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Drunk Driving

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Florida Drunk Driver Wearing a Butt Plug Rear Ends Car

    ​Kevin Brann had already rear ended himself on Friday night before rear ending another car in Martin County.Yes, after Brann was arrested for drunk driving, deputies discovered that a butt plug had fallen out onto the floor of the backseat of their patrol car.

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Mothers Against Drunk Driving Sues Miami Lingerie Company For Stealing Its Name

    ​What do a nonprofit hellbent on ending drunk driving and a Miami Gardens shop selling crotchless panties and see-through negligees have in common? Far too much, at least according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. MADD has filed a federal lawsuit against MaddSexy Lingerie claiming it's illegally ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    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 admitte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    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 Miami Be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    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.

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    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

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    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. 

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    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.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    July 30, 2009

    The Fugitive

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

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    May 14, 2009

    Renegade Road

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

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2007

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

    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 >>

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Crash Dummies

    Watch out where you walk in Miami

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Watch out where you walk in Miami

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    A Collision Course

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

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    News of the Weird

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

  • News

    June 18, 1998

    News of the Weird

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

  • News

    January 30, 1997

    Under the Influence

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

  • News

    April 27, 1995

    Wipeout!

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

  • News

    January 19, 1994

    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?

  • News

    January 8, 1992

    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

  • News

    August 21, 1991

    Letters

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

  • News

    August 7, 1991

    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.

  • News

    July 31, 1991

    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

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