An allegedly drunk driver was arrested Monday night after he was accused to ramming his Jaguar into a retired sheriff’s deputy who was picking debris up from the roadway. Former Polk County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Dan Cooley, 69, stopped and turned on his hazard lights after a tote fell off his vehicle into the center …
A resident of Florida retirement community The Villages has been charged with DUI manslaughter after a woman fell out of a golf cart he was driving in the middle of the night and died from her injuries. The Florida Highway Patrol said that Richard Allen Keil, 58, swerved to avoid a parked car just before …
A Michigan woman was convicted this week of driving drunk into a birthday party at a Monroe boat club last year, killing two children and injuring a dozen other people. The jury deliberated less than two hours after a four-day trial before returning guilty verdicts for Marshella Chidester on all counts, including two counts of …
The drunk driver who killed a newlywed bride minutes after her wedding reception wants a South Carolina judge to reduce her prison sentence. Jamie Lee Komoroski admitted she was drunk when she plowed into a golf cart carrying Samantha Miller, 34, and her new husband, Aric Hutchinson, his brother-in-law and a nephew. Miller was killed …
A teenager and two parents are facing felonies in connection to a crash that resulted in the death of an 18-year-old Georgia girl. Hannah Hackemeyer, 18, the driver in the fatal crash, has been charged with three counts of homicide by vehicle and driving under the influence, according to DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston. …
A South Carolina woman who admitted to being drunk when she caused last year’s crash that killed a woman on her wedding night was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison. According to WCSC, Jamie Lee Komoroski pleaded guilty to reckless homicide, felony DUI involving death, and felony DUI with great bodily injury. In …
A 9-year-old Texas boy was critically injured this week when his mother, apparently drunk, crashed into two parked cars and then abandoned the child on the scene. Monica Tutt, 39, was charged with intoxication assault and collision involving injury when Dallas Police found her early Wednesday morning, KDFW reported. An arrest warrant says that witnesses …
Authorities in Minnesota have upgraded to murder charges against an alleged drunk driver who rammed into a crowded patio seating area of a St. Louis Park tavern, killing two people. Steven Frane Bailey, 56, was already charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide and nine counts of criminal vehicular operation for the September 1 …
A Florida man has been charged with DUI manslaughter after he drove along a dead-end street in a gated community and struck a 2-year-old boy on a tricycle, killing him. Joshua Montero, 19, denied being drunk but failed field sobriety tests and was taken to jail. His victim was rushed to Advent Health Waterman in …
A Florida mayor was arrested last month with a DUI after she allegedly followed a couple home, hit their mailbox, and parked her car on the grass. Naples police said Teresa Heitmann, mayor of Naples, was arrested on Wednesday after agreeing to field sobriety tests and completed two breath tests at the Naples Jail Center …
An Instagram model accused of being high on “pink cocaine” when she caused a high-speed crash in Miami is now under house arrest after posting a $26,000 bond. Maecee Marie Lathers, 24, posted bail and entered a not-guilty plea to charges of vehicular homicide, reckless driving, driving on a suspended license, and fleeing the scene …
A New York Instagram model allegedly caused a crash in Miami that killed two people and injured two others while she drove on a suspended license. Local 10 News reports that Maecee Marie Lathers, 24, wasn’t supposed to be driving during Saturday’s crash, according to Miami police. Police said she told officers she was under …
