318 DUI Arrests Made Over Holiday Weekend
April 28, 2011 by Donald083 · 9 Comments
There were 318 DUI arrests across the region, during the Memorial Day weekend. Last year, there were 312 DUI arrests during the same weekend. With six sobriety checkpoints and twenty-five “DUI saturation patrols,” the “Avoid the 14” campaign included fourteen different law enforcement agencies. No DUI fatalities were reported over the weekend, however, there several injury-crashes which involved alcohol or drugs.
Street Cleaning Tix – San Diego
August 1, 2010 by Donald083 · 4 Comments
While living in downtown, parking tickets are as common as the crazy homeless guy or 2am intoxicated wanderers. No matter how hard to try to remember to feed the meter and keep track of street cleaning schedules tickets happen.
I received a parking ticket Thursday morning outside of my old place for street cleaning (Mon & Wed). Knowing the schedule, I checked the street sign posted and it clearly displayed Tue & Thurs. I fought the ticket with photographic evidence, via email, and had the ticket dismissed.
Street Cleaning on the Wrong Day (How’d You Beat Your Ticket?)
July 20, 2010 by Donald083 · 221 Comments
I fought the law, and I won.
While living in downtown, parking tickets are as common as the crazy homeless guy or 2am intoxicated wanderers. No matter how hard to try to remember to feed the meter and keep track of street cleaning schedules tickets happen.
I received a parking ticket Thursday morning outside of my old place for street cleaning (Mon & Wed). Knowing the schedule, I checked the street sign posted and it clearly displayed Tue & Thurs. I fought the ticket with photographic evidence, via email, and had the ticket dismissed.
Judge to Weigh Mistrial in Deadlocked DUI Case
July 6, 2010 by Donald083 · 5 Comments
A jury, in the DUI trial of Deanna Fridley, is deadlocked at 11-1 and a judge will have to decide whether to declare a mistrial. Fridley is charged with four counts of murder and faces four 15-to-life sentences for the December, 2007, accident that left four dead. Judge Ranston Maino will either grant a defense-motion for mistrial or replace the one juror with a new juror and order deliberations to start over. Fridley, who tested positive for alcohol and methamphetamine, claims she was not driving at the time of the crash.
Loophole Allows Gov’t Workers to Avoid Tickets
April 19, 2010 by Donald083 · 3 Comments
According to state records, the California DMV has over a million vehicles registered to people who are connected with around 1,800 government agencies which allows them to “shield their addresses” from public records. That means that when they’re issued any type of citation (parking, traffic, ticket-camera, etc) the municipality has no way to mail them a notice – so it never has to be paid. The law that allows this “shielding” was originally created to stop criminals from accessing the home addresses of police or judges. However, it has since been expanded to “countless government workers throughout California.” Assemblyman Jeff Miller has proposed legislation which would put an end to this practice by forcing these government employees to list their work addresses so they can be reached by the DMV. “No government worker should be exempt from a fine and none of them should be above the law,” he said recently.
Manslaughter Charged in Carl’s Jr. Accident
February 24, 2010 by Donald083 · 9 Comments
Richard Alfred Daus, who was intoxicated when he crashed his car into a Carl’s Jr restaurant, killing 66 year old Randy Eugene Smith, as he ate breakfast will face charges as a repeat DUI offender. Although the prior incident took place in 1952, it was for reckless homicide in connection with an accident. (The “look back” window for most DUI penalties in California is 10 years, but there’s a special provision for convictions of vehicular manslaughter. Daus’ BAC was .22% over two hours after the accident – significantly higher than both the legal limit, and the limit for enhanced penalties. He faces 15 years to life.
