According to official broadcast reports, the Cleveland Browns’ player Donte’ Stallworth was driving under the influence when he struck and killed a pedestrian this past Thursday. Unofficially, many media sources are reporting that Stallworth’s blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit between .08-.16.

At this time the Miami Beach Police Department refused to confirm the reports. According to Ed Griffith, the spokesman for Miami-Dade Country prosecutor Katherine Fernandez Rundie, has made a statement that the investigation is focusing on whether alcohol was a factor in the death of 59-year-old Mario Reyes.

According to official reports, Stallworth was traveling in the left eastbound lane when Reyes was struck and killed by the Bently automobile driven by Donte’ at about 7 a.m. on Saturday morning. Reyes was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital after the crash, where he was pronounced dead.

Reyes held an occupation as a crane operator, and had just gotten off of work and was trying to catch the bus when the car struck him.

As of yet, no charges have been officially filed against Stallworth’s person. Neither his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, nor his attorney, Robert Switke, have returned calls from the Associated Press seeking comment. Stallworth recently released this statement: “My family and I are grief stricken over the tragic accident which occurred Saturday on Miami Beach where Mario Reyes sadly lost his life,” Stallworth said in the statement. “My thoughts and prayers are with the Reyes family during this incredibly difficult time.”

If Stallworth is found to have been intoxicated while operating his Bently, he will be facing DUI manslaughter charges which carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence. This would not fare well with his recently signed seven-year, $35 million contract with the Browns as a free agent.

Before last season, he was injured for most of the year. He previously played for New England, Philadelphia, and New Orleans in the NFL and played college football at Tennessee.

A Madeira woman is accused of being intoxicated while picking her children up from school. The mother was charged on Thursday by authorities after drunken-driving and leaving the scene of an accident with her child in the car.

Originally she had picked up her son. She then was involved in an intense accident and then left the scene to drive to an elementary school to pick up her other child. Lynn Hodges, a 45-year-old of Hamilton County, is being charged with the endangerment of a child, leaving the scene of an accident, and driving under the influence.

In the initial crash, Hodges struck a telephone pole just after 4 p.m. in the 7400 block of Thomas Drive, according to Madeira Police Chief Frank Maupin.

The Police Chief also stated, “She demolished a telephone pole. Snapped it in half.” After the accident occurred, Hodges immediately drove off with ther 7-year-old son in the car. She drove to Madeira Elementary School on the 7800 block of Thomas Drive to pick up her 9-year-old daughter. 


The school officials noticed her damaged vehicle and suspected she was drunk after speaking with her, according to the chief. 
The elementary school officials called police and asked them to pick her up. Upon the Police’s arrival to the school, they immediately arrested her. She told officers she had two beers during lunch at a restaurant. They proceeded to test her blood alcohol content. Court documents reveal that it read .297, which is almost four times the legal limit of .08 in Ohio, according to the police chief.

Her husband picked the children up, and they remain in his custody, the chief said. Hamilton County Children’s Services is investigating the situation.

Hodges was released on $2,000 bond.

Memphis city Council Woman Janis Fullilove was caught driving, despite the fact that she has a revoked license. Fullilove was making deliveries for the “Meals on Wheels” program.

As a photographer was taking her picture as evidence, she claimed “I’m going to deliver these meals on wheels man”, as she jumped into her car.

In February of this year, her Tennessee driver’s license was revoked after she pleaded guilty to driving intoxicated in Tunica County, MS. In addition, she was also convicted of driver under the influence of medication in DeSoto County, MS in June of 2008. In this incident, she was photographed slumped over the wheel of a car outside a casino in Tunica. In October of 2008, Fullilove was pulled over at Highway 61 and Casino Parkway for reckless driving and suspicion of driving under the influence. In response, Fullilove claimed she completed a 30-day in house rehab program in Shelby County. Fullilove was also brought to court for charges that she applied for a duplicate driver’s license in Tennessee, after a DeSoto County Sheriff’s deputy too her license in March of 2008.

Fullilove’s husband claims, “I don’t know if she was driving yesterday or not. I don’t care what you have of her. We’re taking care of business.”

According to the Tennessee Department of Safety, Fullilove isn’t even eligible for a restricted license, which would allow her to driver to work, until February 2011.

The media is waiting to hear what Councilwoman Fullilove will be faced with as she is being charged with driving on a revoked license. The Shelby County District Attorney’s office sent this statement: “The DA’s office is not an investigative agency. However, we have been in contact with the Tennessee Department of Safety regarding the allegation that Ms. Fullilove was driving a vehicle.”

According to officials, an intoxicated man stole a school bus to tow car. This particular intoxicated White Bluff man stole a school bus to pull his own car out of a ditch that he had crashed into, officials said.

The Dickson County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded Thursday to an concerned report. The officials reported to an area along Petty Road in White Bluff in reference to an accident involving a possibly intoxicated driver. The driver was identified as Nicholas Hardin Creech, a 31-year-old, of 1040 Nosegay Road, according to the sheriff’s office report. While the officials were on their way to the scene, the deputies were advised a subject had boarded an unoccupied school bus parked at a residence, according to the report.

Creech currently remains in jail for a bond of $60,000. He was immediately arrested at the scene for driving under the influence and resisting arrest, among other charges, after a brief struggle with deputies, according to the report. 


According to witness reports, Creech pleaded them to pull his car out of the ditch. Upon refusal, he then took to his own means and took over a bus from a nearby residence. The officer also noted Creech had a “small laceration on his forehead.” Witnesses said he fell out of the back of the bus.

Transportation director for Dickson County Schools, Jesse Roberts, said the suspect allegedly pulled his car out of the ditch with the bus. He then returned it. According to Roberts, the school bus back door can’t be locked due to safety issues.

“The driver left the keys in the bus when he shouldn’t have,” Roberts said. 
Creech was charged with driving under the influence (second offense), violation of implied consent, felony theft, filing a false report, assault on an officer, resisting arrest and vandalism to county property.

In the past week, Sam E. Holstein, a 19-year-old of Mount Carnell was sentenced to four years in prison. The young Mount Carnell Teen admitted to being high on marijuana the night of the crash which involved another vehicle in a head-on collision, killing the passenger in his vehicle.

After negotiating the guilty plea on Tuesday afternoon, he accepted the class 2 felony charge of aggravated driving under the influence of drugs (Marijuana).

In addition to the prison time, Circuit Judge David Frandland ordered Holstein to pay $6.099 in fines and a $1,450 restitution to four emergency agencies that attended to the scence of the crash and extricated the victims. Under Illinois law, drunken drivers who cause an accident that results in serious bodily harm or a death can be assessed the cost of the emergency services provided at the crash scene.

Holstein’s cases goes back to the 2007 crash that took the life of 22-year-old Zachary L. Reyburn of Mount Carmel. The accident occurred on Illinois 130, about a half-mile north of the Bone Gap Road. According to State Police, Reyburn was a passenger in Holstein’s 2000 Volvo when it crossed the center line and stuck a 2005 Jeep driven by 47-year-old Cindy Green of Ellery, Illinois. Both Green and Holstein were injured badly in the crash, and Reyburn was pronounced dead at the scene.

Since the crash in 2007, Holstein has been arreseted twice for drinking and driving in both Wabash and White Counties. Both of those cases are still pending at this time.

Recently, Mount Carmel police arrested Holstein for unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor and resisting arrest on the 1200 block of Cedar Street. He is accused of trying to slam a car door on a police officer’s leg during his arrest. Holstein was then jailed and transferred to Edwards County Circuit Court on Tuesday where he entered the guilty plea and was sentenced.

According to Orange Country officials, the District Attorney’s office filed charges against the driver of a car involved in a collision that killed Tapout founder Charles Lewis Jr. This man is better known on the mask. He officially passed on March 11th in California.

The DUI offense belongs to third time offender Jeffrey David Kirby. The man is 51-year-old from Costa Mesa who was also convicted for DUI in 2002 and 1985.

A Newport Beach Police Department officer was on patrol the night of the March 11 crash. He witnessed Kirby’s 1977 Porsche traveling at a high rate of speed towards Lewis’ 2004 Ferrari. This caused Lewis to crash into a utility poll, which completely totaled the Ferrari and nearly split it into two pieces. Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene while is 23-year-old companion, Lacy Lynn White, was ejected from the car vehicle and transferred to the Western Medical Center due to a fractured elbow and other injuries.

Kirby fled the scene but was then arrested a few blocks from the collision. Kirby registered a .13 percent blood-alcohol level two hours after the crash (the legal limit in California is .08). He was originally held on $2 million bail, though it was later dropped to $500,000.

Kirby’s female companion, 32-year-old Lynn Marie Nabozny of Newport Beach, was charged with public intoxication and released.

Charles Lewis, 45, founded Tapout Clothing Inc. in 1997 with a trunk full of T-shirts and a few thousand dollars of start-up money. Over the past decade, he and his partners have made the company the biggest apparel success story in MMA.

Tapout, grossed $30,000 in sales in 1999, and pushed that number to more than $100 million in 2008 alone. The company now has licensed retailers (including the likes of Dillard’s and Champs) around the world and is one of the UFC’s most prominent sponsors. The memory of Lewis will surely be honored and respected in the company’s success.

A 28-year-old Reno man was taken into custody last week for a multitude of charges against his record. He was initially arrested for driving drunk for the second time. He also claimed and threatened the attending officer, saying that he was going to have someone “(explicit) up” the trooper, According to Nevada Highway Patrol.

The name of the arrested man is Bryan Paul Parziale. He was officially booked on Thursday afternoon in the Washoe County Jail on suspicion of the second drinking and driving under the influence of alcohol, for the second time, and attempting to intimidate the police officer making the arrest.

Parziale was initially pulled over for speeding before the officer realized his open container and checked to see that he was also violating probation for the second drinking and driving offense. According to Trooper Chuck Allen, Parziale was stopped about 2:30 p.m. Thursday for speeding on U.S. 395 near the Stead exit, traveling about 80 mph in a 65 mph zone.

The trooper had detected a strong smell of alcohol and noticed Parziale’s eyes were bloodshot and watery and he had difficulties speaking to the officer. The trooper then noticed a quart of Bud Lite beer that was half-way consumed..

After clearly failing the field sobriety tests, Parziale was handcuffed and placed in the back of the trooper’s cruiser. He then began to kick the rear windows and pound his head against them. On the way to the jail in the back of the cruiser, Parziale also threatened the trooper and his family, saying he had friends coming to town that would “(expletive) up the trooper,” Allen said.

“You never know if it’s the alcohol talking or if the person has serious intentions on hurting an officer,” Allen said. “We take these threats very seriously.”

According to a Highway Patrol incident report, a Goleta resident died after being ejected from the backseat of a Volkswagen Jetta that was flipped multiple times. Rosario Silvestre died as a result of the crash.

The Police then arrested Fabian Maduena, a 21-year-old of Hollister, California, for allegedly driving under the influence and fleeing the scene of the crash, among other violations.

The accident occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to California Highway Officials. Emergency crews arrived shortly after the crash occurred where reports detailed the white Mercedes driving erratically at a high rate of speed.

Moments before the collision, the Mercedes approached the Fairview Avenue undercrossing heading southbound, authorities said it neared the Volkswagen, which was traveling in the center lane at approximately 65 miles per hour.

“The white Mercedes approached the Volkswagen from behind at a high rate of speed, and it was reported to be unable to maintain its designated traffic lane,” according to the incident report. “The right front corner of the Mercedes struck the left rear corner of the Volkswagen, causing the driver of the Volkswagen to lose control.”

The Volkswagen, driven by 27-year-old Macario Martinez, of Goleta, left the roadway and hit an asphalt berm, causing the vehicle to flip an many times before coming to a rest.

Silvestre was not wearing a seatbelt at the time and was flung from the vehicle, sustaining severe injuries to her body. Medics took her to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, where she died due to blunt force trauma.

Martinez and his 17-year-old passenger suffered moderate injuries and received treatment at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital. Authorities claim both were wearing their seatbelts.

Meanwhile, Maduena allegedly fled the scene of the collision and CHP officers began searching for his vehicle. They found the Mercedes pulled off on the right shoulder of the highway several miles from the scene.

Authorities arrested the 21-year-old for felony DUI, felony hit-and-run, and felony vehicular manslaughter. Maduena was also driving without a license or insurance.

At the kickoff of the 2009 Cactus League season, which started last month, Milwaukee Brewers fans were told that if they pledge to be responsible at any of the Brewers’ Spring Training home games played at Maryvale Baseball Par, they might be entitled to special rewards.

The Milwaukee Brewers, Delaware North Companies Sportservice, MillerCoors, and TEAM Coalition are partnering to educate fans about the importance of always having a designated driver. The message is simple: “You Hold the Key. Never Drive Drunk.” And one fan who pledges will be randomly selected to win the grand prize of the Responsibility Has Its Rewards (RHIR) sweepstakes, which includes:

* Roundtrip airfare for two from the winner’s home city to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Hotel accommodations in Milwaukee for two nights
* Two tickets to the Milwaukee Brewers home game vs. the Chicago Cubs on Saturday, April 11, 2009
* An on-field batting practice experience before the game on April 11, 2009
* Dinner for two at the Metavante Club at Miller Park

For the last five MLB seasons, a league-wide version of the RHIR sweepstakes has encouraged fans to pledge to be designated drivers. In 2008, nearly 340,000 MLB fans made the pledge, giving each a chance to be selected as the Designated Driver for the Season for their favorite MLB Club. This year, the Designated Drivers for the Season for the two Clubs that compete in the 2009 World Series ® will win two tickets to the first game of the series played in the ballpark of their favorite Club. And one other Designated Driver for the Season will be randomly selected to win a trip to the 2010 MLB All-Star Game® to be played at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.

The more than 33,000 Brewers fans who pledged to be designated drivers at Miller Park in 2008 represented the second most for any MLB Club. The goal for 2009 is to have even more Brewers fans make the responsible decision to plan ahead and always have a designated driver. The promotion at Maryvale Baseball Park may just be the incentive Brewers fans need to move into the top spot for designated drivers this season.

According to executive director of the TEAM Coalition, “Teamwork is exactly what this campaign is all about.” She noted that through this program the Milwaukee Brewers, MillerCoors, and Delaware North Companies Sportservice, which operates concessions, premium dining and retail for the Brewers at Miller Park and Maryvale Baseball Park, are demonstrating that everyone — including the fans — plays an important role in alcohol management.

A runaway fugitive from Baxter County has been captured and detained in Texas after being on the run since 2006 for a DUI charge.

Randy Ray Campbell, a 48-year-old from Gepp, Arkansas, was apprehended in Houston County, Texas. Campbell had failed to appear in Baxter County Circuit Court in December of 2006. His multiple charges at the time included: Negligent Homicide, Driving While Intoxicated, Reckless Driving, No Insurance, and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.

In his original arrest in 2006, Baxter County Deputies had encountered Campbell when they responded to a one-vehicle traffic accident on Baxter CR 782 on February 11th. That accident claimed the life of Nicole Crain of Gepp, who was a passenger in the vehicle. The vehicle had left the roadway and crashed into a tree. Authorities say deputies at the accident scene found evidence that alcohol had been involved in the crash.

At the time, the driver of the vehicle was unknown. Investigator Brad Lewis and Sgt. Bob Buschbacher conducted a follow-up, including interviewing other passengers and collecting blood samples inside the vehicle at the crash site for DNA comparative analysis. These samples were sent to the Arkansas Crime Laboratory for testing.

While conducting the investigation, Randy Ray Campbell had failed to register as a sex offender with the Sheriff’s Office. He was taken into custody for failure to do so on March 4, 2006. He was release on March 10, 2006 after posting a $10,000 bond.

The results were provided to investigators months later, who then matched the evidence and discovered Campbell as being the driver of the vehicle when the crash occurred.

Investigators obtained a warrant for Campbell’s arrest on Negligent Homicide, DWI, and other charges, and he was taken into custody again on August 17, 2006. He posted $15,000 bail and was released from custody on the same date. Campbell was not seen again, and he did not appear for court proceedings. The Circuit Judge issued a bench warrant for Failure to Appear on December 13, 2006 until he was recently discovered and captured.