November 2008 - Posts

• Prescription drugs cited in Locklear DUI charge

  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Prosecutors in Santa Barbara have charged Heather Locklear with misdemeanor driving under the influence, citing prescription drugs. The California Highway Patrol said the actress showed "obvious impairment" when an officer noticed her car parked on a highway and blocking a lane in Montecito in September, but that alcohol was ruled out.... Posted Nov 17 2008, 01:53 PM by DUI

• Driver accused of DUI after SUV hits pole

  var requestedWidth = 0; if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } A 65-year-old San Geronimo man was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk into a traffic light at a San Anselmo intersection Thursday night. Stephen Robertson was booked into the Marin County Jail on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after San Anselmo police responded to a collision report at 9:28 p.m. involving his green BMW X5 sport utility vehicle and a light post at the corner of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Butterfield Road. Officers reported that the vehicle hit a curb before striking the pole with enough force to shear it from its foundation. The vehicle wound up in a westbound lane of Sir Francis Drake. Posted Nov 01 2008, 08:38 AM by DUI Filed under: San Geronimo DUI

• DUI suspect in San Anselmo school crash has prior DUI

  var requestedWidth = 0; if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } A 31-year-old man accused of driving drunk into a San Anselmo school has a prior DUI conviction in 2000, the district attorney's office said. Antonio Concepcion Escobar, a San Pablo resident, was arraigned Friday on drunken driving charges. He was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated Thursday after crashing into the gym at St. Anselm School. The impact punched a hole in the wall, projecting a piece of cinder block toward an 11-year-old boy playing in the gym. The boy was treated for minor injuries. Escobar returns to court Monday to enter a plea. Posted Nov 01 2008, 03:38 AM by DUI Filed under: San Anselmo