Results tagged “blood alcohol concentration” from DUI Lawyers & Attorneys News

Eric Carmen, the 1980's singer best known for his one hit wonder, "Hungry Eyes", was sentenced yesterday for driving under the influence (DUI).  Carmen was ordered to spend 180 days in jail for his criminal offense, which occurred last fall in the state of Ohio.

Carmen was sentenced in Bedford Municipal Court by Judge Peter Junkin.  Judge Junkin ordered the 59 year old singer to begin serving his sentence on April 25th.  However, he also suspended the majority of Carmen's imprisonment, which means the singer will only have to serve 30 days in jail.

Aside from having to serve time in prison, Carmen was placed on probation for one year and he was told that he would be subjected to random drug and alcohol testing.  He must also pay $1,500 in fines and court fees as well as enroll in and complete an alcohol-education program. 

Police reports reveal that at the time of his arrest, Carmen's blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was more than twice the state's legal limit.  While driving drunk, Carmen crashed his Range Rover into a fire hydrant.  He later pled guilty to charges of dangerous driving and DUI.

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This past Tuesday in Spring Hill, Florida, a woman was placed under arrest by local law enforcement for driving under the influence (DUI) after she ran her minivan into the back of a school bus.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 45 year old Patricia Kluge was stopped by police after crashing her vehicle into the bus.  Police asked her to take a breath alcohol test, which revealed that her blood alcohol concentration was .242% at the time of the accident.  Kluge hit a Hernando County school bus during the afternoon hours and it is reported that the bus did not have any students on board.  However, the bus driver and an adult passenger incurred minor injuries from the crash. 

Kluge was uninjured but she did resist arrest and struggled with police.  She allegedly head-butted two officers before they were able to handcuff her. 

Kluge was charged with DUI and resisting arrest with violence.  Her bail has been set at $22,000. 

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Today, Dr. Jan Adams, who is famously known for operating on Kanye West's mother and being involved in her death, was sentenced to jail time after he pled "no contest" a misdemeanor DUI offense he was charged with last June.

According to California police, Adams was driving the wrong way in Interstate 680 in his Jaguar when they spotted him.  They pulled him over for suspected drunk driving and asked him to perform a breath alcohol test.  His breath test revealed that he had been driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .20%.  In California, the legal BAC limit is .08%.

According to TMZ.com, the famous doctor had performed surgery on West's mother, Donda West, the day before she tragically passed.  He was sentenced with one year of jail time for his involvement in her death after an autopsy revealed that she had died from heart disease and complications she incurred during her plastic surgeries, performed by Dr. Adams. 

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In Newcastle, Delaware, a 36 year old woman was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) after a paramedic spotted the woman erratically swerving her car while driving. 

The woman, Angela Brown, was charged with DUI and other DUI related offenses after law enforcement performed a blood alcohol test.  According to a county police spokesman, Brown's blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was 3 times the legal limit. 

The DUI incident occurred around 11:00 P.M. this past Saturday.  At that time, county paramedic, Lt. Mark Allston, began to follow Brown's car after he noticed her strange driving behaviors.  He claims that Brown was speeding and swerving across several highway lanes.  At one point, she was even driving in the wrong direction on a one-way road.  Soon after, the paramedic turned on the emergency lights on his marked vehicle to let other drivers know he had informed police of Brown's direction of travel.  Police officers were then able to stop Brown on Moores Lane. 

After Brown was apprehended by police, she was taken to a local hospital where she received treatment due to her excessively high blood alcohol level. 

EMT Chief Lawrence Tan released a statement that said Allston's actions prevented the DUI offender from endangering her life as well as the lives of pedestrians. 

"This is another example of how emergency medical services personnel can work with law enforcement to prevent incidents that could result in serious injuries," Tan said.

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Yesterday, a Fresno County, California judge sentenced Cincinnati Bengals team member, Jason Shirley, to 30 days in a work program.  The sentence was delivered after a jury found the NFL defensive lineman guilty of driving under the influence and hit (DUI) and hit and run.   Both the "guilty" verdict and DUI sentence were given yesterday in court.

At the time of his arrest, police report that Shirley had a blood alcohol concentration of .12%.  In California, the legal blood alcohol concentration is .08%. 

Shirley was prosecuted for criminal offenses he committed on October 8, 2007.  On that date, Shirley is reported to have been drunk driving and that is also when he crashed into a Fresno County apartment and left the scene of the crime.

Shirley's DUI defense attorney, Charles Magill, believes that the judge was tougher on his client because they took the case to trial instead of reaching an agreement with prosecutors.
The NFL player's first court case for his DUI offense ended in a mistrial after jurors presiding over the case could not reach a verdict.

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