Drunk Driving

S.A.F.E. Riders School Miami on Drunk Driving

The Party Crasher - Trick Daddy, Christina Milian, Ne-Yo and Scott Storch Celebrate

Cops, Crimes, and Videoptape

Nine months after he seized and erased a private citizen's video cassette, a Coral Gables lawman finally feels the heat

The Forgotten Man

Eight months after he got hit by Channel 7 anchorman Rick Sanchez's Volvo, Jeffrey Smuzinick is doing poorly. His family is just plain doing poor.

The Case of the Bashful Kidney

Stopped by a state trooper for a suspected DUI, David Wolok makes a semi-successful argument for the pee-pee defense

Feud for Thought

Mike is a DUI attorney with a nose for legal loopholes. Alan is a crusading cop with a jones for drunk drivers. Vendetta, anyone?

Xtreme Indoor Ladies Night - Driving And Drinking Encouraged

Why is Xtreme Indoor Karting in Ft Lauderdale giving away drinks with reduced price racing sessions to ladies on Mondays? Well, it's their ladies night, that's why. Sounds like fun, but the flyer doesn't explain why they're advocating what common sense and MADD tells us is ... More >>

Crash Dummies

Watch out where you walk in Miami

News of the Weird

Watch out where you walk in Miami

A Collision Course

Drunk drivers are getting away with it these days, thanks to peevish Miami-Dade cops

Every Snail on Earth

Drunk drivers are getting away with it these days, thanks to peevish Miami-Dade cops

News of the Weird

Drunk drivers are getting away with it these days, thanks to peevish Miami-Dade cops

News of the Weird

Drunk drivers are getting away with it these days, thanks to peevish Miami-Dade cops

Under the Influence

The cops say she was drunk, but she says she was drugged at a South Beach nightclub

Wipeout!

Disgruntled cops or unscrupulous superiors? Either way, the Surfside Police Department is a mess.

Letters

Disgruntled cops or unscrupulous superiors? Either way, the Surfside Police Department is a mess.

Renegade Road

A woman perishes in a collision with an Indian leader's kin. Her family cries coverup.

Huizenga's Son Arrested: Wait, You Can Get a DUI on a Boat?

We just learned two things: H. Wayne Huizenga's 47-year-old son, Robert Ray, was arrested, and it is possible to be charged with boating under the influence. We don't have hard statistics on this, but we'd assume boating under the influence is generally less enforced than driving under the influen ... More >>

The Fugitive

Sean Casey, who pleaded guilty to killing an elderly woman, claims a prominent lawyer urged him to flee.

Golden Beach Manager Gets A Dewey For Christmas

Miami-Dade CorrectionsGolden Beach Town Manager Alexander Diaz Arrested on DUI Charge​Golden Beach Town Manager Alexander Diaz was a very naughty boy this past December 25. Miami Beach police officers arrested the 31-year-old small city bureaucrat for driving under the influence of alcohol. Accord ... More >>

Miami Police Control the Chaos on New Year's Eve

Editor's note: Photographer Bill Cooke rode with City of Miami Police to capture the chaos that comes with New Year's celebrations. Click here to view the entire slide show from that night.Photo by Bill CookeMiami Police Senior Officer David Carpenter fills out forms in the breathalyzer room of Miam ... More >>

Apparently Marc Sarnoff Does Not Endorse Lethal Drunk Driving After All

Watch out. His lawyer is, like, a total badass.​Commissioner Marc Sarnoff has some very vocal enemies among business-owners in the Coconut Grove parcel of his district, thanks in large part to his unwavering support of a 3 a.m. bar curfew there. Public officials -- especially those with ... More >>

Carlos Bertonatti's Blood Alcohol Content Was .122, Well Over Legal Limit

Blood tests have been completed on Carlos Bertonatti, the aspiring musician accused of drunkenly killing a cyclist on the Rickenbacker Causeway last month and then speeding away. via Miami Dade Corrections​The verdict: Bertonatti was drunk. The 28-year-old's BAC came back at .122, ... More >>

Ronnie Brown Arrested for DUI

​Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence this weekend, and unlike the majority of athlete DUI arrests we hear about it didn't happen on South Beach and did not involve a Bentley.Brown was arrested near Atlanta in his home town late Friday, accor ... More >>

Drunk Dolphin Ronnie Brown Almost Hit an Oncoming Vehicle

​Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown's blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit when he was arrested for DUI last weekend in suburban Atlanta. Now reports suggest the football player lied to police and narrowly missed a head-on collision with another vehicle. Brown was dr ... More >>

Rock of Love Star Megan Hauserman Arrested for DUI on Way to Strip Club

​Megan wanted a millionaire, instead she got a DUI.Megan Hauserman, the prolific reality TV star, was arrested yesterday morning on Miami Beach for driving under the influence. At about 3:15 a.m. police observed her 2008 BMW weaving between lanes and traveling 75 mph in a 55 mph zone. Police ... More >>

Heat's Kenny Hasbrouck Was Charged with DWI After Drinking Two Long Island Iced Teas

via TeamMaine.org​Point guard Kenny Hasbrouck is the newest member of the Miami Heat, signing with them on  March 16th out of the developmental league, but he's already found himself in a drunk driving scandal. The charges date back to February 5th, before the Heat signed the former Siena Col ... More >>

Huizenga's Son Gets Two Years in Jail for Drunk Boating Incident

H. Wayne Huizenga built his billions from the ground up, and eventually owned the Marlins, the Dolphins and the Panther. His son, Robert Ray Huizenga, didn't seem to inherit much of daddy's ambition, and was content to do things like get drunk and boat all day. Now the younger Huizenga will spend tw ... More >>

Like Romero Britto, Hack Artist Thomas Kinkade Arrested for DUI

Before Romero Britto lucked his way into a multimillion-dollar empire selling cheerful, polka-dot canvasses to the masses, there was Thomas Kinkade. Britto (left) and Kinkade ​Kinkade is a kind of role model for Britto. Even before the Brazilian thought about hurting people's eyeballs, Kinkade had ... More >>

Thomas Cypress Pleads Guilty to DUI Manslaughter

Thomas Cypress is going to jail for drinking, driving and killing a Maryland couple.​The 55-year-old brother of former Miccosukee Indian Chairman Billy Cypress is pleading guilty to two counts of DUI manslaughter. On February 19 of last year, Thomas Cypress was behind the wheel of his truck on Ta ... More >>

WSFL News Glamazon Lisa Hayward Arrested for DUI After Crashing Car Into Tree

​You know Lisa Hayward? Of course not. She plays the Ann Curry part of newsreader on WSFL-TV's fledgling, often-re-tooled morning show, which hardly anyone watches. Well, she crashed her car into a tree Wednesday night and was arrested with a blood alcohol level two times the legal limit.

Doin' Easy Time: Eight Celebs Who Got Off Light

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.​Did you really think Lindsay Lohan was going to do any hard time for breaking probation yet again? There's better chances of her staring in Freaky Friday II. Sadly, her short-lived incarceration will just hasten what seems more and more likely to be h ... More >>

Lost Your License Driving Drunk? Florida Store Has A 'DUI Scooter' For You

photo by Gerry Thomasen via wikimedia commons​After watching one too many sad bastards who'd lost their licenses to a DUI come wandering into his scooter shop, Doug Vitello had a brilliant idea: What if he could sell them a low-speed bike that could get them to work or the probation office?Thanks ... More >>

South Beach King Michael Capponi Charged with DUI

​South Beach royalty Michael Capponi was spotted living it up early Friday morning at one of Miami's latest hotspots: behind bars at the pretrial detention center. Lesley Abravanel reports that the promoter and construction magnate was popped for a DUI shortly after leaving a Grey Goose-sponsored ... More >>

Partridge Family Star David Cassidy Charged with DUI in South Florida

​I think a lot of people love David Cassidy, so what are they so afraid of? Maybe that he'll swerve into them in his white Mercedes while allegedly driving drunk. Yes, the former teen idol and Partridge Family star, now 60, was arrested in South Florida for driving drunk. When a Florida Highway Pa ... More >>

Brooke Knows Best Castmate Glenn Douglas Packard's Drunk Driving Arrest Forces Us to Remember He Exists

​Oh, you thought you were finished with Brooke Hogan and her little VH1 reality TV show didn't you, Miami? Well, apparently it's coming back for a third season sometime soon, and almost on cue to remind us that the show and it's cast members exist, Glenn Douglas Packard's, Hogan's gay BFF and room ... More >>

Florida Sees Dramatic Drop in Drunk and Drugged Driving

​Thirty-two percent of all traffic-related deaths in 2008, the most recent year for which statistics are available, were caused by drunk drivers. Several more were caused by drivers under the influence of drugs. That means more than 32 percent of traffic-related deaths could have been avoided if d ... More >>

Nightlife King Michael Capponi Has DUI Charges Dropped

​South Beach nightlife king, developer and philanthropist Michael Capponi was arrested on charges of driving under the influence last October after driving himself home from a fancy shindig at W South Beach hot spot Wall. Capponi maintained that he blew under the legal limit both times he was aske ... More >>

Burn Notice Star Jeffrey Donovan Convicted of Reckless Driving

Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan has pleaded guilty to reckless driving and will avoid DUI charges stemming from an incident in which he almost hit a police car on Miami Beach in 2009, reports TMZ. The deal with prosecutors will ensure that the actor doesn't face any jail time. 

The President Signs Autographs at Cremator 305

​Note: The text after this introductory paragraph is an unedited journal entry from November 2009. I wrote it a few days after getting out of jail. Thanks to everyone who came out to Bas Fisher Invitational on Saturday night for the Experience Sobriety release party and opening reception festivi ... More >>

Five Rappers Dumb Enough to Get DUIs in Honor of Flo Rida's Drunk-Driving Arrest

via Miami-Dade Corrections​Crossfade is a firm believer in designated drivers. Drunk driving can not only kill you, but it can kill someone else and ruin the lives of their friends and family. We also believe rappers have a lot of money. We believe this because we watch MTV Cribs. But in the mi ... More >>

Best of Miami 2011: Best Local Boy Gone Bad

In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 16, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.​Best Local Boy Gone BadRick Sanchez

Police Officer Peter Munoz Arrested for Killing Woman While Driving Drunk

​Peter William Munoz, a 24-year-old member of the Coral Springs Police Department, has been arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter after hitting another car in Coral Gables over the summer. The other driver, Jennifer Gutierrez, 23, died of her injuries.

Miami Herald Really Wants You To Know Its Reporter Got Arrested For DUI

​There was a strange news story published on Miami Herald's website Wednesday. The article, titled "Herald writer charged with DUI, leaves paper," reported that little-known Neighbors reporter Jose Cassola was pulled over for running a stop sign with his headlights off at 4 am on Monday. He ... More >>

Jose Cassola, Miami Herald Reporter Busted For DUI: "You Can't Get Drunk Off Vodka!"

​Jose Cassola claims that the Miami Herald , where he worked as a Neighbors reporter until Wednesday, is trying to throw him under the bus by publicizing his recent DUI arrest. He also claims that he's innocent-- although he admits to driving after five to seven cocktails-- and the victim of M ... More >>

Drunk Florida Man Tries to Use Taco as ID After His Car Catches Fire at Taco Bell

​Tacos are not recognized as legal forms of identification in the state of Florida [insert bad joke about immigration laws here]. Matthew Falkner found out the hard way after he passed out drunk in the drive-thru of a Jensen Beach Taco Bell and his car caught fire [insert bad joke about Taco Bell' ... More >>

Florida Drivers Ranked Third Worst in America

​The only surprise here is that we're not ranked first. Between Miami's unique brand at driving, old folks who flock to other parts of the state, and people who drive pick ups with truck nuts in our more rural area, no one is going to make a claim that Floridians are experts behind the wheels. Now ... More >>

Ten Helpful Hints to Make Sure Your Miami New Year's Eve Celebration Doesn't Result in Death or Tragedy

​2011 is over in 31 hours. It would be really nice, actually, if those last 31 hours weren't your last on earth. (Remember, the world doesn't end for another 12 months.) Of course, this is Miami, and New Year's Eve can be quite dangerous. Frankly, Riptide really wants to make sure you stay safe. T ... More >>

FDLE Paid Employees to Get Drunk on Whiskey for Possibly Worthless Study

​The Florida Department of Law Enforcement spent $330 back in October on Jim Beam whiskey, mixers and some Doritos. Fifteen employees then proceeded to get drunk on company time. Sounds like the makings of an office party, no? Not so much. The ill advised plan was part of a makeshift study to ... More >>

Drunk Florida Woman Tells Deputies Her "Big Boobies" Prevented Her from Performing Sobriety Tests

​Maureen Raymond, 49, may admit she was driving under the influence of "big boobies," but that's about it. After being approached by police for driving over the speed limit and swerving over the double yellow line, Raymond refused to perform a field sobriety test because she claimed her big breast ... More >>