by admin | Dec 5, 2002 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court is deciding whether a person can be considered to be driving while intoxicated when he’s asleep in his car. The case involves Eldon resident Steven Cox, who was arrested when a policeman found him behind the wheel of his car, which was...
by admin | Nov 22, 2002 | Politics / Govt
One of the state’s leading groups working for tougher drunk driving laws sets its legislative agenda for the next General Assembly. The most frequently committed violent crime in the United States – drunken driving. So says Mothers Against Drunk Driving,...
by admin | Oct 18, 2002 | Crime / Courts
Not guilty of three manslaughter charges – guilty of misdemeanor drunk driving. The ruling comes from a judge who has heard the case against a former Southwest Baptist University student who was driving the car in which three friends were killed in a crash. The...
by admin | Sep 12, 2002 | Crime / Courts
A Kansas City man who says he does not remember how he was hurt while he was in police custody has asked for an investigaiton into possible police brutality. The complaint has been filed by Abe Rand, who was stopped for drunken driving last Sunday night. Blood tests...
by admin | Sep 12, 2002 | News
An incumbent State Representative is pulling out of his re-election race after a second drunk-driving arrest in six months. Representative Tom Burcham of Farmington says he has petitioned to have his name taken off the ballot. Burcham was arrested the first time in...