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Republican Arizona State Representative Trish Groe Indicted for Felony DUI
Groe learned of the indictment in a court hearing and now faces one Class 4 felony count of aggravated DUI and one misdemeanor count of false report to a police officer. The aggravated charge is being sought by prosecutors because Groe’s license was suspended at the time of arrest from an unpaid traffic citation.
Groe was arrested for drunk driving on March 22, 2007 after being stopped for driving 70 in a 55. According to officers, results from blood tests indicate her blood-alcohol level was nearing extreme at .148 and .158 percent.
This is not Groe’s first run in with a DUI / DWI arrest – she was arrested and convicted of drunk driving in 1999. Ironically, Groe is a lawmaker that has taken a tough stand against those charged with drunk driving and has supported legislation that is tough on DUI cases.
Groe’s arraignment is scheduled for October 1, 2007, with further court dates to follow. It is unlikely the case would be reached for trial until sometime next year. If she is convicted of the felony DUI, Groe would be forced to vacate her political position.
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Dane Johnson is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas board of Legal Specialization. He is Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer and a Houston, Texas DWI Lawyer. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give him a call at 713-222-0400.
According to police reports, David Boston was arrested for driving while intoxicated after being found slumped over the steering wheel of an SUV on August 23, 2007. Boston gave a breath test when arrested that showed he had no alcohol in his system. Police then obtained a urine sample and have since analyzed the sample. The results of the urine sample show a positive reading for GHB.
GHB is most commonly referred to as the “date rape drug” because it is a central nervous system depressant that often has the effect of making people extremely drowsy and semi-conscious. Those that take it often have severe memory loss.
At this time, it is not known whether Boston took the drug voluntarily or if it was “slipped” to him.
Police, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the NFL are still investigating and reviewing this Driving Under the Influence case.
Dane Johnson
Dane Johnson is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas board of Legal Specialization. He is Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer and a Houston, Texas DWI Lawyer. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give him a call at 713-222-0400.
Gatewood joins fellow Longhorn Sergio Kindle and Henry Melton as arrestees on the team. Kindle and Melton were both charged with Driving While Intoxicated and are currently serving a 3 game suspension for the alcohol related arrests.
Gatewood was released from the drug charge on a personal recognizance bond, but was detained for a reckless driving charge in Dallas from March 2007. Investigators say that Gatewood and fellow teammate, Ben Wells, were pulled over for failing to signal a turn. When the deputy approached the car, he smelled a strong odor of marijuana. Upon searching the vehicle, marijuana was found along with a bottle of cough syrup containing codeine.
Drunk Driving, Drugs, Driving While Intoxicated, DUI – What’s next for the Longhorn football team? Is the Miami of the 1980’s and early 1990’s?
Dane Johnson
Dane Johnson is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas board of Legal Specialization. He is Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer and a Houston, Texas DWI Lawyer. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give him a call at 713-222-0400.
According to investigators, Storms was stooped by officers after the officers observed a lit cigarette thrown from her vehicle. After the stop, officers noticed an odor of alcohol in the vehicle and asked Storms to exit the car. The arresting officer then performed Field Sobriety Tests on Storms and she was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated.
Storms is the voice for the character Bonnie Rockwaller in the television series “Kim Possible” and plays Maxie Jones on “General Hospital.”
Dane Johnson
Dane Johnson is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas board of Legal Specialization. He is Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer and a Houston, Texas DWI Lawyer. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give him a call at 713-222-0400.
At issue, the credibility of Trooper Scott Harrison. In August of 2007, Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens entered an order that stated that Trooper Harrison is “unworthy of belief” because of testimony given during a Drunk Driving case in his court from late 2005. Judge Stephens dismissed the driving while intoxicated case for an invalid stop.
Trooper Harrison, however, strongly disagreed with the prosecutor throwing out his cases and stood behind his decision to charge those defendants.
This is not the first run-in Trooper Harrison has had with the court system. Criminal contempt charges were levied against Trooper Harrison for lying to the court and for disruption of the court. Trooper Harrison pled guilty to the disruption charge while the lying charge was dismissed.
Dane Johnson
Dane Johnson is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas board of Legal Specialization. He is Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer and a Houston, Texas DWI Lawyer. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give him a call at 713-222-0400.
Texas is among the states that had the greatest increase in drunk driving deaths from 2005 to 2006 and actually had the largest number of deaths of 1,354. The Department did not release the number of Houston, Texas DWI arrests for this time period.
Federal transportation officials also announced an advertising campaign targeted at drunk drivers. The department plans to spend over $11, million over the Labor Day weekend to discourage drunk drivers from hitting the roads this holiday season.
Dane Johnson is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas board of Legal Specialization. He is Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer and a Houston, Texas DWI Lawyer. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give him a call at 713-222-0400.
Steve McNair has indicated that he wants this DUI case resolved quickly.
The NFL has yet to deal with this arrest publicly. With the new tighter enforcement for arrests in the NFL, McNair may some type of league penalty. This would be the first league penalty for a Driving While Intoxicated offense since the new commissioner took over.
Before this arrest for DUI, McNair got his start in the NFL in Houston, Texas.
The woman did not know that it was Lohan’s vehicle that she was reporting when she called 911. When police arrived on the scene, the motorist that called in the report and Lohan were arguing in a parking lot.
Police conducted field sobriety tests on Lohan and then arrested her for driving while intoxicated, driving with a suspended driver’s license and 2 cocaine possession charges. According to a source close to the investigation, Lohan’s blood alcohol level was somewhere between a .12 and .13 when police arrested her. Lohan was released o $25,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court on August 24, 2007.
DANE JOHNSON
Dane Johnson is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas board of Legal Specialization. He is Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer and a Houston, Texas DWI Lawyer. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give him a call at 713-222-0400.
The officer, Charles Bebee, was arrested around midnight on May 3, 2007 in Aurora, Indiana.
According to police records, an officer noticed an SUV traveling at a high rate of speed. Another motorist then made contact with an officer who eventually pulled the vehicle over for speeding.
According to the arresting officer’s report, Bebee failed field sobriety tests and was arrested for DWI. After the arrest, Bebee had a blood alcohol concentration higher than the legal limit.
Bebee had previously been awarded as a “Top Cop” by Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
According to Austin, Texas police, Melton was pulled over and charged with DWI on June 1, 2007 after his vehicle was seen traveling unsafely. The incident took place near famous Sixth Street in downtown Austin. Melton was arrested and taken to the Travis County jail. Jail records indicate that Melton was released around 8:00 a.m.
The University is currently performing its own investigation into the DWI charge.
Superior Court Judge R. Ringell indicated that the prosecutor did not present enough evidence to convince him Beyond a Reasonable Doubt that former Mayor Barry was in fact intoxicated while operating his vehicle.
Barry agreed to take a breath test after his arrest that showed he was under the legal limit at that time. The defense successfully argued that Barry’s age coupled with his medications for high blood pressure and diabetes were the reason for the arrest.