Results tagged “driving without a license” from DUI Lawyers & Attorneys News

The owner of a day care center in Wichita, Kansas is facing criminal charges after she was caught driving seven children while under the influence of alcohol.

Margaret E Walker, 49, has been charged with DUI, DUI with children under 14, driving without a license, driving on a suspended license, and for not having a child under the age of four in a child restraint.

Since the arrest, Walker's day care license has been suspended and the center has been closed.

Walker has a previous DUI conviction on her record under her maiden name, Margaret Self.  She was arrested in April and eventually pleaded guilty to the DUI charges. The judge sentenced her to probation.

Police were alerted to the most recent incident when Walker came to the center and the staff noticed she smelled strongly of alcohol. But before the police arrived Walker took seven children in a company vehicle on a field trip.  She was arrested as soon as she pulled back into the center's parking lot.

If convicted Walker could be sentenced to an extended probation, fines, license suspension, mandatory DUI school, and incarceration.

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A 15-year-old Florida girl has been arrested after causing a fatal DUI accident that left a 16-year-old boy dead.

If convicted, Karina Campbell could face up to 15 years in jail.  Not only was she under the legal age to be driving, which is 16, but she also had a blood alcohol concentration of .165, twice the legal limit for adult licensed drivers.  Drivers under the age of 21 are not permitted to drive with any detectable amount of alcohol in their system. 

Campbell also did not have a valid driver's license, and did not appear to be genuinely remorseful about the accident. In addition, according to reports from the Florida Highway Patrol, Campbell was driving around 70 mph in a 30-mph zone.

This case should call attention to whether or not Florida lawmakers should enforce stricter DUI laws and penalties for those who cause serious or fatal DUI accidents.  The issue comes to light after NFL wide receiver Dante Stallworth was sentenced to just 30 days in jail after he pled guilty to killing a pedestrian while driving drunk.

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