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FBI Agent Indicted in Suburban DC in Drunk Driving Death - ticklethewire.com

By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com

Here’s a story that has no good ending.

An FBI agent as been has been indicted by a D.C. suburban county grand jury in connection with a fatal drunk driving crash that killed an 18-year-old on Feb. 7 in Brandywine, Md.,  the Washington Examiner reported.

Washington Examiner reporter Emily Babay reported that a Prince George’s County grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against agent Adrian Johnson, 37, who was dismissed after the incident.

The paper reported that the charges include motor vehicle manslaughter, homicide by motor vehicle, driving under the influence and reckless driving.

Authorities allege that Johnson was drunk and speeding in his personal vehicle, a 2002 Mitsubishi Montero,  when he drove into oncoming traffic and  crashed into 18-year-old Lawrence Garner Jr.’s Hyundai Sonata, according to the Examiner. A passenger in Garner’s car was critically injured, but survived.

Johnson had been with the agency for six years and was preparing for an assignment of protecting the FBI director or U.S. attorney general, the paper reported.

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Increased patrols set to nab drunk drivers - Times Daily

Published: Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 19, 2011 at 10:07 p.m.

Local law enforcement officers are joining a nationwide campaign geared to cracking down on drinking and driving.

Eddie Russell, coordinator for the North Alabama Highway Safety Office in Tuscumbia, said the campaign will begin Friday and will continue through Labor Day.

“This is traditionally considered the last holiday of the summer, and we know because of that more people will be celebrating,” Sheffield Police Chief Greg Ray said. “Not only will there be people celebrating the end of the summer, but there will be more people on the roads because it is a long holiday weekend. We’re just trying to make sure people who are on the roads drive safely and not impaired.”

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials said that in 2009, 10,839 people died in crashes where the driver or motorcycle rider was at or above the legal blood-alcohol limit. It is illegal to drive in Alabama with a blood alcohol level of .08 and above.

“That’s one fatality every 48 minutes,” said Eddie Russell, program coordinator for the North Alabama Highway Safety Office in Tuscumbia.

Russell said in Alabama in 2010, there were 215 alcohol-related deaths; 21 of those were in the nine-county north Alabama region.

During that same time there were 3,759 injuries due to alcohol-related crashes in the state, with 434 were in north Alabama.

“All too often, innocent, law-abiding people suffer tragic consequences and the loss of loved ones due to a careless disregard for human life,” Russellville Police Chief Chris Hargett said in a release. “Because (law enforcement) is committed to ending the carnage, we’re intensifying enforcement during the crackdown.”

Ray said the national campaign provides area departments with funding to pay overtime for more patrols.

He said there will be extra patrols throughout the region in heavy traffic areas, as well as roadblocks and checkpoints.

Russell said during the 2010 impaired driving campaign, there were 157 DWI cases.

“We’re going to do all we can to keep people who are impaired off the roadways,” Ray said. “We want people to understand if they are going to celebrate and drink, then they don’t need to drive because we’re going to be out there watching and waiting.

“It’s not about tickets or arrests, it’s about saving lives.”

Tom Smith can be reached at 256-740-5757 or tom.smith@TimesDaily.com.

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Drunken driver found guilty in woman's death - Mansfield News Journal

MOUNT GILEAD -- Connie Fisher planned to put a rose on her daughter's grave after the man responsible for her death was convicted.

An eight-man, four-woman jury deliberated for about two hours Thursday before finding George Maschke, 40, of 2007 Pleasant Valley Road near Lucas, guilty of aggravated vehicular homicide and two misdemeanors.

Maschke was driving on County Road 37 near Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Aug. 6, 2010, when his car struck Michelle Golden, a 39-year-old mother of two. Golden had stopped her car to take a photograph of the sunset.

Maschke, who admitted during testimony he had consumed nine beers that day, had a blood-alcohol content of 0.177, more than twice Ohio's legal driving limit.

Morrow County Common Pleas Judge Howard Hall could give Maschke up to eight years in prison at his Sept. 27 sentencing. That sentence could be enhanced because Maschke was on probation for possession of drugs. Under terms of his supervision, he was not allowed to consume alcohol or leave the county.

"I'm ecstatic that he's going to be punished for this," Fisher said. "I'll never see Michelle again. I won't receive any phone calls."

Golden's family sat on a picnic table under a tree while jurors deliberated. Maschke's loved ones and defense attorney Bob Whitney spent most of the time on the first floor of the courthouse.

"I think justice was served," Assistant Prosecutor Jocelyn Stefancin said. "The emotional aspect of a case of this nature is difficult. You have a family who's grieving, but my job is to seek justice."

For at least a short time, Golden's family was happy. Mario Fisher, her brother, was beaming as he left the courthouse.

"I haven't had a smile on my face in a long time," he said.

The family shared hugs with Julie Leggett, of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and Stefancin. Connie Fisher gave credit to the assistant prosecutor.

"I think that Jocelyn was so dynamic," she said. "We are lucky to have her."

As he left the courtroom, Whitney declined comment.

In his closing argument, Whitney suggested Golden may have stepped onto the roadway and into Maschke's path. Maschke testified that he didn't see Golden because of the setting sun.

"The defendant wants you to excuse his actions," Stefancin said in her closing. "There's no excuse for what happened on Aug. 6, 2010."

After the verdict was read, Maschke's mother dabbed tears from her eyes. Maschke stood with his arms crossed as he waited for a deputy to arrive and take him to the county jail. The deputy patted Maschke down and confiscated a pack of cigarettes.

"You're not going to need those anymore," he said.

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DUI Checkpoints: Public Notice is the Law, Township Chief Says - Patch.com

Starting Friday evening and running through Sept. 5 (Labor Day), Lower Merion Township Police will conduct impaired driving, or DUI, checkpoints combined with roving patrols for drunk drivers and those under the influence of other drugs, the township announced recently.

The sobriety checkpoints are funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and must be conducted according to state law.

Responding to reader questions about why such checkpoints are made public if drunk drivers will simply take care to avoid them, we spoke late last month with Lower Merion Police Department Superintendent Mike McGrath about the practice.

“One of the reasons we put it out is it is actually a requirement of the law that we notify the general public that a sobriety checkpoint is taking place,” McGrath explained. “In order to do them legally, we must state that we’re doing them, but it’s very general information.”

The initiative is in partnership with a national crackdown “featuring intensified, highly visible enforcement activities using the new tagline ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,’ ” according to a statement.

There's an App for That (For Now)

On occasions in the past, the actual locations of DUI checkpoints were made public, too. This is not something required by law, and McGrath said the department will not be disclosing locations going forward, at least partially due to a problem that has occurred through social media.

“There are now apps out there you can download, where you can not only avoid speed traps, but you can apparently now find out where sobriety checkpoints are,” McGrath said.

Discovering several such apps, some of them warn users not to drink and drive, likely as a means of legal protection. Some are free, while others have monthly and annual rates. Police across the country are not happy with the apps (see attached YouTube report from Montgomery County, Md.), and political pressure has been brought to bear on Apple, maker of the iPhone, and Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, to stop offering them.

Though publicizing DUI checkpoints might have a counter-effect to some degree, in that habitual offenders will go out of their way to avoid them (or feel confident that they can drink and drive with no fear), another factor outweighs that—deterrence, McGrath said. Seeking out and jailing drunk drivers is a desirable outcome, but that also means they have been on the road in an impaired condition for some time. And that’s dangerous for everyone.

“There is a benefit of advertising that these checkpoints take place, because hopefully there will be a deterrent effect on some drivers,” though by no means all, McGrath said.

Other points of law concerning DUI checkpoints are that McGrath, as superintendent, must sign off on each one individually, he said.

Another is that “you just can’t do them anywhere in your community,” he added. “You must show by statistical analysis and experience that the location you choose has shown that there is past likelihood that you’re going to find drunk drivers on it.”

That means typically that checkpoints will be staged along the major thoroughfares, such as Lancaster, Montgomery or Belmont avenues, or key intersections just off the major roads, McGrath said.

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State undergoes blitz against drunk driving - WLBT-TV

RIDGELAND, MS (WLBT) -

We hear the campaigns all the time but for Dewayne Morgan, he lived it, even though he wasn't expected to.

"I was coming around a curve and I looked coming at me a car on my side of the road," said Morgan.

Because of a drunk driver two years ago, Morgan's life took a sudden and drastic change.

"I came off my motorcycle and flew into the windshield of that car and I landed about a hundred feet into a lady's yard," said Morgan.

Twenty-two broken bones, a two percent chance of living, a month in intensive care and more than a million dollars in medical bills later, Morgan says he's grateful it was only his leg he lost and not his life.

"I had nine operations. Had to have my leg amputated 6 inches above my knee and they wanted to my left arm off right at my elbow," said Morgan.

It's stories like Morgan's which public safety leaders say need to stop. As part of the highway patrol's blitz against drunk driving, roadways across the state will see a surge in law enforcement for the next few weeks as the Labor Day holiday approaches.

"Our message is a simple one, drive sober or get pulled over," said Public Safety Commissioner Albert Santa Cruz.

Last year, 231 people lost their lives in alcohol related crashes. While Santa Cruz says that's the fourth year in a row the state has seen a reduction in deaths, it's still too many.

"Too many lives are lost due to drunk driving, one life is unacceptable," said Santa Cruz.

Meanwhile, more than 33,000 people were arrested in Mississippi for DUI last year, an increase from the year before. MHP Colonel Donnell Berry says that's more than 33,000 chances of more deaths.

"Some drunk drivers don't get stopped until it's too late," said Berry.

Berry hopes the blitz will help put a stop to crash scenes, especially when the victims don't end up as lucky as Dewayne Morgan, who must now live with the consequences of someone else's decision.

"It didn't stop impacting me just when the wreck was over because somebody made that choice to drink and drive. It has impacted me and my family for the rest of my life," said Morgan.

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Repeat drunken-driving offender faces felony - Chillicothe Gazette

CHILLICOTHE --After 10 convictions on misdemeanor counts of drunken driving, a local man is facing a felony charge of driving under the influence.

Ernest R. Kirk, 54, of 2747 Possum Hollow Road, is facing a sentence of six to 18 months in prison if he is convicted of the fourth-degree felony.

Impaired drivers are charged with a fourth-degree felony when it is a fourth or fifth offense within six years or a sixth offense within 20 years.

The charge came after the Chillicothe post of the Ohio Highway Patrol responded to a call of Kirk's truck in a ditch on Tar Hollow Road about 8:40 p.m. June 16. Kirk told the trooper someone had run him off the road and he had drunk only two beers.

The patrol earlier reported that, as the truck was being inventoried, the trooper found a 24-pack of beer that had two cans remaining. While Kirk was being arrested, he allegedly soiled himself while being searched.

Public records, including hits the patrol received upon arresting Kirk, indicate Kirk has been convicted of operating a vehicle impaired nine times in the past 20 years. However, the Ross County Prosecutor's Office said they were able to obtain the needed, certified records on six of the misdemeanor convictions -- local convictions from 1999, 2000, and 2010, two from Circleville in 2003 and 2004, and one from Vinton County in 1996.

Kirk's 2010 conviction in Chillicothe originally was charged as a felony, but the case ended up back in municipal court, where he was convicted of a first-degree misdemeanor.

Prosecutor's office investigator Todd Bost said the office had been unable to get enough certified, time-stamped entries in 2010. In order for a conviction to be used to boost an offense from a misdemeanor to a felony, the office needs the paperwork to meet the criteria for it to be submitted into evidence, Bost said.

A missing judge's signature, court seal or date and timestamp can be among the things that can keep the record from being usable for prosecution, he said. A certified driving record also will not hold up in court, he said.

"You have to go through a lot of hoops to get that enhancement," fellow investigator Rick Hannan said.

If the case goes to trial, Hannan said the prosecution also will need to have someone --such as the arresting officer, probation officer or prosecutor --who can testify the person charged is the same person for whom the prior conviction belongs.

When the 2010 charge was sent back to the Chillicothe Law Director's Office for prosecution, Law Director Toni Eddy said the office was being pushed up against speedy trial concerns.

When Eddy reviewed the case file at the request of the Chillicothe Gazette, she said there also was an issue with the witness and they were faced with dismissing the case or getting a plea with sentencing as if it were a first offense.

"It made it impossible to proceeded and with the issue of speedy trial looming, we didn't want to lose it ... so we took the plea to OVI and he got sentenced as if it was a first offense," Eddy said.

The patrol noted in the citation Kirk's 2010 conviction locally as well as another in 2000. The citation also noted others: 2006 in Hocking County; 2003 and 2004 in Circleville; 1999 in Portage County; 1984, 1996 and 1998 in Vinton County.

Online Chillicothe Municipal Court records also show Kirk had two charges in 1999, one that resulted in a conviction and one that was dismissed without prejudice when the "essential witness" was unavailable.

Online records show several of Kirk's convictions were sentenced as second offenses.

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Greenfield man faces 5th drunken driving charge - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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FMPD: 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' - Wink News

FORT MYERS, Fla.- On Friday, August 19, 2011 the Fort Myers Police Department will join nearly 10,000 other law enforcement agencies nationwide in support of an intensive crackdown on impaired driving known as “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.” The enforcement includes the use of sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols, especially during high-risk nighttime hours. “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” runs August 19th through the Labor Day weekend, September 5th and is an effort to improve traffic safety through the following:

    Remove impaired drivers from the roadway.
Reduce the likelihood impaired drivers will operate their vehicles on our roadways.

    Heighten awareness.
Educate the public on the dangers of drunk driving.

This and other increased patrol operations are scheduled as part of the Fort Myers Police Department’s strategic plan and on-going efforts to make the streets safer by educating the public on traffic safety issues. Take steps to make sure that you and everyone you celebrate with avoids driving under the influence:

·         Plan ahead. Always designate a non-drinking driver before any holiday party or celebration begins.

·         Take the keys. Do not let a friend drive if they are impaired.

·         Be a helpful host. If you’re hosting a party, remind your guests to plan ahead and designate their sober driver, always offer alcohol-free beverages, and make sure all of your guests leave with a sober driver.

·         If you see an impaired driver on the road call police.

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