Its time for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, and Dont Die Drunk is happy to be a integral part of it again!! Follow the link below to get 2 FREE tickets for admission on Fri (usually $26 each!) . Use Promo code LANG2. No credit card information is needed. Make sure to stop by our booth located in front of Yard House in Shoreline Village!
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I’m requesting two things from you: 5 minutes of your undivided attention and a contribution equal to less than a tank of gas(half a tank, nowadays!), which will help to decide the future of Rebecca Hope, masters graduate of International Non-Governmental Organizations, Regents College, London.
The problem is this: unless you (a Westerner) have 10 solid years of NGO work history or are a Kenyan citizen, your chances of being hired by an NGO in Kenya that offers a salary are slim to none. Although some people believe charity work is an easy niche to find yourself in – reality indicates otherwise. Speaking to USAID director, Dwaine Lee, she has learned that the junior level person at USAID in Nairobi has 10 years of experience and a PhD. Helping others is not easy.
She has been advised by local recruitment agencies that the only way to become more employable is to obtain a Kenyan Work Permit . She has been blessed with a guarantee for employment from Harriet at Summit Recruitment once she gets the permit.
She has demonstrated through thought, word and action that she can persevere on sheer will, even when her age ( only 26) and political barriers are stacked against her.
If 75 people can donate $35 by March 18, She can have her work permit processed within one week. Your support will provide the opportunity for Rebecca to stay there and continue the humanitarian work she has started.
Its that time of year again…when DUI arrests are at their highest! We want to take some time out to thank the law offices of David J. Givot, of Long Beach, Ca for their generous donations to Don’t Die Drunk at this critical time of year. The Law office of David J. Givot can help you with everything from misdemeanors to assault and battery charges to DUI cases. Whether your case is in LA County, Orange County, San Bernadino, or Riverside county, they can help you. They have seen the impact drunk driving can have on someones life, and are willing to go the extra mile to donate to a cause they truly believe in.
Law Office of David J. Givot
4067 Hardwick Street
Suite 321
Lakewood, CA 90712
Phone: 562-735-0960
Toll Free: 888-293-0396
Fax: 562-633-3636
Actor Ryan Merriman, age 28, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving Sunday night around 11:30 p.m. in Newport Beach, Ca. Merriman is known for roles in “Final Destination 3″ and the TV series “Pretty Little Liars.”
Police spokeswoman Kathy Lowe said officers pulled him over near East Coast Highway and Bayside Drive for suspicion of drunk driving. Merriman posted $2,500 bail and was released around 9 a.m Monday, Lowe told the Daily Pilot. Merriman has also appeared in “Smallville,” “The Pretender” and “The Ring Two.”
Read the article “Final Destination 3 actor arrested on DUI charge in Newport Beach” from the LA Times
The president of the NY Public Library, Dr Anthony Marx, age 52, was arrested for drunk driving at 4:45 in the afternoon this past Sunday. Dr. Anthony Marx was driving a 2009 Audi A4, a city owned vehicle registered to the New York Public Library. A Witness spotted Marx hitting a parked car while driving in reverse on East 138th Street, in between Madison and Fifth avenues.
After he was arrested, Marx was taken to the 28th Precint stationhouse, where he blew a .19%, nearly 2.5 times the legal limit of .08%. He was charged with aggravated DWI and released without bail. His arrest came a six days after the library completed an amnesty program forgiving all fines/penalties on overdue materials for cardholders under age 18.
Marx is an alumnus of the Bronx High School of Science and earned his doctorate in politics from Princeton. He is the former president of Amherst College in Massachusetts.
Read the article “New York Public Library Prez busted for drunk driving” from the New York Post
Buffalo Police Officer Ivan Watkins was helping a broken down vehicle on Buffalo’s East Side near the intersection of Best Street and Sweeny when drunk driver James Robinson, age 54, ran into the officer. Officer Watkins was suffered head, leg, and hip injuries, and was taken to a local hospital. He is listed in fair condition. James Robinson has been charged with DWI and assault.
Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda said, “luckily for the officer he was offset from the back of the police car…he had come within a foot of being smashed in between the two cars.” Commissioner Derenda added that he has known Officer Watkins for 20 years and he is one of the hardest working officers on the force.
Read the article “Police Officer struck by Drunk Driver“
TLC has ordered D.U.I, a series that will give you a “behind the scenes” look at drunk driving law enforcement in Oklahoma. The network has already picked up 12 episodes, with 6 scheduled for air next month, and the other 6 in 2012. The show will be different from Cops by following drunk driving suspects from the time they are pulled over, to being interrogated, and eventually arrested. Be sure to catch the debut Dec 1 at 9 p.m.
Click here to watch the Exclusive Preview
SAN ANTONIO – Gerardo Razo was awarded $2.7 million in a civil case against Stephanie Cerda for an April 2010 drunk driving accident that left Razo in the hospital on a respirator. Cerda was going the wrong way on IH-35 at the San Pedro Avenue exit ramp when she ran head on into Razo. Razo said “I was awake the whole time,” and can recall in vivid detail the moments before the crash that left his body full of pins and screws.
Click here to see Stephanie Cerda’s mug shot
Official reports show that Cerda had a mix of alcohol, cocaine, xanax, valium, AND vicodin!! Only 2 months later she was arrested a 2nd time on suspicion of Driving under the Influence. Then in May 2011 she managed to slip off her court ordered ankle monitor, which was supposed to keep her on house arrest, and got arrested a 3rd time for DUI!!
Read the article “Drunk Driving Victim Wins Civil Case” from KSAT
In case tons of German beers, bratwurst, and tubas weren’t enough to get you out to Oktoberfest at Old World Village in Huntington Beach, here are the shot girls audition video’s. Allowed to sell alcohol = shot girls = why Old World Village throws a better Oktoberfest then Alpine Village in Torrence. Oh, and they allow Dont Die Drunk to setup breathalyzers every year to make sure everyone gets home safe!
Its that time of year again! Time to dust off your stein and get ready for some bratwurst. We are proud to be at Oktoberfest in Old World, Huntington Beach for the 3rd year in a row. Every Fri and Sat we will be setup offering free FDA approved breathalyzer tests for everyone! Make sure to stop by and get a “Blow Me” sticker.
In tragic new today, “Jackass” star Ryan Dunn was killed in a car crash in West Goshen Township, Philadelphia, he was only 34. Dunn was driving his 2007 Porsche GT3 when it veered off the road, flipping over the guardrail, and went crashing into the woods. The car was mangled into several pieces, and only identifiable by a door that was thrown away from the crash.
The passenger in the vehicle has yet to be identified. The accident left a 100 foot long tire skid mark on the road. Just a few hours before the crash Dunn had posted pictures of him drinking with friends, although it has not been determined if alcohol was a factor in the crash.
Read the article “Ryan Dunn – Autopsy underway” from TMZ or
“Jackass star Ryan Dunn dies in fiery PA crash” from Yahoo
Long Beach, Ca – A Southern California man was sentenced to a potential life term for the drunk driving crash that killed a baby, and injured her brother. Neely Dinkins was sentenced by a Long Beach Superior Court Judge on Tues. Dinkins will have to serve at least 36 years before he is eligible for parole, for the February killing of 1 year old Kaylee Alvarez and injuring Oscar Alvarez, her 2 year old brother.
According to prosecutors, the childen were crossing the street in a wagon with their parents when Dinkins hit them. He continued to drive another block before stopping, which allowed the boy to tumble out. He then began to drive again with the one year old still trapped in his wheel well, and didnt stop until he reached his girlfriends house nearly a mile away.
Read the article “Man sentenced in dragging death of California baby“
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A woman in Orange County was sentenced to 6 years in a state prison after she killed two people in a head on collision on the 91 freeway. Jessica Lynn Shekell, a 22 year old from Anaheim, plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter last year and was sentenced Wednesday.
Before the accident, which occured in October 2009, Shekell was drinking with her friends at a local bar. After leaving the bar she drove her pickup drunk the wrong way onto the 91 freeway and collided head on with another vehicle. The collision killed 49 year old Sally Miguel and her 30 year old sister, Patricia Miguel. Luckily their 2 nieces, Mary Miguel, age 15, and Sara Miguel, age 11, were only injured. The 4 family members were driving home after spending a day at Knotts Berry Farm. According to authorities, Shekell had a BAC of .26%, over triple the legal limit.
Read the article “OC woman gets 6 years for deadly DUI crash“
Santa Ana, Ca — Prosecutors have included a drug charge to the driving under the influence charge against former Orange County sheriffs deputy Allan James Waters. Waters was arrested in March for involvement in 2 off duty DUI crashes in just 33 minutes. One of the accidents injured a 78 year old woman, whose car slammed into a tree.
After an investigation, Waters was charged for driving under the influence and causing bodily harm, selling a controlled substance, and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. They are saying Waters traded fake cocaine and cash in exchange for presciption drugs, including oxycodone.
Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/11/02/2142526/drug-counts-added-in-oc-deputy.html#ixzz149F60qpv
Wade Miquelon, the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of Walgreens was originally pulled over on Sept 25 for a traffic violation. He faces a court hearing on Friday to face his second DUI charge in only 13 months. Since this is his second offense, and he refused a breathalyzer, he will lose his license for three years, according to secretary of state spokesman Dave Druker.
“This was a second incident in his driving situation; he had an incident in September 2009 where he did get court supervision,” Druker said. “You’re only allowed one court supervision on DUI in your lifetime.”
Read the entire article “Walgreens CFO to lose license after 2nd DUI arrest”
Smack dab in the middle of trick-or-treating, around 7 o’clock at night, kids are crossing the street, concentrating on their new candy collections.
“She went flying by,” describes neighbor Deanna Ekin.
A drunken driver, police say, with a blood alcohol level more than double the legal limit zoomed by. Ekin saw it all happen on the 700 block of Tomlinson Street.
“That’s really scary she was that drunk. And with all the kids out here…” she trails off.
Lt. Elmer Hitt of the Jackson Police says the 28-year-old woman is their first case in the new “super drunk driving” laws– laws that went into effect 12 a.m. Sunday. According to the law, people could now face much harsher penalties– including jail time– if your BAC is .17 or higher.
“Any time you have a drunk driver, when the BAC gets up higher, one concern is the safety of the public,” Hitt says.
Neighbors here say one of the scariest things about this situation is that the super drunk arrest on Tomlinson wasn’t the only one; there was at least one more in Jackson County on the first day of the law.
“We had two deputies observe a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed,” says Lt. Brad Piros of the Sheriff’s Office. “Through initial breathalyzer, he registered at a .175.”
Read the rest of the article “Super Drunk Driving Arrests in Jackson County“
Seattle, Wash- A Starbucks in Seattle has received its liquor license and is now serving craft beer and local wines. Alcohol sales do not star until 4 pm. The Olive Way Store, a renovated store under Starbucks, opened on Monday, Oct 18th. This new style Starbucks may spread to other locations, but company officials have not official answered yet.
Read the article ” Starbucks Now Serving Alcohol – Is Beer, Wine location coming near you?”
Chris the “Crippler” Leben was recently arrested after crashing his truck into a wall in Hawaii while drunk. It is reported he also didnt have insurance, or a valid drivers license! He posted $1000 bail and was released. This isnt the first time Chris Leben has been arrested for drunk driving. He served 35 days in jail in Oregon, and caused his fight against Britains Michael Bisping to be postponed from from UFC 85 until UFC 89 because of his dui. He ended up losing that fight by unanimous decision, and tested positive for steroids after the fight.
Read the entire article “Chris Leben arrested for drunk driving. Again.” from Fullmount.com
49 year old rocker Vince Neal, formerly of Motley Crue, was arrested on June 28th of this year in Las Vegas, Nevada for suspicion of driving under the influence. Neal was pulled over in his 2008 Lamborghini by police after he was speeding and weaving in and out of traffic. The officer arrested him after he failed multiple field sobriety test, as well as a breathalyzer.
You would think Vince Neal would of learned his lesson in 1984 when he plead guilty to driving under the influence after a he crashed his car and killed his good friend Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley, drummer of Hanoi Rocks. Neal served 15 days in jail and paid $2.5 million in restitution.
Read the article “Vince Neal Pleads Not Guilty to Drunk Driving”
A woman allegedly drinking and driving picked the wrong car to rear-end. Inside the unmarked cruiser, the head of the Massachusetts State Police.
Not only was Donna Sclamo allegedly driving drunk, but her license was suspended.
Millions of drivers get behind the wheel of cars and trucks on the Massachusetts roads every single day.
What are the chances then, that one woman, suspected of driving while drunk, would rear end the leader of an anti-drunk driving crusade, the commander of the Massachusetts State Police herself, Colonel Marian McGovern.
It happened Monday just before noon, Col. McGovern was stopped at a red light on Rt. 20 at Grafton Street in Shrewsbury, when she was hit from behind.
Uninjured, she got out of her unmarked Ford Explorer, to check on the other driver who she then determined was under the influence.
Turns out this is 51 year old Donna Sclamo, of Worcester’s fifth OUI offense.
We went to Sclamo’s house in Worcester to try to speak with her, but didn’t make it to the door as we were met by one of her sons who told us to leave.
You may think this is a case of a driver crashing into the wrong person.
But that’s not how McGovern sees it.
Here’s a statement released by the Massachusetts State Police on her behalf.
“The Colonel is glad that if Ms. Sclamo was going to hit anyone, that she hit Cruiser 1, so that no private citizens were hurt and so the Massachusetts State Police could get a drunk driver off the road before she killed herself or someone else.”
Read the rest of the article “Alleged drunk driver rear-ends head of State Police”
