Legal news for Nevada motorcycle accident attorneys. A police officer was rear-ended by a drunk driver, resulting in serious injuries.
Motorcycle accident lawyers alerts- A Jeep Cherokee slammed into the back of a police officer on a Harley-Davidson; driver charged with a DUI.
Las Vegas, NV—A motorcycle police officer was seriously injured after he was rear-ended by a drunk driver. A 2001 Jeep Cherokee slammed into the back of the officer around 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 16, 2009 on Sahara Avenue, as reported by the Las Vegas Sun.
According to preliminary reports, the Jeep driven by Dana Saunders, 34, of Las Vegas, was traveling eastbound in the left traffic lane of Sahara Avenue while passing other vehicles; when the vehicle came up to Buffalo Drive and struck the back of the motorcycle cop, who was also traveling in the left eastbound lane. The officer was riding a 2007 Harley Davidson when he was struck. The 45-year-old officer, whose identity is being withheld, was transported by emergency medical services (EMS) teams to University Medical Center for treatment of their undisclosed injuries by doctors and nurses. The officer’s current condition was not reported. Saunders was charged by police officials with driving under the influence (DUI) with substantial bodily harm, and was transported to the county jail. She is currently being held at the Clark County Jail and is pending an initial court appearance. The collision is currently under investigation by the Metro’s Accident Investigation Section.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Half of serious DUI cases involve repeat offenders
Jordan Eldredge was convicted of drunken driving three times in three years. He was convicted a fourth time about a year before he killed his friend while driving drunk near the university in December 1999.
Michael Lee Evans had drunken-driving convictions in 1991, 1992, 1996 and 2000. But he still got behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Berretta while drunk in July 2003, ran a stop sign near Pyramid Lake and hit a truck, severely injuring a young woman.
And Stephen Scharosch had been caught driving drunk twice before he smashed his Ford Mustang into a minivan on Interstate 80 in May 2002, killing four children, one adult and injuring two others.
Nearly half of the 113 drivers charged with DUI causing death or substantial bodily harm in Washoe County since 2000 had previously been arrested for drunken driving, according to an analysis of records by the Reno Gazette-Journal. Among the other findings:
Almost a quarter of those drivers had multiple drunken-driving arrests.
At least one of these drivers was arrested again for drunken driving after he was released from prison.
Fourteen of the drivers were too young to drink legally in the first place.
Most had blood-alcohol levels more than twice the legal limit of .08 percent.
"That should scare the daylights out of anybody who goes out of their house," said Assemblyman Mark Manendo, D-Las Vegas, who introduced several bills during the 2009 legislative session aimed at curbing drinking and driving.
"It's unreal how they can even operate a motor vehicle," Manendo said of the high blood-alcohol content levels of some drivers. "That's someone who goes out and drinks all night -- it's not someone who just has a beer with a sandwich."
'Not casual drinkers'
Scharosch's blood-alcohol level was close to the average of .187 percent when he was convicted on two previous drunken-driving charges. It was .17 percent when he killed five family members out of eight, and seriously injured two, in the Interstate 80 crash in 2002.
"I thought I had learned my lesson," Scharosch said, referring to his previous drunken-driving convictions. "I figured it wasn't going to happen again."
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Michael Lee Evans had drunken-driving convictions in 1991, 1992, 1996 and 2000. But he still got behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Berretta while drunk in July 2003, ran a stop sign near Pyramid Lake and hit a truck, severely injuring a young woman.
And Stephen Scharosch had been caught driving drunk twice before he smashed his Ford Mustang into a minivan on Interstate 80 in May 2002, killing four children, one adult and injuring two others.
Nearly half of the 113 drivers charged with DUI causing death or substantial bodily harm in Washoe County since 2000 had previously been arrested for drunken driving, according to an analysis of records by the Reno Gazette-Journal. Among the other findings:
Almost a quarter of those drivers had multiple drunken-driving arrests.
At least one of these drivers was arrested again for drunken driving after he was released from prison.
Fourteen of the drivers were too young to drink legally in the first place.
Most had blood-alcohol levels more than twice the legal limit of .08 percent.
"That should scare the daylights out of anybody who goes out of their house," said Assemblyman Mark Manendo, D-Las Vegas, who introduced several bills during the 2009 legislative session aimed at curbing drinking and driving.
"It's unreal how they can even operate a motor vehicle," Manendo said of the high blood-alcohol content levels of some drivers. "That's someone who goes out and drinks all night -- it's not someone who just has a beer with a sandwich."
'Not casual drinkers'
Scharosch's blood-alcohol level was close to the average of .187 percent when he was convicted on two previous drunken-driving charges. It was .17 percent when he killed five family members out of eight, and seriously injured two, in the Interstate 80 crash in 2002.
"I thought I had learned my lesson," Scharosch said, referring to his previous drunken-driving convictions. "I figured it wasn't going to happen again."
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Driver accused of DUI in fatal North Las Vegas crash
North Las Vegas police have arrested a man accused of driving under the influence in a fatal crash earlier this month.
Armando Iribe Jr., 19, was taken to the North Las Vegas Detention Center after the 5:40 p.m. Tuesday arrest, police said. He has been booked on a felony count of DUI with alcohol with death and a count of reckless driving with death.
Iribe was driving a white 1994 Honda Accord with two passengers on Oct. 11 going west on East Lake Mead Boulevard, just west of Belmont Street, when the crash occurred about 1:15 a.m., police said.
A white 1998 Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by a 52-year-old Las Vegas resident was heading east on Lake Mead. Iribe lost control of his Honda as he drove an estimated 77 mph in a 35 mph speed zone, police said. The car hit the pickup head-on, according to police.
One of the passengers in the Accord, 21-year-old Jorge Guerrero of Pacoima, Calif., was thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene. The Clark County Coroner's Office ruled the death an accident. Guerrero died from a head injury, a coroner's spokeswoman said.
The second passenger, an 18-year-old Las Vegas resident, was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
This was the third fatal traffic collision in North Las Vegas this year.
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Armando Iribe Jr., 19, was taken to the North Las Vegas Detention Center after the 5:40 p.m. Tuesday arrest, police said. He has been booked on a felony count of DUI with alcohol with death and a count of reckless driving with death.
Iribe was driving a white 1994 Honda Accord with two passengers on Oct. 11 going west on East Lake Mead Boulevard, just west of Belmont Street, when the crash occurred about 1:15 a.m., police said.
A white 1998 Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by a 52-year-old Las Vegas resident was heading east on Lake Mead. Iribe lost control of his Honda as he drove an estimated 77 mph in a 35 mph speed zone, police said. The car hit the pickup head-on, according to police.
One of the passengers in the Accord, 21-year-old Jorge Guerrero of Pacoima, Calif., was thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene. The Clark County Coroner's Office ruled the death an accident. Guerrero died from a head injury, a coroner's spokeswoman said.
The second passenger, an 18-year-old Las Vegas resident, was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
This was the third fatal traffic collision in North Las Vegas this year.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
DUI checkpoint planned for weekend in Vegas area
LAS VEGAS—Las Vegas police and the Nevada Highway Patrol will conduct a DUI checkpoint this weekend.
The agencies say the checkpoint will start at 7 p.m. Saturday and last through 3 a.m. Sunday. It will be in the area of Boulder Highway and Sahara.
Officials say the checkpoint will focus on finding drivers impaired by drugs and alcohol.
The checkpoint is being coordinated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is being partially funded by a grant from the Nevada Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety.
The agencies say the checkpoint will start at 7 p.m. Saturday and last through 3 a.m. Sunday. It will be in the area of Boulder Highway and Sahara.
Officials say the checkpoint will focus on finding drivers impaired by drugs and alcohol.
The checkpoint is being coordinated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is being partially funded by a grant from the Nevada Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Search continues for deadly DUI suspect
Each week, the Crime Tracker Team will tell you about a wanted suspect on the run from the law.
This week, be on the lookout for Carlos Henriquez. He's a 53-year-old Hispanic male with a partial head of black hair and a "salt-and-pepper" colored moustache.
Henriquez is accused of driving his truck into motorcyclists James and Debbie Corrao last March. James was killed during the crash.
Henriquez was released from jail shortly thereafter and skipped out on his next court appearance.
Last week Stop DUI offered a $5,000 reward for his arrest. Earlier calls to CrimeStoppers suggest that Henriquez is still in Las Vegas.
"I feel like I would be able to move on a little bit better than I am now because I'm not able to move on," says Debbie. "You don't have to tell who you are to turn him in, just turn him in. Do the right thing."
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This week, be on the lookout for Carlos Henriquez. He's a 53-year-old Hispanic male with a partial head of black hair and a "salt-and-pepper" colored moustache.
Henriquez is accused of driving his truck into motorcyclists James and Debbie Corrao last March. James was killed during the crash.
Henriquez was released from jail shortly thereafter and skipped out on his next court appearance.
Last week Stop DUI offered a $5,000 reward for his arrest. Earlier calls to CrimeStoppers suggest that Henriquez is still in Las Vegas.
"I feel like I would be able to move on a little bit better than I am now because I'm not able to move on," says Debbie. "You don't have to tell who you are to turn him in, just turn him in. Do the right thing."
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Garth Brooks unretires, lands Las Vegas gig
After eight years off, Garth Brooks has announced he is unretiring to play quarterback for the Oakland Raiders again.
Oh, that was Aaron Brooks. Sorry. Garth Brooks is unretiring to add to his trail of country music hits.
"We're going to take the retirement roof off over our head, and I already feel taller," Brooks, 47, said in a press conference Thursday at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.
Brooks announced an extended engagement at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas starting Dec. 11, but says he has no plans to tour.
He retired in 2001 to spend more time with his three daughters, the youngest of which is now 13. He married fellow country singer Trisha Yearwood in 2005.
YES, MY FRIENDS, SHE HAS BREASTS: Meghan McCain was trying to joke on Twitter about how she was "getting old" because she was spending the evening with an Andy Warhol biography.
But the photo she accompanied the Tweet with Wednesday revealed cleavage up to her clavicle, and the Republican columnist's followers acted as if she had said something nice about MSNBC's Keith Olbermann.
McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., then ran the gamut from threatening a Miley Cyrus Twitter abandonment to apologizing — and presumably swathing herself in her rattiest bathrobe.
"So I took a fun picture not thinking anything about what I was wearing, but apparently anything other than a pantsuit, I am a slut," she Twittered, per the New York Daily News. She had on a spaghetti-strap tank top that seemed to compress her breasts as close to her throat as possible.
Next: "I have been considering deleting my twitter account, what once was fun now just seems like a vessel for harassment." She promised to sleep on it.
Finally, contrition: "I do want to apologize to anyone that was offended by my twitpic," McCain wrote Wednesday. "I have clearly made a huge mistake."
SWIFT REVENGE: Guess who's hosting "Saturday Night Live" Nov. 7? Taylor Swift, whose best female video win two months ago at the MTV Video Music Awards was MUCH to the chagrin of Kanye West.
The rapper might as well prepare himself for another heaping serving of crow.
"I've been thinking about skit ideas for a long time," country star Swift, 19, says. "There are definitely some hilarious things that have happened to me over the past couple of months that I think will be pretty substantial skits."
Mum's the word, alas, but she hopes to collaborate with cast member Andy Samberg on a digital short music video.
REPORT — COCAINE DIDN'T KILL BILLY MAYS: An independent medical examiner's evaluation on television pitchman Billy Mays' autopsy refutes that cocaine contributed to his sudden death in June.
"Chronic cocaine use was not demonstrated by the autopsy findings of Mr. William Mays," reads the report by Dr. William L. Manion. "In addition, there is nothing in his medical, social or professional history to suggest chronic cocaine use."
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Oh, that was Aaron Brooks. Sorry. Garth Brooks is unretiring to add to his trail of country music hits.
"We're going to take the retirement roof off over our head, and I already feel taller," Brooks, 47, said in a press conference Thursday at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.
Brooks announced an extended engagement at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas starting Dec. 11, but says he has no plans to tour.
He retired in 2001 to spend more time with his three daughters, the youngest of which is now 13. He married fellow country singer Trisha Yearwood in 2005.
YES, MY FRIENDS, SHE HAS BREASTS: Meghan McCain was trying to joke on Twitter about how she was "getting old" because she was spending the evening with an Andy Warhol biography.
But the photo she accompanied the Tweet with Wednesday revealed cleavage up to her clavicle, and the Republican columnist's followers acted as if she had said something nice about MSNBC's Keith Olbermann.
McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., then ran the gamut from threatening a Miley Cyrus Twitter abandonment to apologizing — and presumably swathing herself in her rattiest bathrobe.
"So I took a fun picture not thinking anything about what I was wearing, but apparently anything other than a pantsuit, I am a slut," she Twittered, per the New York Daily News. She had on a spaghetti-strap tank top that seemed to compress her breasts as close to her throat as possible.
Next: "I have been considering deleting my twitter account, what once was fun now just seems like a vessel for harassment." She promised to sleep on it.
Finally, contrition: "I do want to apologize to anyone that was offended by my twitpic," McCain wrote Wednesday. "I have clearly made a huge mistake."
SWIFT REVENGE: Guess who's hosting "Saturday Night Live" Nov. 7? Taylor Swift, whose best female video win two months ago at the MTV Video Music Awards was MUCH to the chagrin of Kanye West.
The rapper might as well prepare himself for another heaping serving of crow.
"I've been thinking about skit ideas for a long time," country star Swift, 19, says. "There are definitely some hilarious things that have happened to me over the past couple of months that I think will be pretty substantial skits."
Mum's the word, alas, but she hopes to collaborate with cast member Andy Samberg on a digital short music video.
REPORT — COCAINE DIDN'T KILL BILLY MAYS: An independent medical examiner's evaluation on television pitchman Billy Mays' autopsy refutes that cocaine contributed to his sudden death in June.
"Chronic cocaine use was not demonstrated by the autopsy findings of Mr. William Mays," reads the report by Dr. William L. Manion. "In addition, there is nothing in his medical, social or professional history to suggest chronic cocaine use."
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
N. Las Vegas police plan increased DUI patrols
LAS VEGAS—North Las Vegas police say they will spend Sunday looking for drunken drivers.
Police announced Wednesday that they'll conduct a saturation patrol in a few major areas in North Las Vegas on Sunday, the day after Halloween.
Officers will conduct traffic stops and look for drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
The extra patrols are being funded by a grant from the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety.
The patrols will be in effect from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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Police announced Wednesday that they'll conduct a saturation patrol in a few major areas in North Las Vegas on Sunday, the day after Halloween.
Officers will conduct traffic stops and look for drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
The extra patrols are being funded by a grant from the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety.
The patrols will be in effect from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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