Dodging DWIs
Most municipal courts rarely convict anyone for DWI
Most of metro St. Louis' DWI cases are spread among the area's 100 municipal courts. Those courts rarely convict anyone of DWI or a related alcohol charge — some places far less than others.
Oct 09, 2009 | 1:45 pm | Loading…
DWI enforcement varies across the St. Louis region
The public service ads tout the basic theme: You drink. You drive. You lose. But that’s often not the case in metro St. Louis. Lenient plea deals, secrecy laws and outright mistakes have allowed most DWI offenders — including many chronic offenders — to avoid serious punishment — in a system…
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Dodging DWIs: John Corner
The public service ads tout the basic theme: You drink. You drive. You lose. But that’s often not the case in metro St. Louis. Lenient plea deals, secrecy laws and outright mistakes have allowed most DWI offenders — including many chronic offenders — to avoid serious punishment — in a system…
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Dodging DWIs: Mark Pabst
The public service ads tout the basic theme: You drink. You drive. You lose. But that’s often not the case in metro St. Louis. Lenient plea deals, secrecy laws and outright mistakes have allowed most DWI offenders — including many chronic offenders — to avoid serious punishment — in a system…
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Dodging DWIs: William Downs
The public service ads tout the basic theme: You drink. You drive. You lose. But that’s often not the case in metro St. Louis. Lenient plea deals, secrecy laws and outright mistakes have allowed most DWI offenders — including many chronic offenders — to avoid serious punishment — in a system…
Sep 29, 2009 | 11:22 am | Loading…
Dodging DWIs: Steven Castanedo
The public service ads tout the basic theme: You drink. You drive. You lose. But that’s often not the case in metro St. Louis. Lenient plea deals, secrecy laws and outright mistakes have allowed most DWI offenders — including many chronic offenders — to avoid serious punishment — in a system…
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Dodging DWIs: Donald Canterbery
The public service ads tout the basic theme: You drink. You drive. You lose. But that’s often not the case in metro St. Louis. Lenient plea deals, secrecy laws and outright mistakes have allowed most DWI offenders — including many chronic offenders — to avoid serious punishment — in a system…
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Dodging DWIs: Newton Keene
The public service ads tout the basic theme: You drink. You drive. You lose. But that’s often not the case in metro St. Louis. Lenient plea deals, secrecy laws and outright mistakes have allowed most DWI offenders — including many chronic offenders — to avoid serious punishment — in a system…
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Dodging DWIs: Norma Monsivais
The public service ads tout the basic theme: You drink. You drive. You lose. But that’s often not the case in metro St. Louis. Lenient plea deals, secrecy laws and outright mistakes have allowed most DWI offenders — including many chronic offenders — to avoid serious punishment — in a system…
Oct 15, 2009 | 1:10 pm | Loading…
DWI Police officer arrests drunk drivers
Join Fareid "Fred" Yaakub, a 6-year veteran with the St. Louis County Police Department, as he searches for drunk drivers. "It's not worth it to get into a car accident, kill somebody, injure somebody, and get a DWI over a night of drinking," said Yaakub. Coming Sunday in the Post-Dis…
Oct 09, 2008 | 11:37 am | Loading…
Area DWI offenders avoid convictions
The dashboard cam in a Town and Country police cruiser captures the DWI arrest of John D. McGuire in Sept. 2007. The officer said he observed McGuire swerving at 100 mph on Interstate 64 (Highway 40). McGuire's blood alcohol content tested at more than three times the legal limit. …
Sep 30, 2007 | 11:44 am | Loading…
Shelley Layton forges on after DWI crash kills husband
Shelley Layton, 29, is the mother of two girls, 5 and 2. Nick Layton, her husband and the girls' father, was killed in March 2008 when a drunk driver plowed into his car. The driver was a four-time DWI arrestee who had never been convicted on any of the cases.
Nov 30, 2009 | 11:46 am | Loading…
Nixon proposes stronger DWI laws
Governor Jay Nixon proposed stronger laws to crack down on DWI offenders during a press conference at the M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) headquarters in Overland.
Jun 09, 2010 | 11:47 am | Loading…
Missouri Legislature sends DWI bill to Gov. Jay Nixon
JEFFERSON CITY • Chronic drunk drivers in Missouri could soon face a choice:
May 14, 2010 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Lawmakers must fix Missouri's flawed drunk driving laws.
With just days remaining in the 2010 Legislative session, Missouri lawmakers have yet to close gaping loopholes in the state's flawed drunk-driving laws. It's unacceptable.
May 12, 2010 | 12:00 am | Loading…
House backs measure that cracks down on DWI offenders
JEFFERSON CITY • Police in Missouri will have the authority to extract blood samples from suspected drunk drivers without a warrant if a bill given initial approval Wednesday by the Missouri House becomes law.
Apr 08, 2010 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Court ruling clears the air in DWI cases
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared up confusion surrounding certain cases that were in limbo during a challenge to the state's DWI law in 2008.
Jan 13, 2010 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Chronic DWI offender kills a husband, father
Shelley Layton runs an emergency room in Crystal City where patients whose bodies have been mangled in drunken driving crashes arrive regularly - but only one ever blew her a kiss.
Nov 29, 2009 | 12:03 pm | Loading…
The law on DWI says one thing. Prosecutors say another.
The law - If police arrest you for DWI, you must allow them to test your blood-alcohol level, or your license will automatically be suspended for a year.
Nov 01, 2009 | 5:41 pm | Loading…
Court officials say treatment in drunken driving cases is key; won't release data
Missouri has a treatment program considered key to battling drunken driving, but the state won't help the public understand which parts are effective and which aren't.
Oct 11, 2009 | 5:36 pm | Loading…
DWI plea deals happen in Illinois, too, but state won't share data for analysis
Oct 11, 2009 | 5:32 pm | Loading…
Cutting deals is common with DWI charges and prior offenders are treated like first-timers
The judge gave John D. McGuire the standard plea deal for drunken drivers.
Oct 11, 2009 | 3:11 pm | Loading…
Dangerous drivers dodge serious DWI punishment
Michael O'Fallon is the kind of guy Missouri lawmakers meant to target when they passed a get-tough law on DWI.
Sep 13, 2009 | 5:21 pm | Loading…
Three who kept driving while authorities fumbled felony cases against them
NORMA MONSIVAIS
Sep 13, 2009 | 1:49 pm | Loading…
Missouri law: Three strikes is a felony
DWI can be a felony if the defendant has been found guilty twice before of DWI or a related charge, driving with an elevated blood-alcohol level. Exceptions:
Sep 13, 2009 | 2:03 pm | Loading…
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