Pinal Co. deputy recognized as 'DUI Enforcement Officer of the Year'
FLORENCE, Ariz. - Chris Calhoun, the Pinal County Sheriff's Deputy, was awarded "DUI Enforcement Officer of the Year" award on 11, October 2012.
Calhoun is a member of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit. The award was presented by Southern Arizona MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) at...
How Can An Attorney Help You With Whiplash Case?
If you hear that someone has suffered a "whiplash" injury, what is your first reaction? Do you think that the person is simply conjuring some imaginary injury in order to collect money? If so, you are not alone. Many people think that "whiplash" is an invention of lawyers and victims to collect...
Arizona Auto Glass Shop Owner Re-Arrested in DUI Case
Auto glass shop owner Rex Altree was re-arrested in Gilbert Arizona on DUI charges. The incident took place on 1st September 2010. New evidence shows that the video footage used in the original investigation was fabricated.
Altree, the founder and owner of New Image Auto Glass LLC, has a pending...
Problems with Marijuana Based DUI in Arizona
According to Arizona law, if a driver's blood alcohol level, whether determined by blood, urine or breath test is 0.08 or above, the driver is presumed to have committed a criminal offence and will be charged with misdemeanor DUI, felony DUI, extreme DUI or impaired driving, depending on the...
Valley woman in bestiality case arrested yet again for DUI says the recent arrest was a clerical error
PHOENIX - Sarah Walker, a Valley woman has yet again made headlines after her arrest Friday for allegedly driving drunk.
According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Ms. Walker, who made the headlines earlier this year, along with her husband to commit bestiality, has claimed that the recent...
MCSO gets funding to investigate serious crimes
PHOENIX - The Governor's Office of Highway Safety has awarded a $30,000 grant to the Maricopa County Sheriff's vehicular crimes unit to investigate serious crashes which are fatal, life threatening or those involving serious traffic collisions.
The money from the grant will be specifically used to...
Flagstaff man gets 21 years in fatal DUI crash
FLAGSTAFF, AZ - Roberto Salamanca, 20, from Flagstaff, Arizona, was sentenced 21 years in prison after he was driving drunk when his SUV crossed into ongoing traffic and hit another vehicle, killing the driver.
The jury convicted him of manslaughter and the prosecutors asked for a maximum sentence...
ex-Cub Mark Grace DUI: Felony charge possible
PHOENIX - Former Cub Mark Grace might be facing aggravated DUI charges resulting from his DUI arrest in August earlier this year.
Chicago Cubs first baseman was arrested for driving under the influence on August 23 in less than 15 months after his arrest in May 2011. Grace, who is 48 years old, was...
Figures for DUI arrests went down for this year; Task force makes fewer arrests over Labor Day weekend
PHOENIX, AZ - According to statistics gathered for the Labor Day weekend this year, the task force and officers throughout the state have made fewer stops and fewer arrests than last year. The last checkpoints shut down early Tuesday morning.
It seems that the number of DUI citations and arrests...
Mesa County's Toddler's Murder in a Drug Warfare Case Still Remains Unresolved after a Year
Mesa County, Arizona - Around a year ago, eleven months to be precise, a Mesa infant became the ultimate innocent victim of drug warfare.
The Oct. 10 slaying of Jeremy Pineda remains unsolved, with detectives still attempting to penetrate the drug underworld to identify the toddler's killer....
