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Law enforcement officers across Minnesota will be on the lookout for drunk drivers over the holiday period, so motorists beware. The festive safety campaign runs on weekends through December 27 and according to the state Department of Public Safety, during the Thanksgiving holiday period alone 1,624 drivers have been arrested for driving while impaired since 2011. In a press release…
A 36-year-old woman who crashed into a fire station in St. Paul on Friday night has been cited for driving while impaired. Although the station at West Seventh Street and Randolph Avenue was damaged, nobody was injured in the incident. Angela Montoya of St. Paul told police she was driving west on Seventh Street about 9:30 pm when a vehicle…
Drivers who claimed they were not drunk while driving may have been right after all, despite being prosecuted. Somerset County District Attorney Lisa Lazzari-Strasiser said her office in Pennsylvania has not been performing a mathematical calculation needed to convert hospital tests on drivers’ blood, which enable the results to be used as evidence in court, according to the Daily American.…
With over 17,000 fatalities and approximately half a million individuals sustaining injuries from alcohol-related crashes each year, DWI/DUI is among the most commonly committed crimes on U.S. roads. In an effort to tackle the problem DWI or sobriety checkpoints are commonplace across the country as many state lawmakers believe that they are an effective way to cut the extremely worrying…
Minnesota is one of many states that have laws giving the police and prosecutors the power to seize and ultimately forfeit a vehicle used by a repeat offender to commit a DWI. At first, this sounds like a reasonable, just goal. After all, the public must be protected from repeat offenders by taking away their means to put others at…
Driving under the influence is against the law, plain and simple. So if you are intoxicated, or even think you may still be over the legal limit; the best course of action is always to wait for the alcohol to leave your bloodstream before you drive. But if you are pulled over by the police, who feel you may be…
Ethan Meaney of the DWI Guys at Meaney & Patrin scored an impressive reversal victory today at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The issue appealed concerned whether the arresting officer made an illegal entry into the Defendant’s home while investigating a possible DWI. The District Court had ruled against our client and he had given up hope of victory, but…
Nobody supports the idea of drunk driving, and nobody wants a DWI on their record, yet thousands of Minnesota drivers are arrested every month for DWI. Depending on who you ask, anywhere between thousands to tens-of-thousands more drunk drivers “get away with” committing DWI without being pulled over or arrested. Almost every year, the Minnesota Legislature increases the penalties for…
We hear about the DWI consequences, such as license revocation, fines, jail time, higher insurance rates, and a criminal record that can result in difficulty getting a job or finding a place to live. What some may not realize is that there is another consequences and that consequence is difficulty crossing the border to Canada. Every year, the Canadian Border…
It was summer and a woman went out with some friends in New Hope to have some drinks. She knew by the end of the night that she had had too much to drink and that driving home was not a good idea. When she was in her early 20s, the woman had racked up three DWI offenses in Minneapolis.…