Drunk driving nets 60-day sentence
Brandon Pitawanakwat had a blood alcohol level almost three times the legal limit when the truck he was driving hit another vehicle, which then hit a pedestrian on Paris Street on Jan. 15, a Sudbury court heard Wednesday.[...]
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Woman gets prison in DUI death of coach
BRISTOL – A Meriden woman was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison Friday for a drunk driving crash that fatally injured a beloved football coach and camp counselor.
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DUI leads to jail sentence
YORK — A 35-year-old Benedict man will spend time in jail after being convicted of third offense drunk driving. Anthony Ackerman was sentenced in York County District Court this week. He had previously pleaded no contest to the charge.
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Molecular imaging detects signs of genetic heart disease before symptoms arise
Research being presented at SNM’s 58th Annual Meeting shows that molecular imaging is helping to determine the cause and expand treatment for a silent killer. A study focusing on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)—a cardiovascular disorder that causes a thickening of the heart muscle—is proving that the effects of a genetic mutation may be an important key to understanding the disease. In related …
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Richie Sambora out of rehab, set to return to Bon Jovi tour
Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora has left rehab and is ready to return to tour with the rock band.
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Sentence reduced in fatal Zimmerman Trail crash
A panel of state judges has ordered a reduced sentence in the case of a Lodge Grass man convicted of causing the death of his best friend in a drunken-driving crash on Zimmerman Trail.
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Alamosa council lifts ASC alcohol restriction
ALAMOSA — Adams State College is no longer off limits for alcohol. The Alamosa city council Wednesday night unanimously approved an ordinance eliminating the college campus from distance requirements for hotel/restaurant liquor licenses.
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Key brain mechanism leading to alcoholism identified
Washington, June 1 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a key mechanism in transition to alcohol dependence, which could pave a new way in developing drugs to manage excessive alcohol consumption.
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Woman accused of attacking husband with broken glass
A 35-year-old Billings woman is accused of attacking her sleeping husband with broken glass after finding a woman asleep on the couple’s couch.
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Woman gets 5-year sentence for drunken wreck into pole
share: digg facebook twitter A mother of two was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for a drunken-driving wreck two years ago in which three of her friends were left trapped inside her vehicle after she hit a light pole. Defense attorney Jeanette Richmond said the wreck occurred after a drunk passenger tried to open the vehicle’s sunroof and instead grabbed the steering wheel. After the …
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Fortuna PD to crack down on drunken drivers this weekend
Fortuna police plan to crack down on drunken drivers and people driving without a license during a special enforcement effort Memorial Day weekend. The DUI enforcement effort will start at about 8:30 p.
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Missouri man gets life sentence for fatal DUI
A 30-year-old Lawson man has been sentenced to life in prison for his conviction in a drunk driving accident in western Missouri that killed a 60-year-old woman.

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Iraq president opposes Tariq Aziz’s death sentence
Iraq’s president declared on Wednesday that he will not sign off on the hanging of Tariq Aziz, joining the Vatican and others in objecting to the death sentence for a man who for years was the international face of Saddam Hussein’s regime.

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Easton woman gets time served sentence for letting 3-year-old wander alone
Katina Wheeler left her son with her sleeping husband to score crack, her attorney said.

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Driver gets 6-month jail sentence in death of teen on bike
Home detention, drug treatment and fine also part of Ph.D. student’s sentence A 27-year-old West Friendship man will spend six months in jail Tuesday after pleading guilty to driving while impaired in the death of a 16-year-old Elkridge boy who had snuck out of his house around midnight with two friends to bicycle to a local convenience store.

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Judge hands woman eight-month sentence for impaired driving
A provincial court judge says she has no choice but to send a 34-year-old woman to jail for impaired driving causing bodily harm.

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13-Year Prison Sentence For Dui-Related Vehicular Manslaughter
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Two families released their grief in a Sonoma County Superior Courtroom Friday morning where Forestville resident Judy Shafer was sentenced to the maximum 13-year prison term for the DUI-related gross vehicular manslaughter of a Rohnert Park woman in September.

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Lengthy record adds to sentence
KEITH WHITCOMB JR. BENNINGTON — A man convicted by a jury in December of striking another man in the head with a crowbar was sentenced Friday to 13 years to life in prison by a Bennington District Court judge.

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Radio Host Begins Probation-Violation Sentence
Orlando, Fla. — A central Florida radio host accused of shooting his wife while aiming at her dog has begun serving a probation-violation sentence. Shannon Burke was transferred Friday from the Seminole County Jail where he was serving a sentence in the shooting to Orange County.

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Near-maximum sentence is handed down in fatal Arlington wreck
Arlington woman gets 16 years for intoxication manslaughter and 10 for intoxication assault.

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Dog’s death brings 90-day jail sentence
A Thurmont man who tied his dog outside in a hot July sun was ordered to spend 90 days in jail and do 50 hours of community service as punishment for the death of his pet

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Sentence given in multiple DUI case
YORK — A Lincoln man will be spending 3-5 years in prison for third offense drunk driving and having a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit.

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After decades of crimes, Fort Wayne man gets 20-year sentence for setting fire to girlfriend’s house
When Martin A. Stanley was only 9 years old, he broke into a liquor store and got drunk on what he stole. From 1986 to 2009, Stanley, 49, racked up 36 misdemeanors and nine felonies. On Nov. 26, after drinking at a bar, he set fire to his girlfriend #8217;s house.

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Judge gives Meier 10 year sentence, 5 behind bars
Emotions ran high as the sentencing hearing for a man who threw a deadly punch wrapped up in Clark County court this afternoon

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Barkley’s DUI sentence reduced to 3 days in jail
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Georgetown man who killed 4 while driving drunk gets 50 year sentence
A judge in Williamson County has sentenced a Georgetown man, who was driving drunk when he killed four family members, to 50 years in prison.

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Lancaster woman gets eight-year sentence in traffic fatality
LANCASTER, Ohio — A driver who admitted to drinking before her car struck and killed a pedestrian was sentenced to eight years in prison today, but she will remain free on bond while she appeals the sentence.

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