Austin DWI News
- Randy Travis sues to block DWI patrol car video release 2013-05-17
- Travis pleaded guilty in January to driving while intoxicated. A judge sentenced him to two years' probation and ordered a 180-day suspended jail term.
- Tougher drunk-driving threshold proposed 2013-05-14
- A common benchmark in the United States for determining when a driver is legally drunk is not doing enough to prevent alcohol-related crashes that kill about 10,000 people each year and should be made more restrictive, transportation safety investigators say. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended on Tuesday that all 50 states adopt a blood-alcohol content (BAC) cutoff of 0.05 ...
- Travis County DA jailed for DWI gets early release 2013-05-09
- A Central Texas prosecutor serving 45 days in jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated has been freed early due to good behavior.
- Harlandale officials, parents call for resignation after trustee's DWI arrest 2013-05-08
- SAN ANTONIO -- An elected school official broke his silence about his recent DWI arrest in front of the Harlandale Independent School District Board of Trustees and a packed public meeting on Wednesday night. Anthony Alcoser, who is also a trustee, pleaded for a second chance nearly two weeks after he was charged with drinking and driving after leaving a Fiesta event in downtown San Antonio ...
- Fiesta DWI arrests down in 2013 2013-05-06
- For a third consecutive year, there were no alcohol-related traffic fatalities during Fiesta, and the total number of driving-while-intoxicated arrests, at 332, dropped by about 11 percent from last year's total of 373, according to the San Antonio Police Department and the Bexar County district attorney's office. Police spokesman Officer Matthew Porter credits the drop in arrests to public ...
- DWI court accepts first six defendants 2013-05-06
- Six people were accepted into Bexar County's first driving-while-intoxicated specialty court Friday. The court is supervised by County Court-at-law No. 8 Judge Liza Rodriguez, and was created to provide strict supervision and emphasize treatment for high-risk defendants — second-time offenders diagnosed as alcohol-dependent. It will be limited to 40 defendants, a capacity that Court Manager ...
- Sheriff's cadet charged with DWI 2013-05-06
- Toni Michelle Villaloboz, 43, was arrested late Thursday in the 5500 block of Southwest Military Drive because she was traveling at 64 mph in a 45 mph limit zone, Bexar County Sheriff's Office spokesman Paul Berry said. “When convicted of DWI, that is disqualifying,” Sheriff Susan Pamerleau said Friday, explaining that Villaloboz is “essentially on probation” and won't be returning to the academy.
- Bexar County: 677 people arrested on DWI charges in month of April 2013-05-06
- SAN ANTONIO -- There were 677 people arrested for driving while intoxicated in Bexar County in the month of April, according to numbers released by the district attorney's office. April has historically been one of the top months for drinking and driving arrests, especially with San Antonio's 11-day Fiesta celebration in the middle of the month. Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed released ...
- SAPD officer injured after DWI suspect crashes vehicle into patrol car 2013-05-04
- A San Antonio police officer was sent to the hospital after his patrol car was hit by a suspected drunk driver early Saturday. The crash happened on I-10 just before Huebner at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday. Police said a 23-year-old woman was driving eastbound on the highway when her vehicle rear-ended the police car. Officers said the woman was heavily intoxicated at the time of the accident, and ...
- New option helps offenders with multiple DWI confictions avoid jail time 2013-05-03
- SAN ANTONIO – History is made in San Antonio, as Bexar County starts up its first-ever, DWI court. County Court Judge Liza Rodriguez said six people with multiple DWI’s will get focused, individual treatment rather than prison time. “Those of you in court today have at least two, driving while intoxicated convictions,” said Rodriguez. The judge said intervening now in the defendants’ lives could ...
- Suspected DWI driver hits utility pole, knocking out power to thousands 2013-05-03
- San Antonio police said nearly 3,000 customers lost power early Friday morning after a driver crashed into a utility pole. Police said the accident happened just after 3 a.m. on Babcock Road just south of Prue Road. The 21-year-old man was heading southbound when he drove straight off the road and slammed into a utility pole. His white Mustang then flipped several times before landing upside ...
- I-Team: It's families losing the most as Texas leads nation in DWI deaths 2013-05-02
- Donna McCain and her husband Mark tried not to assume the worst when they were woken by a ringing cell phone just before dawn. It was the sheriff's office, and an officer with the Department of Public Safety needed someone to unlock the gate at the end of their driveway. That's all he said. The McCains had one thought: their 19-year-old daughter, Meagan, who had just went off to Mesa Lands ...
- I-Team: Mourning father builds roadside crosses for DWI victims throughout Texas 2013-05-02
- Simon Galan has had one mission for over 20 years. "So I make it for him, in memory of my son. Everything I do is for him," he said. He builds crosses for families who have lost a loved to a drunken driver. "I do it because I know how the people asking for them feel. What they're going through, it's hard," he said. His son, Edward Anthony Galan, was killed in 1993. He was just 29 years old. The ...
- Texas DPS regional coordinator arrested on DWI charge 2013-05-02
- AUSTIN -- KVUE News has learned Richard Lee Hooks, an employee of the Texas Department of Public Safety, has been arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. According to the DPS website , 57-year-old Hooks is the Texas Division of Emergency Management Region 7 Capital Area Coordinator. According to the arrest affidavit, Hooks was traveling westbound on East 71 without his lights on ...
- Harlandale ISD trustee charged with DWI during Fiesta 2013-05-01
- A Harlandale ISD trustee has been arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. San Antonio police confirm that Athony Alcoser got the DWI charge April 24 during Fiesta. A district spokesperson said the district was not aware of the current charges and that Alcoser is not required to inform the district of any incidents that occur in his personal life. KENS 5 has contacted friends of ...
