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Drunken Driver Who Killed Newlywed Bride Gets 25 Years

Jamie Lee Komoroski was intoxicated, speeding when she slammed into couple's golf cart

(Newser) - A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got married at a South Carolina beach, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. Jamie Lee Komoroski, 27, pleaded guilty...

Jay Cutler Didn't Have a Great Rush Hour in Tennessee

Former Bears QB arrested on DUI, gun possession charges in Franklin

(Newser) - Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler was arrested Thursday in Tennessee, charged with DUI and gun possession, among other charges, arrest records cited by USA Today show. According to a release from the Franklin County Police Department, the 41-year-old ex-Chicago Bear (and former Miami Dolphin and Denver Bronco) was detained around...

Ex-NFL Star Running Back Charged With 'Extreme DUI'

Eddie Lacy's BAC was at least 0.2%, say police

(Newser) - Police in Arizona say they responded to a report of a possibly impaired driver and witnessed a vehicle committing multiple traffic violations before pulling over former NFL running back Eddie Lacy, who was found to have at least 0.2% blood alcohol content. At that level, "a person may...

Family Who Lost Older Kids to DUI Loses Toddler in Hot Car

California girl's mother has been charged with leaving her in vehicle, where she died

(Newser) - A 3-year-old southern California girl died in a hot car outside her family's Orange County apartment complex amid 104-degree temperatures Friday, and her mother is charged in the toddler's death. Making the tragedy even more unimaginable: The girl's brothers were killed at ages 5 and 9 in...

Here's Why Tim Walz Swore Off Alcohol 30 Years Ago

VP nominee was pulled over for speeding, DUI in 1995 in Nebraska

(Newser) - Tim Walz came out "swinging" on Tuesday during his first appearance as Kamala Harris' running mate at a rally in Philly, going hard on GOP nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance. Now, however, come the inevitable hits on Walz, including the resurfacing of a nearly 30-year-old...

'I'll Say It Again: Justin Timberlake Was Not Intoxicated'

Lawyer Edward Burke says Long Island cops made 'very significant' errors regarding his famous client

(Newser) - Step one in proving that someone was driving while intoxicated: proving that they were intoxicated. That's proof that Justin Timberlake's attorney is suggesting doesn't exist, as he's now saying his client wasn't drunk, let alone driving drunk, when he was arrested and hit with a...

Nail Salon Crash: 'It Was a Sound That I Had Never Heard Before'

SUV smashes into side of Long Island business, killing 4 and injuring 9

(Newser) - An SUV slammed into a Long Island nail salon on Friday, killing four and injuring nine inside the business at the time, a Suffolk County fire official said. The Chevy Traverse came to a stop at the back of the Hawaii Nail & Spa store in Deer Park about 4:...

Cops Tried to Pull Him Over for DUI. He Hit the Gas

Car crash in Upland, California, leaves 4 dead, 2 injured

(Newser) - An early morning police chase in Southern California after an attempted DUI traffic stop ended violently on Friday, after the suspect crashed into another car, killing himself and three other people in his car and injuring two in another vehicle, reports the Los Angeles Times . A rep from the San...

Widower Will Get $860K After Wife Is Killed on Wedding Night

Aric Hutchinson sued local bars in South Carolina visited by the driver in fatal crash

(Newser) - A man whose bride was killed by a woman suspected of drunk driving on their wedding night will receive more than $860,000 in a lawsuit settlement, reports the South Carolina Post and Courier . Aric Hutchinson sued three local bars in Folly Beach, as well as Progressive auto insurance and...

Timberlake After Arrest: 'I Know Sometimes I'm Hard to Love'

Singer performs at first concert since being detained on Long Island for DWI, speaks out

(Newser) - Justin Timberlake has finally broken his silence on his DWI arrest earlier this week on Long Island. "It's been a tough week, but you're here and I'm here, and nothing can change this moment right now," the 43-year-old singer told the audience at Chicago's...

Justin Timberlake Charged With DWI: 'I Had One Martini'

Singer was pulled over in Sag Harbor, New York, early Tuesday

(Newser) - Justin Timberlake is in some legal trouble: The 43-year-old singer was arrested early Tuesday and charged with DWI, reports the New York Post and the AP . The arrest took place a little after midnight in Sag Harbor, New York, a coastal village in the Hamptons. TMZ reports that Timberlake allegedly...

Cops Say DUI Teen Killed 2. Initial Punishment? An Essay

Outrage in India eventually led to 17-year-old's bail being revoked; he may now be charged as adult

(Newser) - There's outrage in India over a teen who cops say killed two people after driving while drunk. The Independent reports that the unnamed 17-year-old from Pune, in the state of Maharashtra, was driving a Porsche before dawn on Sunday when he slammed into a motorbike carrying two 20-something software...

Florida Driver Faces 8 Counts of DUI-Manslaughter

Bryan Howard was driving pickup that sideswiped farmworker bus

(Newser) - The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday, killing eight, on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, faces eight counts of DUI-Manslaughter, the FHP said in a statement. No further details were released, including...

Attorney for Girl Hurt in Britt Reid Crash in 'Disbelief' Over Clemency

Missouri governor commutes ex-Chiefs assistant coach's sentence, places him on house arrest

(Newser) - Britt Reid was sentenced in November 2022 to three years behind bars, but the former assistant coach for the Kansas City Chiefs just saw that sentence shortened. The Kansas City Star reports that Missouri Gov. Mike Parson commuted the 38-year-old's sentence on Friday, placing him under house arrest until...

When It Comes to Pot, a 'Big Concern' About Driving

Figuring out when it's safe to drive after marijuana consumption remains a challenge

(Newser) - Amid increasing marijuana legalization over the past two decades or so, both medicinal and recreational, has come a spike in accompanying car accidents. According to a 2021 study in the American Journal of Public Health , the percentage of car-crash fatalities tied to cannabis was just 9% in 2000; in 2018,...

State Bill Would Have You Buy Your Beer Warm

Tennessee measure would ban sales of cold beer to cut down on drinking and driving

(Newser) - Grabbing a cold one from the local gas station or convenience store on the way home from work may soon be a thing of the past for the quaffers of Tennessee. New legislation has been introduced in the Volunteer State that would prohibit the sale of chilled beer, in an...

2nd Member of Mahomes Family Lands in Legal Trouble

Patrick Mahomes Sr. gets DWI before son's Super Bowl game; QB's brother recently faced charges

(Newser) - The father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was arrested in East Texas on at least his third charge of driving while intoxicated, according to jail records. The legal issue comes as the younger Mahomes prepares to lead his team into the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers...

More GOP Leaders Want to Boot Legislator Over Slur-Filled Rant

Footage shows North Dakota lawmaker spewing homophobic, anti-migrant comments at police

(Newser) - Local Republican Party leaders of a North Dakota lawmaker's own district joined calls on Friday for him to step down after his vulgar comments to police earlier this month during his traffic stop and arrest on a charge of drunken driving, the AP reports. In a Facebook statement, the...

Car Plows Into SUV in Biden Motorcade
Driver Who Ran Into
Biden's Motorcade Is Charged
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Dec 18, 2023 10:55 AM CST

Driver Who Ran Into Biden's Motorcade Is Charged

President, first lady unharmed in incident Secret Service says was unintentional

(Newser) - A Delaware driver who crashed into a Secret Service vehicle that was part of President Biden's motorcade has been charged with DUI, reports the New York Times . A rep for the Wilmington Police Department says James Cooper's sedan struck the SUV as Biden was speaking to reporters after...

Tiffany Haddish Charged With DUI
Tiffany Haddish: 'This
Will Never Happen Again'
UPDATED
Nov 28, 2023 3:18 PM CST

Tiffany Haddish: 'This Will Never Happen Again'

She vows to 'get help' after 2nd DUI arrest

(Newser) - Tiffany Haddish has vowed to "get help" after her second arrest on suspicion of DUI in two years. "This will never happen again," the comedian, who was arrested in Beverly Hills early Friday morning, tells Entertainment Tonight . "I'm going to get some help so I...

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