Archive for November, 2006

How to Handle Your DUI Arrest

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

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Cooper City Commissioner Bart Roper arrested for DUI (7 News Miami)
DAVIE, Fla. (WSVN) — Cooper City Commissioner Bart Roper was arrested for DUI last night in Davie. The Commissioner is already in the middle of controversy for drinking with other officials before committee meetings.
Police: Cooper City Commissioner Arrested For DUI (CBS 4 Miami)
One of several Cooper City commissioners, already under fire for getting caught in a CBS4 hidden camera investigation, drinking and dining on taxpayer money before county commission meetings, has now been arrested on charges of DUI.
Cooper City Commissioner Charged With DUI (Local 10 Miami)
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A Cooper City commissioner is charged with driving under the influence. Bart Roper was arrested Tuesday by Davie police on suspicion of DUI.
Group considers changes to state DUI laws (The State)
Suspected drunken drivers who refuse to take blood-alcohol tests would lose their licenses for a year under a proposal by a study group looking at rewriting state DUI laws.
Public defender faces another DUI charge (The Palm Beach Post)
A Palm Beach County senior assistant public defender, arrested twice earlier this year in alcohol-related incidents, found herself facedown on an exit ramp Monday with another DUI charge.
Proposed DUI Bill to be “More Enforceable” (Florence Morning News)
South Carolina now has two DUI laws: an old one that’s been around for years, and a newer one that was supposed to be better and easier. But police and troopers rarely use the newer law because of its loopholes.
Summerset mayor gets 10 days for DUI (Rapid City Journal)
Summerset Mayor Brad Shelly must serve 10 days in jail and pay $1,053 in fines and court costs after being arrested Sept. 12 for second-offense DUI. Shelly, 44, was sentenced Tuesday by 4th Circuit Magistrate Judge Michelle Percy.
Ex-WBLF newsman sentenced for DUI (Centre Daily Times)
BELLEFONTE — A former radio newsman and aide to state Rep.-elect Scott Conklin was sentenced Tuesday to 120 days of home confinement with electronic monitoring after his second DUI offense in nine years.
Proposed DUI Bill to be ‘More Enforceable’ (WLTX-TV Columbia)
A task force has been writing a new DUI bill to give to state lawmakers so they can try to replace the two current laws with one that’s better. VIDEO
Cooper City Commissioner Charged With DUI (WPLG Click10.com via Yahoo! News)
A Cooper City commissioner is charged with driving under the influence.