Henry Benjamin III, 37, was arrested for DUI and issued several citations after allegedly driving a stolen truck while under the influence. Police reports indicate that Benjamin was spotted in a 1996 Dodge pick-up truck swerving and speeding on Route 25 in Carpentersville, Illinois. Police pulled over the truck and…
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Chicago Man Pleads Guilty to DUI that Injured Off-Duty FBI Agent
Jose Rodriguez, 21, plead guilty for driving under the influence and was sentenced to 24 months of probation. Rodriguez was charged with aggravated DUI after he hit an off-duty FBI agent who was driving to a Labor Day half-marathon. The agent, Elizabeta Petruc, will likely have to be out of…
ESPN Radio Personality Arrested on DUI Charges in Skokie
Radio personality Harry Teinowitz was arrested on March 4th for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. Police were called by a witness who reported Teinowitz had swerved across all four lanes of traffic and almost struck his vehicle several times. Teinowitz was charged with improper lane usage and DUI…
Chicago Man Charged with DUI in Fatal Hit-and-Run
According to Illinois State Police, Enrique Lopez, 32, was waiting on the shoulder of the I-55 Expressway for a tow truck on Thursday night when he was struck by a pickup truck. The truck, described by witnesses as a white pickup with a blue driver’s door left the scene of…
Chicago Man Charged with Felony DUI in Lake County
A Chicago man involved in a traffic accident on Route 41 in Lake Bluff was charged with felony DUI after he allegedly admitted to drinking a large amount of tequila. Police arrived on scene after a call from a driver reporting that a car was swerving and had struck his…
Ex-Con Returned to Prison for Violation of Parole after DUI Crash
Eric T. Maschmeier, 20, was paroled a little over a year ago for a six-year prison term for a botched armed robbery attempt. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections website, he was released from prison on January 13, 2010. On February 9th of this year, Masschmeier was arrested on…
Charges Upgraded in Kane County After Death of Aurora DUI Crash Victim
Elvis Hernandez, 28, was pronounced dead last week at Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago after being hospitalized for over a year resulting form a hit-and-run DUI crash in west suburban Aurora. Hernandez was the passenger of a SUV being driven by his friend David Solis, 28, when the vehicle crashed…
Lynwood Clerk Charged With DUI/Reckless Homicide
Roel Valle, Lynwood Village Clerk, has been charged with reckless homicide and driving under the influence after a crash that resulted in the death of a Chicago woman. Melika LIttle, 32, mother of four children, was killed in the crash after Valle allegedly drove his village-owned vehicle the wrong direction…
Attorney Blames Chicago Heights Officer for Death of 5-Year-Old
Cecil R. Conner Jr., 22, is charged with the several counts of aggravated drunk driving for a crash that killed his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son. However, his defense attorney is blaming the Chicago Heights police officer who gave him the keys to the car and allowed him to drive to the…
Naperville Teen Charged with DUI-Drugs after Crash
A 16-year-old from Naperville was charged with Driving Under the Influence of Drugs, failure to yield to oncoming traffic to avoid and accident, operating an unsafe motor vehicle, and several graduated driver’s license violations. A 15-year-old boy from Lisle had to be airlifted to Children’s Memorial Hospital after the accident…