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Cops: Drunken Driver Crashed While 'Sexting' Behind the Wheel

By Ben MuessigMar 22nd 2011 – 3:40PM
Sheriff's Office

Sheriff's Office

Before he got behind the wheel, this accused drunken driver should have handed over his keys -- and his cellphone. Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputies say Phernando Cuello was driving drunk and "sexting" when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed near New Port Richey early Sunday. Cuello initially told...

Maryland DUI Suspect Drives Truck Onto Police Cruiser

By Steven HofferMar 15th 2011 – 6:14PM
frederickcountymd.gov

frederickcountymd.gov

Just because you have an off-road vehicle doesn't mean you hold a license to drive wherever you please. Witnesses told police that Brian Head, a 26-year-old from Maryland, found himself a bit stranded early Sunday morning after a bar fight turned into a car chase that left him -- and his pickup truck -- perched on the...

DUI Suspect: I Was Driving Erratically Because I Was Receiving Oral Sex

By Ben MuessigMar 4th 2011 – 5:11PM
Louisville Corrections

Louisville Corrections

When Jason Kircher was pulled over, his car wasn't being serviced -- he was. Police in Kentucky have charged a Louisville man with careless driving, speeding and driving while intoxicated after the motorist told police his reckless behavior on the road was caused by some explicit behavior in the front...

Former MADD Head Charged With Drunken Driving

By Ben MuessigFeb 25th 2011 – 12:58PM
Gainesville Police Department

Gainesville Police Department

Do as I say, not as I DUI. Police arrested the former president of a Gainesville, Fla., chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving on Feb. 18, charging her with driving under the influence. Officers pulled over Debra Oberlin, 48, at around 1:10 a.m. after seeing her vehicle veer across lanes of traffic, according to The...

Bloomberg Apologizes for Crack About 'Inebriated' Irish

By Mara GayFeb 11th 2011 – 10:27AM
Chris Hondros, Getty Images

Chris Hondros, Getty Images

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has apologized for remarks he made to an Irish-American group stereotyping drunken celebrations on St. Patrick's Day. The mayor, addressing the American Irish Historical Society on Wednesday, quipped that he lives nearby the society offices and is used to seeing inebriated people...

Background on drunk

Alcohol intoxication (also known as drunkenness or inebriation) is a physiological state that occurs when a person has a high level of ethanol (alcohol) in his or her blood.

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