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Recent Posts in DUI Serious Bodily Injury CategoryAugust 3, 2010
Tampa Bay DUI News – Man Who Killed Four In St. Petersburg Crash Allegedly Admits To Drinking And Drug Use
A horrific traffic crash that took the lives of three brothers and their father looks to be related to drugs and alcohol. DUI manslaughter charges have been filed in the case.
May 19, 2010
Florida DUI News – Millionaire Polo Club Owner Jailed For DUI Manslaughter And Vehicular Homicide
A multi-millionaire in Palm Beach has been arrested for DUI. He is charged with DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide.
May 11, 2010
Pinellas DUI News – Clearwater Man Charged With DUI Manslaughter And Driving With A Suspended License
DUI manslaughter and driving with a suspended license charges have been filed against a Clearwater man. The Pinellas Park accident cost a 20-year-old woman her life.
April 29, 2010
Florida DUI News – DUI Manslaughter Trial Ends In A Conviction Against A Port Charlotte Man
A North Port man has been found guilty by a jury of seven counts including DUI manslaughter and possession of Oxycodone and Xanax. He is facing up to 60 years in prison for the accident that killed a 7-year-old girl.
April 23, 2010
Florida DUI Penalties – DUI Manslaughter Convictions In Tampa Bay Result In Two Different Penalties
Florida DUI penalties can be very different in courtrooms around the state. Today in Tampa Bay was a perfect illustration of how DUI penalties differ in Florida courtrooms.
April 20, 2010
DUI Manslaughter Trial Begins In North PortRonald Judson Smith is on trial for eight charges stemming from an alleged drunk driving accident that killed a 7-year-old girl. According to police, Smith was driving with a suspended license from a previous DUI when he ran a red light and crashed into a Ford Mustang. Smith is facing charges of DUI manslaughter, DUI with property damage, possession of illegal prescription drugs, driving while suspended, failure to submit to a breath test and other charges.
According to the Sarasota Herald Tribune, witnesses to the fatal accident saw Smith throw beer cans and prescription bottles into the woods near the scene of the accident. The Port Charlotte man is facing up to 67 years in prison if convicted of all the charges. Sarah-Dian Heineman died 10 days after the crash. April 15, 2010
DUI Manslaughter-Drugs Charges Filed Against Osceola Motorist After UF Examines Blood SampleThe Florida Department of Law Enforcement had chemists look at a blood sample from David Lanier following a deadly car accident in St. Cloud, Florida. The FDLE investigation led to DUI manslaughter charges being dropped as the tests could not determine the amount of cocaine in the driver’s system. That didn’t stop prosecutors from running another set of tests at the University of Florida and now they are filing new DUI manslaughter charges. The only problem is they can’t find Lanier now. Florida Attorney Discusses DUI-Drugs Police originally charged Lanier with the DUI charges as they believed he was impaired due to his cocaine use. Lanier admitted to using cocaine but he said the last time he took the drug was three days before the accident. A search of his car turned up marijuana, drug paraphernalia and syringes with coke residue. FDLE tests found cocaine and Xanax in Lanier’s system… April 5, 2010
DUI Manslaughter And Vehicular Homicide Charges Filed In Death Of Orlando Corrections OfficerOkevin Moradian has been charged with vehicular homicide, DUI manslaughterand refusal to submit to a DUI test in the death of an Orlando corrections officer. Jason Clay Russo was thrown from his motorcycle and killed after a 1996 Lexus crossed into his path. Moradian is in jail on $10,250 bond and there is no mention of him being represented by a Florida Criminal Lawyer. Russo worked at the Central Florida Reception Center and according to the Miami Herald he was still in his uniform when he was killed. March 8, 2010
Polk City DUI Charges May Be Coming For Man Who Was Drunk And On Meth When He Hit A Bicyclist
A Polk City man may soon be in need of the services of a
DUI lawyer after admitting to police he was drunk and on crystal meth at the time he struck and nearly killed a bicyclist. Michael Waters has been arrested on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily injury and driving with a suspended license as a habitual traffic offender. DUI charges are still pending as investigators wait on results from blood and urine tests. Waters rear ended Norman Shepherd who was riding his bike on Cass Road. The crash left Shepherd in critical condition at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Polk County Sheriff’s deputies found Waters and brought him back to the scene of the accident. Inside his van was a beer and a loaded .22 caliber rifle.
March 8, 2010
Polk City DUI Charges May Be Coming For Man Who Was Drunk And On Meth When He Hit A BicyclistDUI lawyer after admitting to police he was drunk and on crystal meth at the time he struck and nearly killed a bicyclist. Michael Waters has been arrested on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily injury and driving with a |
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