4th of July Deadliest Holiday As Americans toast to Independence Day this Fourth of July, there’s another side to the celebrations they may want to avoid: death by drunk drivers. The Fourth of July is among the deadliest days for drunk driving every year, thanks to people both drinking and driving more. According to an…
David Michael Torbi, who goes by David Scott on the newscasts for KXAN was arrested on Friday evening for misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. His car was found in a drainage ditch near the 500 block of Lakeway Drive and when the police found him, he smelled of alcohol and was cursing and uncooperative. They also…
Former Texas House Speaker Gibson Lewis, 72, was arrested last Thursday night on charges of drunken driving, Austin police said. Lewis was driving west on Fourth Street, at the intersection with Lavaca Street, in the turn-only lane about 11 p.m. when a mounted officer saw him continue straight on Fourth Street instead of turning, an…
A New Braunfels man was arrested Sunday in connection with what police say is his fourth charge of driving while intoxicated, according to an arrest affidavit. Austin police say a witness reported a gold pickup on northbound Interstate 35 swerving between lanes and cutting off other drivers. According to the affidavit, officers saw the truck…
Police arrested an Austin woman and charged her with driving while intoxicated after she was seen driving a Ford Explorer which was in flames on Interstate 35 early Saturday, according to an arrest affidavit. An officer stopped Kelsi Hatch, 25, as she drove south in the 800 block if I-35. Hatch has two previous DWI…
State District Judge Elizabeth Berry was booked into the Johnson County Jail on Saturday, November 8th on a probable cause warrant by Alvarado police after being arrested on Interstate 35W south of Fort Worth on suspicion of drunken driving. Over the summer, Berry presided over the trial of Samuel Lee Hilburn, who was convicted of…
A Taylor man, Anthony Lynn Falco, was sentenced to 60 years in prison Wednesday for his 10th driving while intoxicated conviction. Mr. Falco was pulled over in June and told police that he had been drinking beer at a Round Rock bar, failed field sobriety tests but refused to give a breath sample. After a…
A new state program will allow friends and relatives of people killed in drunken driving wrecks in Texas to buy memorial signs that will be placed near the crash site for a year. The $300 signs will be 42 inches high and 48 inches wide, with a blue background and white lettering and have the…
