 2011 By Editor
A suspected drunk driver slammed into an LAPD patrol car early Wednesday morning in South Los Angeles and then tried to flee the scene. The driver of a pickup truck was heading south on Main Street ...
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Posted on Jul 15, 2011 By Editor
Barron Hilton, the younger brother of Paris Hilton, has been ordered to pay $4.9 million to a former gas station attendant he struck with his Mercedes-Benz. The July 7 judgment in the civil lawsuit ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2011 By Editor
A suspected drunk driver who collided with several cars and then fled, leaving an injured and pregnant passenger behind, was in custody Wednesday morning, police said. Police tried to pull the man ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2011 By Editor
A 28-year-old Simi Valley man was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for causing the death of a Newbury Park teen and injuring two others in a wrong-way, drunken-driving crash in 2009. Hector ...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2011 By Editor
Los Angeles prosecutors charged actress and model Estella Warren with driving under the influence, hit-and-run, battery on a police officer and resisting a police officer during a May incident in ...
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Posted on May 16, 2011 By Editor
A man, Robert M. Rivera, who authorities said struck and killed a 5-year-old child while driving his truck in a Huntington Park neighborhood Sunday was later arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2011 By Editor
An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for a Long Beach fire captain who allegedly was drunk when he hit and severely injured a bicyclist. John David Hines, 38, was driving drunk in his pickup truck ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2011 By Editor
Azusa police officers fired on an allegedly drunk driver Wednesday who crashed his car into at least three condominiums. Two officers shot at the man, who has not been identified, but did not strike ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2011 By Editor
A South Bay teen, Jaclyn Andrea Garcia, with a history of traffic offenses has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after her car allegedly plowed into a group of Torrance bikers. ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2011 By Editor
Movie and TV music editor Mark David Skillingberg was sentenced Friday to one year in jail for a 2009 drunk-driving accident that killed a 72-year-old Culver City man, Gebregziabher Gabremadhin. ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2011 By Editor
Singer Christina Aguilera was arrested on suspicion of public drunkenness early Tuesday morning. Around 2:45 a.m., deputies initiated a DUI investigation after noticing a motorist driving erratically ...
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Posted on Feb 10, 2011 By Editor
A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after he crashed through a fence and struck an Ojai home early this morning. The driver was heading north on Grandview Avenue in Ojai ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2011 By Editor
A 26-year-old man, Alan Reyes, and 24-year-old woman, Vanessa Cease, were killed by a wrong-way driver Wednesday on the 91 Freeway in Anaheim. The two were killed a little after 1 a.m. when Anthony ...
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