Recent Posts in Southern California DUI Category

Happy Cinco de Mayo!! If you plan on drinking today and through the weekend, please be aware of all the DUI checkpoints that will be going on starting tonight.   During a DUI sobriety checkpoint, officers look for signs of intoxication such as blurry or water shot eyes, slurred speech or the smell of alcohol.   Once officers notice any of these signs, they will have motorists perform field sobriety tests and have them use a breathalyzer.

If you find yourself arrested for a California DUI, contact our California DUI Defense Attorneys to find out how we can help you!

Thursday, May 5^th

Fontana: evening – undisclosed location

Glendale: all evening – city wide

Los Angeles: 3pm-11pm – Foothill area

Modesto: 10pm-3am – undisclosed location (DUI Roving Saturation Patrol)

Oakdale: 6pm-3am – undisclosed location

Rancho Cordova: 8pm-2am – undisclosed location

Redlands: all evening – city wide

Riverside: 6pm-12am – city wide

San Bernardino: all evening – city wide

San Rafael: all evening – city wide

Vallejo: 7pm-12am – city wide

Friday, May 6^th.

Irvine: evening – Campus Dr. & Bridge Rd.

An actor/comedian was arrested and jailed for a misdemeanor drunkenness charge late Monday night in Temecula.

According to PE.com, Andy Dick, 45, showed up drunk to a Marie Callender’s restaurant and was being argumentative, belligerent and refused to leave. Once officers showed up, they arrested the entertainer and jailed him until he was able to sober up.   This isn’t the first time that Dick had been arrested for public drunkenness as he was arrested and put on probation in 2008 after being extremely intoxicated while pulling down a 17-year-old girl’s shirt and bra.

Have you been arrested for a DUI or public drunkenness? Contact our California DUI Defense Attorneys today to find out more information.

Tallulah Belle Willis, 17, was cited for a California under 21 alcohol possession in Hollywood Friday night.

The young actress, daughter of actors Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, was with a group of three underage girls when officers detained them.  According to Pop Eater, officers witnessed the girls leaving a car around 11:00pm and were allegedly carrying bottles of alcohol. Because minors cannot be cited and released without parent’s being notified, Tallulah had to wait for her mother to come pick her up.

Have you been recently arrested for driving under the influence? Whether this is your first or fourth DUI offense or whether you are underage, our California DUI Lawyers are here to help you.

Last weekend’s Coachella music festival resulted in a total of 92 arrests, 43 of which were done by the California Alcoholic Beverage Control Investigators.

According to KPSP Local 2, officers dressed in plain clothes observed concert goers and were targeting alcohol and drug violations each day.   33 individuals were arrested for providing alcohol to minors, possession of false identification, minors in possession of alcohol, and possession of open alcoholic beverage containers. 10 other individuals were arrested for possession of drugs or possession of drugs for sale including marijuana, ketamine, cocaine and MDMA.

Our California DUI Lawyers understand how stressful it can be to be arrested for a DUI in California can be; we will provide you with the best possible representation. 

Multiple cities within California will be conducting DUI/Driver’s License checkpoints. If you are arrested for driving under the influence during a checkpoint, contact your local California DUI Defense Attorney immediately; we will look at the details of your arrest and make sure that the arrest was done according to specific DUI checkpoint guidelines.

Monday:

Costa Mesa DUI checkpoint – 6pm-11pm – Bristol Street & Randolph Avenue

Friday:

Canyon Lake: 6pm-2am – undisclosed location

Chatsworth: 8pm – 2am – Topanga Canyon Blvd between Devonshire St and Chatsworth St

Citrus Heights: 6pm-3am – Greenback Lane, east of Birdcage Street

Chino Hills: 6pm-2am – undisclosed location

Long Beach: 6pm-2am – undisclosed location

Napa County: 6pm-12am – undisclosed location

Santa Fe Spring: 7pm-3am – undisclosed location

Ventura: 8pm-3am – undisclosed location

Saturday:

Costa Mesa: 6pm-12am – Newport Blvd at 17^th Street 

Escondido: 6pm-12am – undisclosed location

The Costa Mesa police department will be conducting an Orange County DUI checkpoint Wednesday evening.

According to the City of Costa Mesa press release, the check point will be on the 2300 block of Placentia Avenue between the hours of 6pm and 11pm.   During these checkpoints, officers will look for signs of intoxication and may ask motorists to conduct field sobriety tests.

If you are arrested for a DUI in Southern California, speak with our Orange County DUI Defense Attorneys today. 

Four motorists were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence during a DUI checkpoint in Costa Mesa over the weekend.

The Orange County Register states that on top of these 4 DUI arrests, 22 drivers were asked to do DUI field sobriety tests, 17 driver’s licenses were investigated and 11 cars were towed.  With over 429 vehicles that traveled through the checkpoint, only 1% was actually related to DUIs; this means that the grant from the Office of Traffic Safety that funds these checkpoints may not be an effect way of protecting the public from impaired drivers and may actually be wasting more money than necessary.   

Have you been arrested for a DUI during a check point?   If so, speak with our Orange County DUI Defense Lawyers today to find out how we can help you. 

Shane Sheckler, 18, was arrested in San Clemente on suspicion of driving under the influence.

The actor, who stars alongside his real-life brother in “Life of Ryan”, was driving his white GMC truck when officers pulled him over. OC Weekly says Sheckler was driving his truck erratically and once stopped, he showed obvious signs of intoxication.   Sheckler was taken to a nearby jail, was released several hours later and is due back in court next month.

If you are under the age of 21 and have been arrested for a Southern California DUI in or around Orange County, contact our California DUI Defense Lawyers today. 

A La Habra neighborhood of about 20 homes was forced to evacuate when a man suspected of driving under the influence crashed into a natural gas line.

According to the Contra Costa Times, the crash occurred at 9:34pm Thursday. The driver crashed his SUV into a fence and ruptured a gas line which produced a loud hissing sound and had about 30 pounds per square inch of pressure. Crews were able to finally shut off the broken pipe at around 1:30am and the OC Register has confirmed that residents were able to go back to their homes early Friday morning.

If you have been in a DUI related accident, contact an experienced and knowledgeable Orange County DUI Defense Attorney for more information. 

A semi-truck driver has been arrested for driving under the influence when he crashed into a center divider of the 101 freeway in Studio City and then slammed into a minivan.

According to JusticeNewsFlash.com, the 18-wheeler was traveling eastbound on the Ventura Freeway, near Laurel Canyon when he caused the accident around 6:10am.   Both the trucker and the minivan driver were rushed to the local hospitals; the minivan driver sustained greater injuries than the truck driver.

If you have been involved in a DUI-related accident, contact our Los Angeles County DUI Defense Attorneys today. 

Raymond Carter was driving a Porsche when he lost control and crashed the vehicle; Carter is suspected for driving under the influence and DUI blood tests have been performed to determine the driver’s blood-alcohol level and to

According to the Orange County Register, Carter, 29 years old, was driving over 100 mph when he hit a curb and went airborne before he hit a light pole and landed on the roof.   Local fire fighters had to cut through the wreck to remove Carter and his 32 year old passenger Brandon Whitaker.  Both men were taken to the local hospital, where Carter is in a coma and Whitaker is listed in stable condition.

Contact a qualified Orange County DUI Defense Lawyer if you have been recently involved in a DUI related accident. 

An Orange County low-security inmate escaped Monday night while attending a jail ordered Spanish alcohol-abuse meeting.

Francisco V. Santayo, a 22 year old landscaper from the Los Angeles area, went to an alcohol-abuse class with 13 other inmates but failed to return an hour later.    The Orange County Register states that a security guard noticed a man in an orange jumpsuit climbing into a red vehicle on Irvine Boulevard.  Once police officers arrived, the vehicle had fled the area.   Santayo is non-violate and a minor offense inmate that is not a danger to the community.

If you have been arrested for driving under the influence, contact our California DUI Defense Lawyers today for more information. 

Actress Lindsay Lohan may be looking at additional jail time for violating her probation while at the Betty Ford clinic in Rancho Mirage.   When a Betty Ford clinic worker tried to get a breathalyzer test form Ms. Lohan on December 12th, KTLA.com states that the actress apparently became “belligerent, pushed her and snatched a phone from her hand, straining her arm”. 

The 24 year old actress voluntarily entered the Better Ford rehab center after failing a drug test and has already been to rehab twice as well had multiple jail stays due to a DUI arrest 3 ½ years ago. Riverside County’s Sherriff officials state that Lohan “violated several aspects of her probation, including the battery involving a former staffer at the clinic”. Ms. Lohan is ordered to not violate her probation until Feb. 25^th or she will have to face additional mandated jail time. 

According to  Men’s Health magazine the drunkest U.S. city is Fresno, California.  The magazine in March will publish the list of the 100 drunkest major cities in America.  The magazine did a case study and compared data to determine the drunkest and least drunk city.  The data consist of deaths from liver disease, fatal car accidents involving drunk driving, number of DUI arrests, binge-drinking in the past month and harshness of DUI laws.  Below is a list of the drunkest and least drunk city.

"Drunkest" cities:

1.  Fresno, CA
2.  Reno, NV
3.  Billings, MT
4.  Riverside, CA
5.  Austin, TX 
6.  St. Louis, MO
7.  San Antonio, TX 
8.  Lubbock, TX
9.  Tucson, AZ
10.  Bakersfield, CA

      “Least drunk" cities:

1. Boston, MA
2. Yonkers, NY
3. Rochester, NY
4. Salt Lake City, UT
5. Miami, FL
6. Newark, NJ
7. Durham, NC
8. New York City, NY
9. Fort Wayne, ID
10. Manchester, NH

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