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In one of the stranger DUI stories you'll probably hear this year, a Pennsylvania school bus driver was apparently so drunk that she confused her morning school bus route with her afternoon route. After driver Jennifer Watson loaded up her students at the school in the afternoon, she proceeded to...

A New York man was arrested for two separate DUIs at the same McDonald's last Sunday, reports the Huffington Post. Early Sunday morning, Zachary Boynton allegedly got into an accident at the drive-thru at a McDonald's in Oneonta, New York. Boynton reportedly drove his car into the back of a vehi...

St. Patrick's Day is one of those holidays individuals associate with drinking. Pour yourself a pint of Guinness and watch the parade or get ready for March Madness. Unfortunately, the Washington State Patrol is also aware of this and they were out in full force from Friday to Monday, reports KOM...

Recreational marijuana use is now legal in Washington. There has been plenty of media coverage about that. However, what you may not be aware of is that there are also new laws addressing driving high. Given the fact that recreational marijuana is now legal, there will be more drivers on the roa...

The penalties for a drunk driving charge in Washington are very severe. However, if you are charged with a DUI while transporting a minor, the penalties are greatly enhanced. Washington Law on DUI While Transporting a Minor If you are arrested for drunk driving while transporting a passenger ag...

A car-full of Japanese tourists started a DUI chase in Southern Utah that ended with police officers stopping the vehicle and pulling the driver out by gunpoint, reports The Washington Post. The driver was not drunk. The chase started at 1:00 AM on Saturday -- a peak time for drunk driving -- ne...

You usually expect a sheriff's deputy to be handing out intoxicated driving arrests, not being the recipient of a DUI charge. However, pending an investigation into a suspected impaired driving accident in Mill Creek, an unidentified 19-year veteran of the sheriff's department could face serious ...

Colorado and Washington made national news in 2012 when they legalized recreational marijuana use. However, with recreational pot use, comes stoned driving. Stoned driving has become such a problem in Colorado that state officials have spent $1 million on a television ad campaign to stop the prac...

Jacqueline Luzzani was pulled over last Wednesday night for not wearing a seatbelt. During the stop, the 58-year-old Monroe woman supposedly told the officer that she was "drunker than a skunk," reports KIRO TV. Along with the purported admission, the arresting officer also noted that Luzzani had...

You may not know that the other drivers that you share a road with are a big help to the Washington State Patrol in catching suspected drunk drivers. In fact, My Northwest reports that oftentimes it is ordinary drivers that help spot suspected drunk drivers and call them in to authorities. For e...

Police believe that two drunk drivers caused a serious crash in Bellevue early Thursday morning, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The two-car accident caused one passenger serious injuries and shut down the 3100 block of 148th Avenue in Bellevue for a short period of time. The accident oc...

A suspected intoxicated driver was arrested on Friday night after rear-ending a police car at a red light, reports KOMO News. The accident happened shortly before midnight and involved a chain reaction crash of three vehicles. Authorities say that the unidentified driver didn't stop his car in t...

Seattle Seahawk Marshawn Lynch has reportedly agreed to make a plea deal to resolve his drunk driving case. The star running back will plead guilty to a lesser charge of reckless driving and in exchange prosecutors will drop the drunk driving charge, reports ESPN. Lynch was charged with driving ...

The Arizona woman who left her baby on her car roof and drove off has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor DUI along with child abuse charges, reports The Washington Post. Last year, Catalina Clouser strapped her five-week-old baby boy to the car seat. However, the young mother forgot to carry the ca...

The NFL draft is right around the corner and team general managers are considering things like hand size, 40-yard dash speed, and character issues in deciding who to draft and where to draft. And the difference in draft position can mean millions of dollars for an NFL hopeful. Former University ...

Pamela Masterman-Stearns is alleged to have drove drunk and struck a motorcyclist with her car in Lynnwood. She is then alleged to have fled the scene in her Volkswagen Jetta. A Snohomish County judge found that there was probable cause to hold Masterman-Stearns for these crimes, reports The Seat...

A reported loophole in state DUI laws may allow some individuals to skirt the ignition interlock requirement. Individuals who are charged with drunk driving, but who have to drive for a living, may receive a waiver of the ignition interlock requirements from their employers, reports KEPR TV. Was...

You may believe that if you test above 0.08 percent on a Breathalyzer test that you likely face a DUI conviction. However, this belief would be wrong. Breathalyzer tests are far from accurate and with the help of a King County DUI attorney you may be able to successfully fight a charge based on a...

A 22-year-old man was taken to a hospital after his stalled vehicle was struck by a suspected drunk driver, reports Herald Net. The unidentified man from Lynnwood sat in his disabled vehicle on the shoulder of I-405 after his car had stalled. Police say that a 39-year-old Snohomish woman lost co...

Justin Bieber was charged with drunk driving after allegedly drag racing his yellow Lamborghini against his friend's red Ferrari in a residential Miami neighborhood, reports CNN. The two were charged with driving 60 mph in a 30 mph zone while a convoy of black SUVs blocked the streets to allow th...

House Bill 2506 would have raised a felony DUI conviction in Washington State from a Class C felony to a Class B felony charge. However, after a public hearing this week, the bill was voted down at the House, reports The News Tribune. Representative Brad Klippert of Kennewick was one of the prim...

Washington State Senate Bill 6090 passed out of its committee and is now awaiting action by the State Senate Committee on Ways and Means, reports The News Tribune. The bill sponsored by Mike Padden of Spokane Valley would cut the number of DUI convictions needed for a felony charge from four to ...

The majority of drunk driving cases in Washington are not treated as felonies. In fact, only in limited situations will someone be charged with a felony for a DUI. Some factors that may influence whether you face a felony DUI charge include your personal history of DUIs and the circumstances surr...

If you have been charged with drunk driving in the Seattle area, you can expect an arraignment where you will hear the formal charges brought against you. The arraignment is the start of the formal legal process against you, and you will want to work with an experienced Seattle DUI defense attorn...