Archive for drunk-driving

Cops: Father arrested for murdering drunk driver who killed his kids

Monday, February 11th, 2013

David Barajas, 31, of Alvin, Texas, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Jose Banda, 20, after Banda’s vehicle struck Barajas’ children, ages 11 and 12, killing them. Banda struck David Barajas II, 12, and his younger brother, Caleb Barajas, 11, at around 11:30 pm on Dec. 7 as the boys attempted to ... read more »

Drunk pregnant mom goes to get a piercing, leaves baby in car

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

Police arrested a woman they found sleeping behind the wheel of her idling car on 5131 North Freeway in North Houston at about 2:40 a.m. According to the Houston Police Department, before falling asleep in her car, the woman had gone into a tattoo parlor in the north Houston. Kese Smith, a spokesperson for the ... read more »

Man stopped for drunk driving has pet zebra and macaw in passenger’s seat

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

When police stopped a Cascade, Iowa man and arrested him for an OWI, they quickly learned why the man didn’t have one of his passengers take the wheel and offer to be his designated driver. Sitting in the passenger seat of the man’s pick up truck were the man’s pet zebra and macaw. Police had ... read more »

Drunk grandparents tow granddaughter behind SUV in toy car

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Two Florida grandparents might not be having much alone time with their grandchild after landing themselves behind bars following a joyride they took their granddaughter on. Paul J. Berloni, 49, and Belinda Jean Berloni, 47, were babysitting their 7-year-old granddaughter when they decided to latch two dog leashes and tie one end onto the trailer hitch of the ... read more »

This family loves their booze

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

When relatives of an Indiana mother came to pick up her 1-year-old child after she had been charged with DUI and child endangerment, they set off the irony alarms. Kelli M. Thompson, 24, of Crown Point was charged with endangering the life of a child while driving intoxicated after she was pulled over about 12:45 ... read more »

Man charged with DUI had baby in car

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

A man was arrested for driving while intoxicated, and to add insult to injury, he had his infant child in the back seat at the time. The driver, Noe L. Sarmiento of Montauk, was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, police said, after he refused a breathalyzer test. Police said Sarmiento was charged with a ... read more »

Girl blames kiss for DUI

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Guess Gianna is the type of girl to kiss and tell. After she was pulled over and later slapped with a DUI, she blamed a previous kiss with a drunken boy with transferring the illegal blood alcohol level to her. So, not only is she dumb, but apparently she thinks the rest of us are ... read more »

Float accident: Man runs over teen brother

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

What kind of hillbilly drinks and drives a FLOAT? MARKSVILLE, La. — A driver towing a float in a Carnival parade ran over his 16-year-old brother, killing him, state police said. Clay Michael Sayer was standing between Kain N. Sayer’s pickup truck and the float behind it, talking to riders on the float during a ... read more »

Teens turn in drunk driving father

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

These teens may have saved their own lives and the life of their loser “father” by being proactive and calling the cops on his ass: Authorities said Robert Montoya, 52, was drunk behind the wheel with three teenage girls trapped inside, two of them his daughters. One of the daughters made the frantic call to ... read more »

8 year old boy calls 911 because of mother’s drunk driving

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

I don’t think my 9 year old even knows how to work my cell phone, but when you have a drunk as a mother, chances are children have to grow up really fast: VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — An 8-year-old boy riding in a car with his mom called 911 several times to report that she ... read more »