While technially he is driving drunk...

This don’t count.

The late country singer George Jones was famous for taking a riding lawnmower to the bar. Got a new one here.

Man stole electric shopping cart, drove it to bar to avoid DWI

HOUMA - A Livingston Parish man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly stole an electric shopping cart from a Walmart because he thought it would save him from getting a DWI.

The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office says it responded to a bar along Corporate Drive in Houma around midnight after getting a report that someone had shown up in the parking lot riding the stolen cart. Deputies found the cart parked between two other vehicles in the bar's parking lot.

Deputies soon confronted 32-year-old Brice Williams of Denham Springs, who was suspected of taking the cart for a joyride. Williams admitted to stealing the cart from the nearby Walmart, saying he had come from another bar and feared he would get arrested for DWI if he drove his own vehicle to the bar on Corporate.

Williams was booked on one count of unauthorized use of a moveable. His bond was set at $2,500.

Gotta say, he at least stayed away from a car. Less damage, but pal, next time try an Uber.

An image you will never forget...

I still recall the first time I saw this image. This is what an impaired driver can do to another human being (the other two in the car this idiot hit were killed). Having to live like this for decades is unfathomable to me, but she spent her life campaigning against drunk driving.

Jacqui Saburido, face of famous anti-drunk driving campaign, dies

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Jacqui Saburido, the woman who became the face of anti-drunk driving campaign after a 1999 crash left her with third-degree burns, has died, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission confirmed on Monday.

In 1999, Saburido took a break from college in her native Caracas, Venezuela, to come to the United States to learn English. She had only been in the U.S. for about a month when she was coming home from a birthday party on Sept. 19 and her friend's car was struck by 18-year-old Reggie Stephey, who had been drinking.

Stephey drifted across the road's center stripe and struck the car head-on — killing two of the passengers instantly.

Saburido survived but nearly burned to death when the car caught fire.

Stephey, a high school senior of Austin, was convicted of two counts of intoxication manslaughter and sentenced to seven years in prison — he was released in 2008.

Jacqui, meanwhile, suffered extensive third-degree burns that left her blind, melted off her hair, and resulted in the loss of her ears, lips, nose and eyelids. She also lost use of her hands. She was not expected to survive.

Since the crash, she underwent over 100 operations and at one point, her medical bills totaled up to $5 million — a price tag she faced without health insurance. She died of cancer in Guatemala.

Jacqui spent most of the rest of her life advocating for the Texas Department of Transportation's campaign urging people not to drink and drive. She appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" twice and it is estimated that at least one billion people have heard her story.

During a press conference, she once said:

"Even if it means sitting here in front of a camera with no ears, no nose, no eyebrows, no hair, I’ll do this a thousand times if it will help someone make a wise decision...”

RIP Jacqui.

I swear ossifer I'm not as think as you drunk I am......

I think we can call this A Clue

Tree in the front grill....

Thanks Mike K for the link.

I know my rights!!!!!!

I'm starting a new label, YouTube Lawyers. These are people who "know their rights!" even when their only knowledge of the law is Law and Order reruns. So with that as an introduction, here is a classic example (Language warning):

One of the things I dealt with as a jail supervisor was prisoners shocked because "No one has read me my rights..." Generally it wasn't the frequent flier but the store manager who got busted for DWI or a fight who don't know that you are not read your rights until you get interrogated. But this is an example of the "issues" we as cops get to deal with. Can be hazardous but you can get a laugh out of it.

Cook County is not doing well with DWIs

It's bad when you have to tell the complainant, or their next of kin we can't prosecute because of a lack of evidence, no witnesses, etc. It's quite another when you screw up the evidence trail, like what is apparently happening here.

DUI paperwork mistakes allow thousands of drivers back on Illinois roads - Chicago Tribune

Bureaucratic mix-ups have let thousands of drunken drivers avoid mandatory license suspensions and stay on the roads, a Tribune investigation has found.

A Tribune review of state data found case after case across the Chicago area in which the arrests of these drivers — some with repeat DUIs — are not being logged into state computers to ensure their licenses are suspended. The failures come in a process that still relies on police filling out forms by hand and mailing them to the state, a process rife with human error that frustrates anti-DUI advocates.

"There are so many ways for things to get lost," said Cathy Stanley, with Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists. "Nothing is instantaneously done or efficiently done like it should be."

A spokeswoman for Secretary of State Jesse White, who administers the suspensions, said the office was disappointed at the Tribune's findings and worried "there are potentially dangerous drivers, who have violated the law, driving on our roadways."

State officials blame the breakdown on police failing to send reports. However, most departments contacted by the Tribune maintain that they drop the requisite paperwork in the mail and assume that the state has logged the suspensions. Officials said nobody had ever studied how many times the process failed.

The revelation offers one more gap in what is billed as a near-automatic punishment for being arrested for driving drunk. Last year, the Tribune found that some suburbs routinely let drivers keep their licenses, often in exchange for hefty fines. That prompted White to ask his traffic safety task force to study the issue.

The latest-discovered gap — from mistakes — appears widespread, from arrests in Chicago to the tiniest suburbs.

It is nearly impossible to determine the true number of mistakes because of how DUI data is kept. But an analysis of state data found more than 3,000 Chicago-area drivers' arrests since 2010 weren't logged.

In one county whose court data could be studied more deeply — DuPage — it appears that as many as one in 15 DUI defendants are not missing a day behind the wheel because of the bureaucratic breakdown.

Benefiting from the mix-ups are people like Ruben Reyes-Rodriguez, 36, of West Chicago. Records show the same department pulled him over twice in 2012 and both times failed to send the paperwork to the state for what were his third and fourth DUI arrests. It took over a year for him to lose his license, and only because one of the DUIs led to a conviction that sparked a separate license revocation...

In all honesty a suspended license does stop anyone from driving. It is simply a risk you take when you drive, hoping you don't get pulled over and if so, pray the cop will not run the license or actually arrest you.

But again, why is it so difficult to log the entry of a report and paperwork into a state database? Assuming this report is true (or accurate), you must say "Come on guys, it's the 2010s, you can do this..."

Karma can be a beautiful thing...,,

In the last few years there's been one group or another that think they are immune from law, such as the Sovereign Citizen's movement or Black Panthers. And we have CopWatch.org or this new group, CopBlock.org, that only want to "police the police", if you will..

Now there is a question of the propriety of using checkpoints. Personally, if it's on the public streets and done in a random manner (e.g. every fifth driver or all drivers) I see no issue with Constitutionality. Apparently Mr. Watkins believes he should warn people of this. Fair enough, he has a right to protest. But Karma is a bitch!

“Cop Blocker” Kory Watkins Hit by Drunk Driver After Protesting Police Safety Checkpoint

ARLINGTON, TEXAS-On his way home from protesting an Arlington Police Department traffic safety checkpoint, self-proclaimed “Cop Watcher” Kory Watkins was rear-ended by a drunk driver. Watkins’ car was hit by a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed while driving home from the checkpoint protest on Interstate 287.
“So last night on my way home from cop watching a drunk driver was going around 100 mph and smashed into the back of me,” Watkins said. “I could not control the car , I went sideways, then flipped 3 times, hit a cement piller to stop my roll and put me in a ditch on The side of 287. I was 2 miles always from being home. I am incredible lucky to be breathing. I can’t tell you how lucky I am to be alive.”...

Damned, sucks to be you pal. Forgive me if I don't have much sympathy. We get to deal with these morons every night and see, we even deal with jerks who don't like us. Seems like Mr. Watkins don't like people making fun of him.

“I see a few sick I individuals taken time to think this is a joke or it’s funny that the cops helped me,” he said. “Let me say this. I am happy the police showed up to catch him but I’m trying to figure out where they helped me any….. Was it the part where they showed up 15 minutes after the crime or was it when they wrote me a 300$ ticket after my car was totaled? Any sick f— that thinks this is the time to crack irony jokes can go the he’ll away. I’m lucky to be alive. There are some sick people that try to take a situation and spin it to fit their beliefs when they don’t know crap. Some sick people …. Mother F—-r almost dies and people are joking about it. Disgusting.”

Mr. Watkins, you kiss your mom with that mouth? No, it's not disgusting, it's just laughing at someone who takes themselves far too serious. Waaaaaa!

Watkins was issued a summons for driving without a license. ” I don’t ask for permission to drive a car I paid for on a road I paid for,” he said.

Watkins was protesting a police department checkpoint by alerting drivers of its presence prior to the checkpoint. Watkins stood next to the police vehicles yelling, “You criminals!” at the police officers.

Mr. Watkins, actually you do. Driving is a privilege, not a right. So if you want to drive on the public street you need to be licensed, as well as have your vehicle insured, registered, and inspected. Don't like that, take the bus. Sounds more like you are the criminal to me.

“Cop Blockers” are people who are overly critical of the state of policing in the United States and seek to promote and publicize acts by police officers, often sensationalized, to portray police departments as over aggressive para-military forces. In this incident Watkins said his goal was to expose the checkpoint as nothing more than a revenue generating operation for the department.

No, we just protect and serve. The last officer my agency lost was from a drunk driver so it's not a "revenue generating operation for the department". Hope you enjoy your time at court as I know the officers will enjoy their overtime. With an attitude like yours I know they will show up. And please, don't hire a lawyer, hate to see you put out the money like that! ;<)

Sometimes I wonder if the writers at the Houston Chronicle are typing while intoxicated (TWI)

I was reviewing the morning Chronicle and on the top of the front page was this article on how the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals threw out mandatory DWI blood draws without a warrant. FYI, that is Texas' highest criminal court, the Texas Supreme Court handles civil actions. Now this is not surprising seeing the U. S. Supreme Court basically outlawed blood draws without a warrant last year. And the writers seems almost giddy about it. Then again the Chronicle is not a fan of local law enforcement. Here are the basics.

Court scraps DWI tool

Appeal likely on decision ousting ‘no refusal’ law to collect blood

By Lauren McGaughy and Mike Ward

AUSTIN — Texas’ controversial law allowing police to collect blood samples without warrants from drivers who refuse is unconstitutional, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday.

While the 5-4 decision is expected to be appealed, it appears certain to impact so-called “no refusal” enforcement, including this Thanksgiving holiday weekend, when police collect blood samples from suspected drunken drivers at the scene or following transport to a nearby hospital.
Under the ruling, law enforcement officers would be required to obtain a search warrant before they force suspected motorists to submit to a test measuring their blood-alcohol content.

Many jurisdictions already have started doing that, making sure judges are present at arrest scenes to sign warrants. Some also use DWI enforcement vans where arrested drivers are taken, and where a judge is available to sign a warrant if a suspect refuses to agree to provide a sample.

The “no refusal” enforcement drives have been controversial for years, and the Legislature has revised the wording of the current law in an attempt to make it pass constitutional muster. In its decision, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said it did not.

“We hold that a nonconsensual search of a DWI suspect’s blood conducted pursuant to the mandatory-blood-draw and implied-consent provisions in the Transportation Code, when undertaken in the absence of a warrant or any applicable exception to the warrant requirement, violates the Fourth Amendment,” Judge Elsa Alcala wrote for the five majority opinion judges...

In Harris County, the ruling will have no impact because the district attorney’s office already seeks search warrants in all cases in which drunken driving suspects refuse a breath test or blood draw.

“We’ve already been doing what the court ruled on for the last 18 months,” said Alison Baimbridge, chief of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office Vehicular Crimes Section.

Earlier changes in law

Baimbridge said the office made changes to its policy after an April 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that police generally must obtain a warrant before submitting a drunken-driving suspect to a blood test. However, the high court did not address states like Texas that have statutes that allow mandatory blood draws under certain circumstances. Baimbridge said the changes were made to ensure that evidence would be collected in such cases....

Now you can read the details of the case brought to the court if you will, but this is the part that makes me wonder if there is something in the coffee at the office.

...(defense attorney Fred) Jimenez said while he is pleased with the ruling, it does not mean police officers no will longer be able to take blood and breath samples against a DWI suspect’s will. They just need to ensure they have a warrant first...

I wonder how a cop forced a breath sample from a suspect before? A breathalyzer requires the suspect to blow into a tube for up to 10 seconds for a proper sample. If I ask a suspect for a breath sample and he refuses (aka "F%^& You!, I ain't doing it!) it's not like I can shove him to the ground, place the tube down his throat and compress the check to force air from the lungs. If there is a technique out there guys, please let me know. I would like to use it on the other suspects as they come in.

Sometimes you just have to wonder if they know what they are writing!

The Five Stages of Grief, in one video.

Look at the redaction of this woman when she finds outs she killed someone. It shows three of the five stages of grief

1. Denial and Isolation: Deny the reality of the situation. At 1:05

2. Anger: Reality and its pain re-emerge. At 1:15

3. Bargaining: The normal reaction to feelings of helplessness and vulnerability is often a need to regain control. At 1.25

4. Depression:

5. Acceptance

The last two are not on the video but they probably happened after she got her ass sobered up. Interesting watch.

Affluenza and other First World Problems

I first saw this on Facebook and my post in response was "You know what you call this in Massachusetts? Senator Kennedy." Started a bit of conversation but I think I made the point with the liberals in the group.

Now just read through this and it should infuriate you.

‘Affluenza’ defense in DWI assailed

“Affluenza,” the affliction cited by a psychologist to argue that a North Texas teenager from a wealthy family should not be sent to prison for killing four pedestrians while driving drunk, is not a recognized diagnosis and should not be used to justify bad behavior, experts said Thursday.

A judge’s decision to give 16-year-old Ethan Couch 10 years of probation for the fatal accident sparked outrage from relatives of those killed and has led to questions about the defense strategy. A psychologist testified in Couch’s trial in a Fort Worth juvenile court that as a result of “affluenza,” the boy should not receive the maximum 20-year prison sentence prosecutors were seeking.

The term “affluenza” was popularized in the late 1990s by Jessie O’Neill, the granddaughter of a past president of General Motors, when she wrote the book “The Golden Ghetto: The Psychology of Affluence.” It has since been used to describe a condition in which children
— generally from richer families — have a sense of entitlement, are irresponsible, make excuses for poor behavior, and sometimes dabble in drugs and alcohol, said Dr. Gary Buffone, a Jacksonville, Fla., psychologist.

But Buffone said Thursday that the term wasn’t meant to be used as a defense in a criminal trial or to justify such behavior.
“The simple term would be spoiled brat,” he said.

“Essentially what he (the judge) has done is slapped this child on the wrist for what is obviously a very serious offense which he would be responsible for in any other situation,” he said. “The defense is laughable, the disposition is horrifying … not only haven’t the parents set any consequences, but it’s being reinforced by the judge’s actions.”

District Judge Jean Boyd issued her sentence Tuesday after Couch “admitted his guilt” last week in four cases of intoxication manslaughter in the June accident, according to a news release from the Tar-rant County prosecutor’s office. The ruling came after the judge heard three days of testimony from witnesses, victims’ loved ones, investigators and treatment experts.

Psychologist testimony

The psychologist who testified as a defense witness at Couch’s trial said the boy grew up in a house where the parents were preoccupied with arguments that led to a divorce, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

But prosecutor Richard Alpert argued in court that if the boy continues to be cushioned by his family’s wealth, another tragedy is inevitable.
A message left for Boyd by the Associated Press was not returned Thursday. But the Star-Telegram reported that the judge said the programs available in the Texas juvenile justice system may not provide the intensive therapy Couch could receive at a $450,000-a-year rehabilitation center near Newport Beach, Calif., that the parents would pay for.

Although Couch’s case was handled in juvenile court, he has been identified publicly by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office.

One legal expert said he had never even heard of “affluenza.”

“The concept that I did something because I’m rich and spoiled doesn’t look like a good causation,” Richard Segura, a supervising attorney at the University of Texas at Austin’s Criminal Defense Clinic, told the AP. “It doesn’t sound like something that would ameliorate the punishment.”

However, the judge likely factored in rehabilitation, restitution and other factors when sentencing Couch, Segura said.
Surveillance video

Authorities said the teen and friends were seen on surveillance video stealing two cases of beer from a store. He had seven passengers in his Ford F-350, was speeding and had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit, according to trial testimony. His truck slammed into the four pedestrians, killing Brian Jennings, 43, Breanna Mitchell, 24, Shelby Boyles, 21, and her mother, Hollie Boyles, 52....

Enough to really get your blood boiling, but this is an upper income version of what certain "advocates of the poor" have been saying for generations. It's not my fault, blame the system, etc. And it's still as infuriating. You say someone is not mature enough to be held accountable for their actions but they are mature enough to be drive a vehicle, receive and use money, etc (Poorer people get SSI, Kennedy's get their inheritance).

I am fairly new to the fatherhood racket (two beautiful girls) and I've said to them more than once the only person responsible for what you do is you. I don't knock the defense attorney for pushing this tripe, he's getting paid to get a client off. But it's disgusting to see there are "learned" people on the bench who buy this crap.

Another example of something that makes you say "this is happening in my country"?

I loved doing DWI investigations while on the street. A lot of my buddies hated them because they were time consuming if you were not experienced, but I've had a bit of a personal ax to grind. I've been hit twice by drunk drivers. That being said the report has to be a bit more than "Saw drunk, arrested same."

To start the process I have to justify, aka have "reasonable suspicion" to initiated a traffic stop. Things that do that include driving the wrong way on a one way street, no headlights while driving at night and unable to maintain a single lane. Then I have to articulate why I needed to do a field sobriety test (e.g. "Strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on driver's breath, unbalanced in walk" etc.

Well, I"m all for getting drunk drivers off the road, but this ain't doing it. It's not a means of that goal. And more to the fact, it's wrong.

North Texas Drivers Stopped at Roadblock Asked for Saliva, Blood | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Some drivers along a busy Fort Worth street on Friday were stopped at a police roadblock and directed into a parking lot, where they were asked by federal contractors for samples of their breath, saliva and even blood.

It was part of a government research study aimed at determining the number of drunken or drug-impaired drivers.

"It just doesn't seem right that you can be forced off the road when you're not doing anything wrong," said Kim Cope, who said she was on her lunch break when she was forced to pull over at the roadblock on Beach Street in North Fort Worth.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is spending $7.9 million on the survey over three years, said participation was "100 percent voluntary" and anonymous.

But Cope said it didn't feel voluntary to her -- despite signs saying it was.

"I gestured to the guy in front that I just wanted to go straight, but he wouldn't let me and forced me into a parking spot," she said.

Once parked, she couldn't believe what she was asked next.

"They were asking for cheek swabs," she said. "They would give $10 for that. Also, if you let them take your blood, they would pay you $50 for that."

At the very least, she said, they wanted to test her breath for alcohol.

She said she felt trapped.

"I finally did the Breathalyzer test just because I thought that would be the easiest way to leave," she said, adding she received no money.

Fort Worth police earlier said they could not immediately find any record of officer involvement but police spokesman Sgt. Kelly Peel said Tuesday that the department's Traffic Division coordinated with the NHTSA on the use of off-duty officers after the agency asked for help with the survey.

"We are reviewing the actions of all police personnel involved to ensure that FWPD policies and procedures were followed," he said. "We apologize if any of our drivers and citizens were offended or inconvenienced by the NHTSA National Roadside Survey."

NBC DFW confirmed that the survey was done by a government contractor, the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, which is based in Calverton, Md.

A company spokeswoman referred questions to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

An agency spokeswoman sent an email confirming the government is conducting the surveys in 30 cities across the country in an effort to reduce impaired-driving accidents.

She did not respond to another email from NBC DFW asking specific questions about the program..

But a Fort Worth attorney who is an expert in civil liberties law questioned whether such stops are constitutional.

"You can't just be pulled over randomly or for no reason," said attorney Frank Colosi.

He also noted the fine print on a form given to drivers informs them their breath was tested by "passive alcohol sensor readings before the consent process has been completed."

"They're essentially lying to you when they say it's completely voluntary, because they're testing you at that moment," Colosi said.

He also questioned the results of the "voluntary" survey -- speculating that drivers who had been drinking or using drugs would be more inclined to simply decline to participate.

Cope said she is troubled by what happened.

"It just doesn't seem right that they should be able to do any of it," she said. "If it's voluntary, it's voluntary, and none of it felt voluntary."

Asked Tuesday if she accepted the police department's apology, Cope said she would wait to see what the review showed.

"They need to make sure this doesn't happen again," she said.

There is no "reasonable suspicion" to stopping someone just for driving. Granted, police can operate a road block if the standard for the stop is completely objective, such as stopping every fifth car. But that is for local police to do, not for the feds.

I swear ossifer, I'm not as think as you drunk I am!"

"One shot." Usually the answer to the question "Have you had anything to drink tonight?" is "A couple of beers…" My usual answer is "A couple of what? Forty ounces, six packs, keys?" Or on the "Walk and Turn", I ask them to put their left foot down and it's a challenge, my normal comment is "Your other left…" If they don't get it it's even more fun"

On my first DWI back in 2000 or so, it took 20 minutes for the jury to convict. I asked the DA what caused that and he said, "Honesty the video from the intox center. Put that in front of twelve people and they say, "Looks like a drunk, acts like a drunk, sounds like a drunk, that's a drunk!"

Small world. Two weeks ago I was in a cigar shop on my him from work and a man said "It's you!" He was the father of the young lady who was involved in that accident. He recalled I didn't' wear glasses back then. Damned, I wish I had that memory.

Oh thank God, the K9 is ok….

I've heard from our DWI TF cops of similar incidents. An officer would be conducting a DWI investigation on the side of the street and another car driven by a drunk driver would hit a nearby car or the curb. But never hitting the squad car itself.

Cops: Drunk driver hits DUI squad

Arizona woman arrested after smashing into side of deputy's vehicle

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (KPHO) —Sheriff's deputies with Pinal County's DUI Task Force didn't have to go far to arrest one suspected drunken driver.

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office said a sheriff's K-9 deputy was stopped on Peart Road in Casa Grande to help with an arrest Sunday night when a 22-year-old woman slammed into the side of his vehicle.

Amanda Leyvas drove into the front passenger side as the deputy was about to get out of the car, and just missed hitting two other squad vehicles and two deputies, police said.

Leyvas and her passenger, Terry Sigarroba, were both believed to be drunk, according to police.

Neither was hurt in the crash.

Leyvas was arrested on charges of driving while impaired by alcohol, aggravated assault and criminal damage, while Sigarroba was arrested for an outstanding warrant out of the Casa Grande City Court for interfering with a judicial proceeding.

The deputy was taken to Casa Grande Regional Medical Center for minor injuries.

His K-9 was taken to a veterinary clinic as a precaution.

Good to hear of deputy's and the dog were ok…if she needs her ass stitched.no biggie. Call be a bit cynical, but I have no tolerance for DWIs.

If it wasn't for Mississippi.....

Louisiana would be in trouble.

Or so the old saying goes. Classic example.

Woman gets 2 DWIs in 24 hours in Slidell

Slidell Police arrested a 26-year-old Mississippi woman twice in a 24-hour period for driving drunk, Detective Daniel Seuzeneau said in a news release. Two different officers arrested Marjorie Portier, of Carriere, Miss., early Saturday and again early Sunday, Seuzeneau said.

In the first instance, a Slidell Police officer noticed Portier's red 2002 Saturn swerving on Front Street at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. When the officer pulled her over, Portier exhibited signs of being intoxicated and was arrested, Seuzenueu said.

Portier, who had just left a party at a bar, agreed to a breath alcohol test that showed she had a blood alcohol content of .187 -- more than twice the legal limit of .08, Seuzeneau said. She was booked and charged with first offense driving while intoxicated and improper lane usage.

At 1:50 a.m. Sunday, another Slidell officer stopped Portier for speeding, swerving and making an improper turn on Gause Boulevard. The officer, who did not know Portier had been arrested less than 24 hours earlier, said Portier showed signs of being intoxicated, Seuzeneau said.

Portier, who again had just left a party at a bar, pleaded with the officer to not take her to jail for the second night in a row, Seuzeneau said. She agreed to a breath alcohol test and had a blood alcohol content of .130.

She was arrested and charged with second offense DWI, speeding, improper lane use and improper turn, he said...

Sometimes this job is too easy. Good work Slidell PD.

This is not your usual DWI

I've done more than my share of DWIs in my time on the street, but this is a bit out of the ordinary.

APD: DWI crash driver having sex

BRIONES: Was found hiding in a cactus...not the brightest bulb on the tree

A 25-year-old man is facing multiple charges after police said he was drunkenly having sex with a woman while driving, crashed his car and then ran from police.

Luis Briones was found with one shoe on and his shorts on inside-out Monday night, hiding in a cactus, after he crashed his Ford Explorer in the 2600 block of Pennsylvania NE on Monday night.

Briones’ female passenger was found naked outside the vehicle after being ejected. She had deep cuts to her face and head, but was in stable condition when she was sent to the hospital, police said.

Police said Briones was heading north on Pennsylvania when he ran a red light and struck a car heading westbound on Menaul NE.

“Mr. Briones was observed to be having sexual intercourse with the passenger and sped off… at a high rate of speed,” the Albuquerque police officer wrote in a criminal complaint. “Their activities presented a danger to others in the roadway as exhibited by the accident.”

Witnesses told police Briones was clearly drunk when he got out of his car, and officers found a partially full bottle of vodka in the vehicle.

When Briones tried to drive away from the scene, leaving his passenger behind, a witness grabbed his keys from the ignition.

That’s when Briones tried to take cover in a cactus, where he later refused police demands and became hostile with paramedics and others, police said.

When Briones was in the police car, he refused to keep his pants on, police said.

Briones was booked into Metropolitan Detention Center early Tuesday morning on a no-bond hold. He’s facing charges including aggravated DWI, reckless driving and evading police.

What I would give for the scene video! You know this will end up on YouTube sometime!

Now this is what I call DWI work

I've done my fair share of DWI cases while on patrol and I've gotten two in one shift, but this takes it.

Four suspected drunk drivers arrested at same location in Montgomery County

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Investigators said four drunken drivers were arrested at the same location in Montgomery County overnight, and one nearly struck a deputy at the scene.

According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, deputies stopped a driver on the North Freeway near Oakwood because he was wanted in connection with assaulting his 15-year-old daughter. He was intoxicated when deputies pulled him over, officials said.

After the arrest, the deputy was about to get into his car when another driver approached the scene and slammed into the rear of the patrol car, almost hitting the deputy.

That driver also failed a field sobriety test and was taken into custody. But it didn't end there.

Two other drivers who tried to maneuver around the police barricade at the scene were also arrested for driving drunk. All four suspected drunk drivers were taken to jail.

Nice work Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. And thankfully no one was injured in this cluster of a scene.

Another candidate for Mother of the Year

In almost a decade and a half on the street I've always loved DWIs, or dealing with drunks in general. Something about taking a rational and intelligent person (the suspect's term, not mine) into custody and having to explain the reason they are going to jail over and over again. They can't seem to understand why they are going in for Public Intoxication or DWI because, well, they are drunk.

Now now we have another example of why some people should not breed.

Woman accused of driving drunk, leaving kids at crash scene - FOX 35 News Orlando

A valley mom has been accused of crashing her car while driving drunk in Scottsdale. She fled the scene and police say she left behind her son.

The accident happened at 90th St and Raintree in north Scottsdale (AZ) Sunday night. Police say the woman left her 13-year-old son behind after crashing into a median and took off with her other two kids.

Brianna Railing, 35, was also allegedly driving with a drink in her car.

The police report states Railing was turning onto 90th St from Raintree, but turned way too wide, hitting the curbed median. Her car ended up stuck on the median.

Instead of staying at the scene, Railing apparently got a ride away from the scene from a friend. She took her two youngest kids with her, and left the 13-year-old behind, police say.

According to the report, in the car was a red Solo cup, three-quarters full of something that smelled like alcohol.

Police spoke to the boy and had to call Railing and tell her to come back. Her breath test revealed she had an alcohol level of .157.

Railing was booked into jail for DUI, leaving the scene of an accident, and child endangerment.

No more comment needed.