According to police, Mark Grace, former Cubs first baseman, could face felony aggravated DUI charges after he was arrested last month in Scottsdale, Arizona. A request for an upgraded charge was filed to the Maricopa County Attorney’s office after Grace picked up his second DUI arrest in less than 15…
The City of Chicago has agreed to settle with the remaining drivers who alleged false DUI charges by former Chicago Police Officer Richard Fiorito. Fiorito was pulled from street duty three years ago after mounting allegations that he had falsified dozens of DUI charges. He had once been honored by…
Pavlo Lulak, 24, of Chicago is charged with aggravated driving under the influence after a passenger in his vehicle died when he allegedly lost control and crashed on the Kennedy Expressway this past weekend. Police claim Lulak’s BAC was almost three times the legal limit of .08. His passenger, Maryana…
Yvette Guerrero-Silva, 40, of Steger is charged with aggravated DUI after allegedly inadvertently reversing over her child Wednesday evening. Crete police claim that Guerrero-Silva was backing her minivan out of the driveway of a family business around 7:10 p.m. when she ran over her daughter Holly, 19-months-old, causing serious head…
Former Lake County Chief Judge, David Hall, was found not guilty of DUI after trial on Monday. Judge Hall had stepped down from his position after the arrest on April 26, 2008 and retired earlier this month after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Hall was found guilty of resisting…
Heidi Roseen, 51, of Lockport was the victim of a fatal crash early Sunday morning with a suspected drunk driver. Roseen, a nurse at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, was on her way to work when her vehcile was struck by a pick up truck. The driver, 25-year-old…
Andy Darrell Taylor, 28, of Chicago, was charged with DUI after allegedly sideswiping a party bus on the Eisenhower Expressway. Around 2:30AM, the SUV hit the left side of the bus and rolled over, injuring four people in that vehicle and fifteen on the party bus. Luckily, most of the…
According to police, Victor Rocha, 34, of Chicago was arrested on Thursday at approximately 2:30 a.m. for driving under the influence and driving the wrong way on I-290. According to the Illinois State Police, this is the second time Rocha has been involved in such a scenario. In 2010, he…
Martin Johnson was arrested Tuesday around 5 p.m. on multiple counts including driving under the influence after allegedly speeding past the Harrison District police station and almost striking a police car. According to police reports, once Chicago officers curbed the vehicle, the believed that Johnson had been drinking and found…
Gustavo Pichardo, 20, of Chicago was charged with four felony counts of aggravated DUI resulting in death on Monday after a fatal crash that killed four passengers. According to court recrords, at approximately 1 a.m. on Saturday, Pirchardo disobeyed a red light at an intersection on the Southwest Side. A…