Recent Blog Posts in April 2010

Candice Lightner, divorced mother of three, has accepted the fact that she will be grieving for the rest of her life.

Her daughter, Carrie, was thirteen years old when she was killed by a repeat offender drunk driver. Candice's anger drove her to want to strike back because she was MAD, and from that sadness and anger came the now nationally-known organization MADD. She gave up her job as a real estate agent and went to work full-time with her new group. In the year 1980, when her daughter Carrie was killed, records show that 27,000 people died that year in alcohol-related crashes. 

One of Lightener's main goals was to get the agreement of judges, law enforcement and communities to be intolerant of drunk drivers and bring this viewpoint to both local and national levels. She turned a tragedy into a national movement. She is now back into real estate but her mark has been made on society and it seems everyone has heard about MADD.

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Tito Ortiz, the Ultimate Fighting Champion, was arrested Monday on charges of beating up adult film star and live-in girlfriend Jenna Jameson in their Southern California home. Ortiz was hauled off to jail after police responded to a  911 call about a domestic disturbance.

He was charged with felony domestic violence. It was Jameson herself who called the police, and she had visible injuries when the police interviewed her about what happened.

Ortiz was booked at the Huntington Beach jail and Jameson says she plans to press charges.

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An eighteen year-old-girl who was high on drugs ran off the road this past Tuesday in Long Island, killing a woman who was mowing her lawn. Kayla Gerdes, the driver, apparently jumped the curb and ran over 69-year-old Rebecca Twine-Wright. The entire front of the commercial van Gerdes was driving smashed into Twine-Wrights Colonial style home. Twine-Wright , a retired doctor, was dragged beneath the vehicle and died at the scene of the DUI accident. Gerdes, was charged with second-degree manslaughter, driving while impaired by drugs, and unlicensed operation of a vehicle, police said.

The owner of the vehicle, who was in the passenger seat, was not charged in the incident.

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Last week we blogged about a DUI checkpoint scheduled in Costa Mesa on Newport Boulevard at Flower Street. Yesterday, the Orange County Register reported that five people were arrested at the checkpoint on suspicion of drunk driving.

In addition to the 5 arrests, the OC Register reported that eight citations were issued and two vehicles were impounded for 30 days.

In total, 2,237 cars went through the checkpoint, and police screened 479 drivers.

Orange County DUI Crackdown

Thanks in large part to a grant provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, police departments throughout Orange County are cracking down hard on DUI offenders. This includes setting up more DUI checkpoints and conducting more roving patrols to find drunk driving offenders.

In the event that you or a loved one has been arrested on DUI charges in Orange County, whether at a sobriety checkpoint or while driving down the street or highway, you can depend on the Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry to provide you with the aggressive DUI defense representation you need. The majority of our practice is dedicated exclusively to defending people in Orange County against DUI charges, and we have experience handling everything from first-time DUI charges to DUI with injury to vehicular manslaughter charges stemming from a DUI accident that resulted in death.

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A former reality TV star is facing DUI and other charges for driving under the influence with his son in the vehicle.

David Rainey, also known as "Puck" from season three of MTV's long-running "The Real World," was arrested March 20 following a DUI accident in Descanso, a city in San Diego County. Rainey was driving drunk when he lost control of his vehicle and veered off the road and rolled down an embankment.

Both Rainey and his son were flown to UCSD Medical Center, where Rainey was treated for serious injuries. Despite the severity of his injuries, a supervising nurse said Rainey is in good condition. His son Bogart was fortunate enough to only suffer minor injuries, and was released to his mother that same night.

Rainey has since been charged with DUI, child endangerment, and driving without a license.

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The Cypress Police Department made five DUI arrests at a sobriety checkpoint held over the weekend.

The Saturday night/Sunday morning checkpoint was set up at Lincoln Avenue and Summer Street due to the number of DUI accidents that have occurred along Lincoln Avenue. Throughout the course of the evening, police stopped 1,408 drivers. Officers arrested five people suspected of driving under the influence, cited 17 people for driving without a license, and impounded 10 cars.

If you are planning on drinking, be sure that you have a ride home before you go out. Police departments throughout Orange County are cracking down on drunk drivers, and will not hesitate to place you under arrest and bring you into custody if you're caught drinking and driving. If you are charged with DUI, you have a long road ahead of you that involves a hearing with the California DMV and hearings in criminal court.  

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