Early in the morning on September 4, a man was driving in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, when the police noticed he was swerving on the road and going twice the 30 MPH posted speed limit. While he allegedly strayed in and out of his lane, he reportedly almost caused an accident with another vehicle and struck a curb.
The police performed a traffic stop, and when they interacted with the driver, they reported that they saw an open alcoholic beverage in the vehicle. They also believed he was intoxicated.
An Indiana man is facing a felony charge after allegedly driving a child’s Power Wheels Jeep on the street while reportedly under the influence of an intoxicant.
Power Wheels are Fisher-Price rechargeable battery-operated toy vehicles intended for children between the ages of one and eight. Many of them are designed to resemble real vehicles like Jeep, Mustang, Kawasaki, and Harley Davidson.
According to reports, on the evening of August 23, a man who lives in Vincennes was using illicit substances. He reportedly gained access to a child’s Power Wheels Jeep, and he allegedly decided to take the electronic vehicle out for a spin.
A Florida man wearing a tee shirt that says, “I’m the Reason the Beer’s Always Gone” was arrested after he allegedly drove nearly double the speed limit with triple the legal BAC.
On the evening of August 14, a man driving a pickup truck was allegedly speeding in an Ocala neighborhood with a 45 MPH speed limit.
An on-duty deputy from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office was using radar to check for speeding drivers, and they clocked the pickup truck’s speed at 89 MPH. They tried to pull over the driver, but the man reportedly turned off the lights and attempted to escape.
Bob Huggins was the coach of the West Virginia University basketball team from 2007 through 2023.
On the evening of June 16, Huggins was driving in Pittsburgh when police saw his SUV stopped in the middle of the road and impeding other drivers from continuing their travels. One of the tires had blown out, and one of the doors on the vehicle was open, but the man was still sitting inside.
A man from Maryland who was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol in Delaware allegedly assaulted officers trying to detain him and caused one of them to require medical attention from the hospital.
Just before 9:30 PM on August 7, a man from Bel Air was driving a Pathfinder on the highway when he struck a construction barrier and a Delaware River & Bay Authority Police Department Chevrolet Tahoe.
The officer who was driving the police vehicle tried to talk to the driver, but the man reportedly refused to comply. A trooper from the Delaware State Police showed up and assisted the officer, but the man still reportedly refused to get out of the vehicle, and he allegedly tried to drive away.
Around 10:30 PM on August 3, a 24-year-old man who lives in Kansas was at the Sidelines Sports Pub and Grill in Janesville. When he left the establishment and reportedly got into his vehicle to drive away, he put the car in reverse and accelerated into a boulder while several people were watching.
After the crash, the driver allegedly grabbed a backpack out of his vehicle and sprinted into a field nearby.
On the morning of July 29, a man and his wife were in their Rozet residence together. The man had allegedly been drinking, and the couple reportedly became entangled in a domestic dispute because he had done so.
At approximately 1:00 PM, the woman learned her husband spent more money on a purchase of liquor, and when she confronted him about it, they got into another argument. The man allegedly started throwing things around the house during their dispute.
On July 23, a man was driving his Toyota Tundra in Missoula when he caught the attention of an officer from the Missoula Police Department. The officer purported that the vehicle was being driven very slowly, and approximated that it was going 10 miles under the posted speed limit.
The officer kept an eye on the truck, and they reported that the driver was weaving back and forth between the lanes on the road. After it happened a few times, the officer decided to pull over the driver.
A Desert Hot Springs man is facing charges after allegedly driving while intoxicated with his dog in the car and leading the police on a chase until he was forced to stop by slamming into two pumps at a gas station.
Around 3:00 AM on July 15, a 24-year-old man was driving a 2019 Honda Civic with his dog in the vehicle. The man was allegedly driving well over the speed limit.
An officer from the Cathedral City Police Department was in the vicinity, and they noticed the allegedly speeding Civic as it reportedly was driven through a red light. The officer attempted to perform a traffic stop.
Just after 11:00 PM on July 8, an officer from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spotted a vehicle allegedly being driven recklessly and reportedly going well over the speed limit. It was reported that the driver also allegedly almost caused several accidents with other cars on the road.
The officer performed a traffic stop, and when they interacted with the driver, they said he showed several intoxication indicators, such as a slow response time.
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