Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with duii www.salem-news.com 2010 Former California police officers, prosecutors and judges are asking Assemblymember Norma Torres to withdraw a bill she has introduced that would criminalize driving with any amount of cannabinoids in the body. Unlike cocaine and meth which leave the body after a day or two, marijuana stays for thirty days; http://salem-news.com/articles/march272012/leap-driving.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march272012/leap-driving.php Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:15:00 PDT For those who may not be aware, Roger Noriega is the head of an Al Qaeda cell in Washington, D.C., and moonlights as the subcommander of the 17th front of the FARC. A member of Evo Morales’ network of secret boyfriends, Noriega orchestrated the 2004 school siege in Beslan and was once sighted at the helm of a Somali pirate ship... http://salem-news.com/articles/june032011/noriega-chavez-bf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june032011/noriega-chavez-bf.php Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:11:00 PDT Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is urging Oregon lawmakers to act on HB 3075 requiring ignition interlocks for the 11,000 DUII offenders who receive diversion and HB 3324 expanding the use of interlocks for third and fourth time offenders. HB 3075 requires interlocks in the 11,000 diversion DUII agreements. In Oregon, there are approximately 25,000 DUII arrests per year. http://salem-news.com/articles/june032011/madd-locks.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june032011/madd-locks.php Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:28:00 PDT A former president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Debra Oberlin, used to dedicate her life to keeping drunk drivers off the road and in many cases, behind bars. But now she is facing charges in Florida for driving with what could fairly be deemed as an extremely high blood alcohol level; three times above the legal limit. http://salem-news.com/articles/february252011/madd-duii-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february252011/madd-duii-tk.php Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:08:00 PST Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers reported more DUII arrests around the state in comparison to last year during New Year's Eve night. Increased enforcement efforts by OSP troopers, county deputies and city police officers will continue through Sunday night during the national "Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest." crackdown. http://salem-news.com/articles/january012011/new-year-duii.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january012011/new-year-duii.php Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:07:00 PST A 47-year–old Jefferson woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon after she continually drove away from a deputy who had stopped her three separate times for traffic violations. Maria Klaffke was driving her 2000 Dodge Neon on Jefferson Highway when she entered the school zone in front of Jefferson Middle School at 3:15pm. Deputy Kevin Ely was parked at the school, conducting radar enforcement of the 20-mph school zone. http://salem-news.com/articles/november182010/duii-elude.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november182010/duii-elude.php Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:51:00 PST A Coos Bay man is facing multiple charges following a drugged driving-related crash Monday afternoon on the Highway 241 Isthmus Slough Bridge. Two people were injured in the crash. According to Oregon State Police (OSP) Trooper Josh Young, today at approximately 2:32 p.m. a 2001 Toyota Tacoma pickup driven by Michael Richard Ames, age 39, from Coos Bay, was reportedly being driven recklessly southbound across the Isthmus Slough Bridge when it traveled onto the southbound sidewalk. http://salem-news.com/articles/november162010/coos-bay-duii.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november162010/coos-bay-duii.php Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:29:00 PST Two members of the Portland Police Bureau were recently arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants. Officer Joshua Sparks, a three-year veteran of the Bureau, was arrested and charged by the Washington State Patrol for Driving under the Influence of Intoxicants. http://salem-news.com/articles/november162010/police-arrested.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november162010/police-arrested.php Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:52:00 PST Last night The Salem Police Department responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a 2009 Subaru Legacy 4-door sedan that had crashed into a mobile home in the 4200 block of Eden St SE. The two occupants of the vehicle fled the scene on foot. It was determined that the vehicle had been traveling southbound on Lancaster Dr SE when it left the roadway and crashed into a fire hydrant sheering it off. The vehicle proceeded to strike a street sign and fence post as it traveled through a yard and collided with a mobile home. The impact collision was of sufficient force to shift the house 2-3 feet off of its foundation. http://salem-news.com/articles/november092010/duii-mobile-crash.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november092010/duii-mobile-crash.php Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:56:00 PST A head-on motor vehicle crash sent one driver to the hospital by helicopter earlier this evening. Marion County Deputies responded to a call received at 5:07 p.m. and located the crash in the 18000 block of Fobert Road NE, between Hubbard and Aurora. Investigation revealed that eighteen-year-old Ian L. Beyers of Canby was traveling southbound in his 1994 Jeep Cherokee when he lost control of his car as it started up an incline on the gravel road. http://salem-news.com/articles/november052010/fobert-headon.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november052010/fobert-headon.php Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:47:00 PDT A Eugene man was seriously injured early Monday morning in a single vehicle rollover crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in the Eugene/Springfield area. Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers are continuing the investigation for which the man is facing several charges. http://salem-news.com/articles/november012010/single-vehicle-duiicrash.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012010/single-vehicle-duiicrash.php Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:14:00 PDT Chemeketa Community College and Winema High School Programs are mourning a tragic accident which took the lives of 2 high school students and has left the other student in critical condition at Salem Hospital. Today a special tribute was held to honor the lost students and support those who lost fellow students and friends. http://salem-news.com/articles/october272010/chemeketa-memorial-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october272010/chemeketa-memorial-jf.php Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:15:00 PDT At 1:46am, Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies received a call from a homeowner who reported that a car had struck the front of their house and caused significant damage. Additionally, they reported that the driver of the vehicle was out of the car and unconscious. The house was occupied at the time of the crash, but no one inside was hurt. Deputies responded to the scene of the crash and located 26-year-old Patrick Bennett of Beaverton. http://salem-news.com/articles/october232010/beaverton-duii-house-crash.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october232010/beaverton-duii-house-crash.php Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:45:00 PDT Late Wednesday night an Estacada man was driving his 2006 Nissan 350Z on SW Ellingsen Road near Wilsonville. The Driver, 24-year old Steven Decious, failed to negotiate a curve in the road and rolled his vehicle injuring himself and his passenger. At 11:25pm on Wednesday, Washington County Deputies were dispatched to SW Ellingsen Road near Wilsonville for a single vehicle crash. Upon arrival, deputies found the 2006 Nissan in a field on the vehicles roof. http://salem-news.com/articles/october212010/wilsonville-duii-crash.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october212010/wilsonville-duii-crash.php Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:00:00 PDT Police arrested an off-duty Marion County deputy on DUII charges after a crash that left a man trapped in his wrecked vehicle, requiring extrication. Initial tests indicate that 61-year old Dennis Parson's blood alcohol level was approximately .227; nearly three times the legal blood alcohol limit. http://salem-news.com/articles/october192010/deputy-duii.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october192010/deputy-duii.php Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:09:00 PDT A Sandy-area man was arrested Monday on several charges after the pickup he was driving on Highway 26 in the Welches area crashed through a guardrail and struck a power pole causing power lines to drop onto the highway leading to a one hour closure. According to Oregon State Police (OSP) Trooper Tyler Bechtel, on October 18, 2010 at approximately 4:50 p.m. a 2006 Ford F150 pickup driven by Ronald Lewis Underwood, age 45, from Sandy, was eastbound on Highway 26 near milepost 39 in the right hand lane. http://salem-news.com/articles/october192010/welches-duii-crash.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october192010/welches-duii-crash.php Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:58:00 PDT Shortly after 9:00 PM September 29th, an ODOT worker suffered serious, but not life threatening, injuries when a 1999 Honda Accord driven by a 17 year old male from Salem lost control and drove into a road construction project. The worker, 46 year old Philip Lane of Corvallis, was standing on the side of the roadway on Kuebler Blvd by I-5 when he was struck by the westbound car. After the vehicle struck Lane, it continued until it struck the rear of a street sweeper, causing substantial damage. http://salem-news.com/articles/september302010/odot-injury-crash.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september302010/odot-injury-crash.php Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:51:00 PDT A group of bicyclists are credited with saving a woman seriously injured in a car crash and then reportedly left trapped in the wreckage, by the driver and another passenger. They discovered a wrecked vehicle an estimated one-mile east of Stafford Road, on Mountain Road, in this unincorporated area of West Linn. http://salem-news.com/articles/september122010/crash-abandoned.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september122010/crash-abandoned.php Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:43:00 PDT A US government study says nearly 17 million Americans have driven a vehicle while drunk at least once within a year. According to a 2008 survey conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an estimated eight percent of all drivers, or 17.2 million people had driven a vehicle at least once even though they knew they were drunk. http://salem-news.com/articles/august272010/usa-drunk-driving.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august272010/usa-drunk-driving.php Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT The American Institute of Philanthropy’s (AIP) Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog Report has downgraded Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) to a “D” rating on a A-F scale in its August 2010 report. “Under the leadership of CEO Chuck Hurley, MADD further diminished its focus on victim services and educating Americans about the dangers of drunk driving, instead pushing anti-drinking, anti-alcohol public policies,” said American Beverage Institute (ABI) Managing Director Sarah Longwell. http://salem-news.com/articles/july282010/madd-rating.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july282010/madd-rating.php Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:32:00 PDT Back in 2000, when the Bush machine was attacking John McCain for having fathered an inter-racial child and for being a homosexual, we thought politics had reached the lowest levels possible. This was Karl Rove’s work. Ted Sampley, former Green Beret tells of Rove pushing him to expose McCain for wrongdoing while a POW. http://salem-news.com/articles/april282010/bush-confession-gd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april282010/bush-confession-gd.php Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:31:00 PDT Oregon State Police troopers are continuing the investigation into Monday evening's three vehicle fatal traffic crash on Highway 221, two miles north of Salem near milepost 17 in Polk County. One person died, four others were injured, and one driver was arrested on multiple charges. Names and other information are being released in this update. http://salem-news.com/articles/march232010/driver-arrested.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march232010/driver-arrested.php Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:22:00 PDT Oregon drivers are in for a whole new ball game when it comes to implied consent. A Supreme Court ruling today allows police more leverage in accesing the blood alcohol content of people they suspect of driving under the influence of alcohol. It is clear that today's Oregon Supreme Court ruling will help the state’s efforts to combat driving under the influence of intoxicants, but this is also a land of shrinking driver rights, with controversial practices like traffic cameras designed to snap a photo of a drivers license plate and mail them an expensive ticket in the mail. http://salem-news.com/articles/february112010/duii_ruling_tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february112010/duii_ruling_tk.php Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:07:00 PST As a result of a consolidated effort by the Regional Sheriff's Offices from Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington, and Yamhill counties, 37 DUII drivers were arrested and taken off of the region's roadways during the Labor Day weekend. Deputies from the four Sheriff's Offices in the region worked extra shifts from Friday, September 4th to Monday September 7th, in an attempt to make the roads safer for holiday travelers. http://salem-news.com/articles/september092009/duii_weekend_9-9-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september092009/duii_weekend_9-9-09.php Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:18:00 PDT Today, the American Beverage Institute (ABI) criticized Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) for publicly lamenting that President Obama chose to hold a “Beer Summit” in an effort to cool tensions between the gentlemen involved in the recent police incident in Cambridge. “MADD is no longer an organization that opposes drunk driving, but an anti-alcohol group that has been hijacked by the modern day temperance movement,” said Sarah Longwell, ABI Managing Director. http://salem-news.com/articles/august032009/abi_madd_8-3-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august032009/abi_madd_8-3-09.php Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:40:00 PDT A crash involving three teenagers in a late model Mercedes Benz over the weekend claimed the life of one young female passenger, who died after the vehicle struck a telephone pole during the high speed crash. Detective Jim Strovink, Public Information Officer with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, says two other teens inside the car were transported from the scene with non-life threatening injuries. http://salem-news.com/articles/july272009/fatal_mbz_7-27-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july272009/fatal_mbz_7-27-09.php Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:00:00 PDT The federal government has spent billions of dollars of your tax money in recent years in an effort to "eradicate" the natural cannabis, or marijuana plant. They lie, partly out of ignorance, partly out of stupidity, about how "dangerous" this natural substance is. http://salem-news.com/articles/july242009/fda_drug_approval_tk_7-23-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july242009/fda_drug_approval_tk_7-23-09.php Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:00:00 PDT Washington County Sheriff's deputies responded to a single vehicle crash on NW West Union Road west of NW 185th Avenue this morning at 2:34 a.m. The initial investigation according to Sgt. Bob Ray with the Washington County Sheriff's Office, revealed that a 1989 Jeep Cherokee driven by 26 year-old Chad Saviers of Beaverton, crashed while it was Westbound on West Union Road. http://salem-news.com/articles/april182009/bvrton_fatal_4-18-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april182009/bvrton_fatal_4-18-09.php Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:00:00 PDT Oregon State Police say they cited a Vancouver, Washington woman for DUII Saturday evening after the car she was driving flipped onto its top on Highway 224 east of Carver, leaving her injured. OSP Trooper Justin Lane says preliminary information indicates that 46-year old Robyn Renee Thompson's blood alcohol level was more than 4 times the legal .08 limit. http://salem-news.com/articles/april122009/rollover_duii_4-12-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april122009/rollover_duii_4-12-09.php Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:33:00 PDT On Friday, February 20, 2009, and Saturday, February 21, 2009, the Benton County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with the Oregon State Police, will participate in a DUII saturation patrol. The focus will be on Highway 20, between Corvallis and the Lincoln County line. http://salem-news.com/articles/february192009/osp_duii_sat_2-19-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february192009/osp_duii_sat_2-19-09.php Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:25:00 PST