California Visitors’ Late-Night Hotel Stop Ends With DUI Arrest In Stafford County: Sheriff California Visitors’ Late-Night Hotel Stop Ends With DUI Arrest In Stafford County: Sheriff California Visitors’ Late-Night Hotel Stop Ends With DUI Arrest In Stafford County: Sheriff
California Visitors’ Late-Night Hotel Stop Ends With DUI Arrest In Stafford County: Sheriff A cross-country trip took an unexpected detour after a California couple was arrested in a Virginia hotel parking lot when deputies spotted signs of impairment that were hard to ignore. A Stafford County deputy was patrolling the Staybridge Suites parking lot along Richmond Highway around 1:48 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, when he noticed a man urinating next to a vehicle, according to the sheriff's office. When the deputy made contact, the man showed slurred speech, bloodshot and glassy eyes, and smelled of alcohol, officials reported. As the encounter unfolded, a woman sitting in the driver’s sea…
PA State Police Seek Maryland Man Accused Of Striking On-Duty Trooper In Chesco: Warrant PA State Police Seek Maryland Man Accused Of Striking On-Duty Trooper In Chesco: Warrant PA State Police Seek Maryland Man Accused Of Striking On-Duty Trooper In Chesco: Warrant
PA State Police Seek Maryland Man Accused Of Striking On-Duty Trooper In Chesco: Warrant A Maryland man is wanted after investigators say he struck a Pennsylvania State Police trooper who was directing traffic at the scene of a crash, authorities said. Eugenio Perez-Bard, 37, is facing a full extradition warrant issued by the district attorney’s office, Pennsylvania State Police announced. Troopers say Perez-Bard hit an on-duty trooper around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at the intersection of 5th Street and Little Elk Creek Road in East Nottingham Township while the trooper was handling traffic control at the scene of a crash involving a horse and buggy and another vehicle. Bo…
Speeding Driver Sparks Wild I-95 Chase In Stafford Before Crashing, Drug Arrest: Sheriff Speeding Driver Sparks Wild I-95 Chase In Stafford Before Crashing, Drug Arrest: Sheriff Speeding Driver Sparks Wild I-95 Chase In Stafford Before Crashing, Drug Arrest: Sheriff
Speeding Driver Sparks Wild I-95 Chase In Stafford Before Crashing, Drug Arrest: Sheriff A speeding driver took deputies on a high-speed chase along I-95 in Virginia before crashing and being busted with drugs, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. At around 1:15 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, a deputy on patrol in the area of Warrenton Road and McLane Drive spotted a vehicle traveling 68 mph in a 45 mph zone, prompting an attempted traffic stop. Devin Chewning had other ideas. Instead of stopping, investigators say that Chewning took off onto the southbound lanes of the interstate before crashing near the mile marker 130 exit. Chewning was ordered out of the vehicle,…
Wrong-Way DUI Driver Kills Two On I-95 In Laurel; Passengers Airlifted To Hospital: MSP Wrong-Way DUI Driver Kills Two On I-95 In Laurel; Passengers Airlifted To Hospital: MSP Wrong-Way DUI Driver Kills Two On I-95 In Laurel; Passengers Airlifted To Hospital: MSP
Wrong-Way DUI Driver Kills Two On I-95 In Laurel; Passengers Airlifted To Hospital: MSP An impaired driver who caused a fatal wrong-way crash on I-95 that sent two others to the hospital is being held behind bars in Maryland, state police announced. Baltimore City resident Michael Coupet, 34, was arrested and charged following a double-fatal crash that was reported in Howard County early on Sunday morning. At around 2:45 a.m. on Jan. 4, troopers from the Maryland State Police Barrack in Waterloo were called to a southbound stretch of the interstate near Maryland 216 to investigate a reported wrong-way crash. According to police, North Carolina natives Venkata Asha Khanna…
Stafford Mom Accused Of Third DUI After Dropping Kids At School, Sheriff Says Stafford Mom Accused Of Third DUI After Dropping Kids At School, Sheriff Says Stafford Mom Accused Of Third DUI After Dropping Kids At School, Sheriff Says
Stafford Mom Accused Of Third DUI After Dropping Kids At School, Sheriff Says A Virginia mother was arrested for driving under the influence after deputies found her slumped over in a running vehicle — just hours after she had dropped her children off at school, authorities said. Deputies were called shortly before 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, to a stretch of Reservoir Road, where there were reports of a woman slumped over inside a parked vehicle that was still running, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. When deputies made contact with the driver, later identified as Stafford resident Kierstin Johnson, 32, her speech was so slurred it was difficult to …
Person Airlifted After DWI Driver Causes Crash: Pemberton PD Person Airlifted After DWI Driver Causes Crash: Pemberton PD Person Airlifted After DWI Driver Causes Crash: Pemberton PD
Person Airlifted After DWI Driver Causes Crash: Pemberton PD A person had to be airlifted to nearby hospital following a three-car crash in Pemberton on Monday, Dec. 1, authorities said. At 5:31 a.m., officers responded to Route 70 westbound after a Genesis struck the back of a Hyundai, causing the Hyundai to strike a Nissan Frontier, Pemberton police said. A passenger in the  Genesis sustained moderate injuries to the head area and was airlifted to a hospital, police said. The driver of the Hyundai sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported by ambulance to a hospital, police said. The driver of the Genesis, Joseph No…
Unlicensed Teen Charged In Red-Light Crash That Killed 88-Year-Old Woman In Gaithersburg: PD Unlicensed Teen Charged In Red-Light Crash That Killed 88-Year-Old Woman In Gaithersburg: PD Unlicensed Teen Charged In Red-Light Crash That Killed 88-Year-Old Woman In Gaithersburg: PD
Unlicensed Teen Charged In Red-Light Crash That Killed 88-Year-Old Woman In Gaithersburg: PD A Maryland teen accused of slamming into the back of a car at a Gaithersburg red light — killing an 88-year-old woman inside — has now been charged months after the crash, police said. Liam Donnelly Coskun, 18, of Germantown, turned himself in on Friday, Nov. 21, after investigators obtained an arrest warrant in the death of Myrtle Gottlieb of Rockville, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police – Collision Reconstruction Unit. The crash happened on Saturday, May 31, around 8:35 a.m., at the intersection of westbound Sam Eig Highway and Fields Road in Gaithersburg, police said…
Driver Who Killed Grandmother After Skipping Seizure Meds In Selkirk Sentenced To Prison Driver Who Killed Grandmother After Skipping Seizure Meds In Selkirk Sentenced To Prison Driver Who Killed Grandmother After Skipping Seizure Meds In Selkirk Sentenced To Prison
Driver Who Killed Grandmother After Skipping Seizure Meds In Selkirk Sentenced To Prison A New York woman who caused a fatal head-on crash while off her anti-seizure medication will spend years in prison. Jacklyn Parker, 25, of Troy, was given 1 ⅓ to four years behind bars in Albany County Court on Monday, Nov. 24. A planned lighter sentence was scrapped after Parker was later arrested on suspicion of DWI while awaiting sentencing. Monday’s sentence followed Parker’s guilty plea to criminally negligent homicide for the August 19, 2024, crash on River Road in Selkirk that killed 60-year-old Colleen Selkirk. Investigators said Parker crossed the center line and struck an oncomin…
Florida Man Sparks Chaos In Leesburg After Waving Gun Outside Business, Cops Say Florida Man Sparks Chaos In Leesburg After Waving Gun Outside Business, Cops Say Florida Man Sparks Chaos In Leesburg After Waving Gun Outside Business, Cops Say
Florida Man Sparks Chaos In Leesburg After Waving Gun Outside Business, Cops Say A Florida man learned the hard way that drunkenly waving a handgun in front of a business after being escorted out is not tolerated in Virginia. Orlando native Jon Holland, 42, was arrested in Loudoun County following a strange scene that played out at a Leesburg business and landed him behind bars, according to the police. Shortly before 1 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15, officers from the Leesburg Police Department were called to the 500 block of E. Market Street, where there were reports of an intoxicated man who brandished a firearm after being escorted out. Upon arrival, it was determined t…
VIDEO: Morristown Councilwoman's DUI Arrest Captured On Bodycam Footage VIDEO: Morristown Councilwoman's DUI Arrest Captured On Bodycam Footage VIDEO: Morristown Councilwoman's DUI Arrest Captured On Bodycam Footage
Video: Morristown Councilwoman's DUI Arrest Captured On Bodycam Footage Newly-released bodycam footage shows the arrest of a Morristown councilwoman for DUI in Denville last month. Toshiba Foster, 50, of Parsippany, was charged with DWI, reckless driving, careless driving, and operation of an unregistered vehicle on Sept. 6, records show. Footage of the stop was released by Transparency Bodycam on YouTube. The outlet said her BAC was .20%, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08%.  In the footage, Foster tells officers she didn't have anything to drink, but the officers told her that they smelled alcohol. She then tells officers she was coming from hangin…
‘Wine, Vodka, And Adderall’: Dunkirk Woman Busted After Car Jumps Curb, Sheriff Says ‘Wine, Vodka, And Adderall’: Dunkirk Woman Busted After Car Jumps Curb, Sheriff Says ‘Wine, Vodka, And Adderall’: Dunkirk Woman Busted After Car Jumps Curb, Sheriff Says
‘Wine, Vodka, And Adderall’: Dunkirk Woman Busted After Car Jumps Curb, Sheriff Says A 35-year-old Maryland woman is facing a laundry list of charges after deputies say she swerved off the road, smelled like alcohol, and had an open bottle of vodka and a stash of pills in her car. According to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy on patrol conducted a traffic stop on Skinners Turn Road in Owings after watching a vehicle strike a curb and cross the white fog line several times. When deputies approached the driver, Dunkirk resident Tammy Carolyn Gaich, they “detected a strong odor of alcohol emitting from her person,” the sheriff’s office said. She submitted to Stan…
Brentwood Man Gets 10 Years For Crash That Nearly Killed Suffolk Cop Brentwood Man Gets 10 Years For Crash That Nearly Killed Suffolk Cop Brentwood Man Gets 10 Years For Crash That Nearly Killed Suffolk Cop
Brentwood Man Gets 10 Years For Crash That Nearly Killed Suffolk Cop A Long Island man who drove high and drunk and crashed into a Suffolk police officer’s patrol car, nearly killing him, will spend a decade behind bars. Cody Fisher, 29, of Brentwood, was sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 21, in Suffolk County Court after pleading guilty to assaulting a police officer and several related charge The crash happened just before 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5. Suffolk County Police Officer Brendon Gallagher was conducting a traffic stop on the Long Island Expressway between exits 58 and 57 when Fisher sped past in a 2021 Ford Mustang. When Gallagher tried to pull him over, Fish…