Articles Tagged with reckless driving

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A Utah teen may face multiple charges after a single-vehicle accident alleged to be caused by his driving under the influence reportedly took the life of his 16-year-old passenger.

In the early morning hours of March 30, an 18-year-old was driving a truck on Utah State Route 36 in the Rush Valley area of Tooele County with a 16-year-old young man in the passenger seat. The posted speed limit was reported as being 65 MPH, but the man was allegedly traveling at 85 MPH. According to reports, the pickup ended up going off the road and rolling over, and both men were thrown from the vehicle onto the ground, and the 16-year-old was severely injured.

When the authorities learned about the accident, a trooper from the Highway Patrol headed to the site, where a sheriff’s deputy was there and giving the younger man CPR. The trooper, who believed he smelled alcohol, took over for the sheriff, but when EMS arrived, the teenager was pronounced dead. The driver was given a breath test, and his BAC was recorded as 0.18. When speaking with the authorities, he allegedly said he had a few beers at a social gathering. His truck and the surrounding area were searched, and several empty alcohol containers were reportedly found.

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A 34-year-old Georgia woman who was believed to be intoxicated is facing many charges after reportedly leaving her youngsters at a fire department and forcing the police to chase her as she drove away.

According to reports, late in the afternoon on March 23, a woman who was believed to be intoxicated and her two young children were passengers in a vehicle, when the driver was pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence. Just after 1:00 AM the following morning, the woman, again with her youngsters as passengers in the vehicle, drove to a fire station in Meldrim. She reportedly parked her car and passed out, and when she was seen by the firefighters, they went to see what was going on.

They reported that the woman looked like she had passed out, so they took the children out of the vehicle. She woke up and allegedly told the first responders that she had consumed a lot of alcohol, and then drove away and left the youngsters behind. They were able to trail her until sheriff’s deputies joined the pursuit and eventually used a PIT maneuver to force her to stop. The deputies reported that they found several alcohol containers in the car.

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When the police arrived at a home after an allegedly intoxicated man and his wife got into a fight, the husband reportedly fled from them for over 30 miles before crashing his truck.

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.

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A man accused of carrying a gun around in an apartment complex was taken into custody after the police chased him and allegedly found him in possession of drugs and the firearm. 

Late in the morning on August 26, someone called the authorities and told them that a man holding a firearm was walking around their apartment complex. 

Officers with the Portage Police Department went to the reported address to investigate. 

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A Florida man was placed under arrest after leading the police on a chase in a reportedly stolen four-wheeler in which a firearm and drugs were allegedly discovered.

Justin Williamson resides in the census-designated unincorporated community of Geneva in Seminole County, Florida. Williamson was previously convicted of a felony.

On April 16, Williamson was reportedly driving on the highway on a four-wheeler.

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After a Georgia police sergeant got into a single-vehicle car accident, the authorities asserted that it occurred because he was driving under the influence of alcohol. 

Robert Parsons is a sergeant with the Dunwoody Police Department. 

It was reported that just before midnight on January 25, Parsons, who was reported as being off duty, was on the road and driving his own vehicle. 

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A Florida man allegedly sped over a traffic-filled bridge at over 130 MPH while a child was a passenger in the vehicle. 

19-year-old Eric Killins is from St. Petersburg. 

Early in the morning on November 11, Killins was reportedly driving around in a 2015 Infinity G37 with four people in the vehicle. It was reported that one of them was underage. 

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When Henry Ruggs III was released from custody for allegations of DUI after a fatal accident, he was ordered to comply with strict conditions of which he reportedly did not follow. 

22-year-old Henry Ruggs III was a wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders. He signed a four-year contract with them in July 2020. 

At the beginning of November, Ruggs was in an automobile accident with another vehicle. The driver of the other car did not survive the crash.  

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When the police were trying to detain a man in the middle of the street during a rainstorm, the suspect began to dance around and twerking in a purported attempt to mock and resist them.

57-year-old Richard Wolfe is from Crystal River, Florida.

Around noon on September 7, Wolfe was reportedly driving his SUV down State Road 44 in Inverness.

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A scantily clad Florida woman reportedly stole a car and forced the police to chase her through several counties while driving over 100 MPH.

On the morning of May 15, the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office was notified about the alleged car theft of a 2009 Cadillac Sedan.

The Sheriff’s Office alerted the Florida Highway Patrol about the situation, and troopers joined the deputies that were already searching for the allegedly stolen vehicle.

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