A traffic stop led to an unusual outcome this past week, in that one traffic stop led to two DUIs. Tuesday night, a police officer pulled over a Toyota sedan that had been travelling with no headlights on near East Empire Avenue and North Highway 89. When the vehicle came to a stop, the passenger [...]

Recent news has been full of speculation about the Arizona bill that could restore first-time misdemeanor DUI offender’s right to face trial by jury. That bill has taken a big step forward, being almost unanimously supported in the House, with a vote of 57-3. That will push the bill into the Senate, where it is [...]

Four University of Arizona football players were arrested after a fight at a fellow student’s off-campus home last week, with one student being accused of punching women during the fight. According to police reports cited by University of Arizona’s student newspaper The Daily Wildcat, the 4 sophomore players arrested on Friday were cornerback Jourdon Grandon, [...]

In a recent DUI news story that reaches across state lines, Colorado Rockies pitcher Alex White could be charged with extreme DUI. White was pulled over on Saturday night, and a breath test administered by Scottsdale Police showed his blood alcohol content to be 0.174, which is more than twice the legal limit of 0.08. [...]

An arrest was made, and charges were filed against a Guadalupe woman who had been drinking underage, among other charges this past weekend. On Sunday, Chandler police officers arrested a 20-year-old Guadalupe woman on suspicion of hitting her boyfriend in the face with a bottle, and leaving the scene of a DUI accident. Officers found [...]

Sentencing will be passed down soon, for one Tucson man, currently facing a possible 36-year prison sentence, after pleading guilty to aggravated DUI and manslaughter. This plea is connected to a fatal hit-and-run accident that took place late last year. The accident took place on September 4, 2011. Deputy Pima County Attorney Nicollete Kneup says [...]

Arrests for driving under the influence happen every day, and affect people of all walks of life. An often surprising example of this fact is when a law enforcement agent is cited with DUI. Early Sunday morning, while he was on duty in a parking lot, a South Tucson police officer struck a parked car, [...]

Arizona DUI law will possibly be going through another change soon, with the adoption of a bill currently being considered. The bill will restore the right to jury trial for all first-time DUI defendants. Since the early part of the year, certain specific drivers that were charged with DUI lost their legal right to a [...]

A Prescott man has a warning message for all Arizona drivers. He says he was almost struck by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 40, and is encouraging drivers pay close attention to their surroundings on the road. Eric Wildung, who is a pilot, said that he saw the car during his commute home from Bullhead [...]

Early Sunday morning, A Graham County Jail detention officer drove under the influence of alcohol, fleeing from Thatcher Police officers when they came upon him having intercourse in his vehicle. The detention officer, Kyle Kalani Beck, was arrested and booked on charges of unlawful flight, DUI, and endangerment in Graham County Jail. A Thatcher officer, [...]