DUI
Former Orland Hills Cop Facing 15 years In Prison For Fatal DUI
A former part-time Orland Hills police officer is facing up to 15 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed a 20-year-old Homewood man.
Restaurant Association Opposes Dropping Legal Blood Alcohol Limit
The American Beverage Institute warns dropping the legal blood alcohol limit to .05 will backfire by devastating the restaurant industry, actually reducing public safety, and do nothing to attack the core of the drunk driving problem.
Limo Driver Charged With DUI After Driving Teens To Prom
A 54-year-old man is accused of drunk driving while transporting a bus full of high school students to the prom in Glen Ellyn last evening.
Cops: Woman Arrested For DUI Was Celebrating End Of Previous DUI
A west suburban woman arrested for driving under the influence early Friday in Riverside — whose blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit when tested at the police station — told police that she had been drinking to celebrate the fact that she would be getting her driver’s license back from a previous DUI arrest, police said.
Repeat DUI Offender Sentenced To Prison
A repeat DUI offender from Round Lake Beach has been sentenced to serve more than a dozen years in prison.
Man Charged With DUI After Crash Injures 2 Cops In Rogers Park
A bartender from the North Side Andersonville neighborhood faces a handful of traffic offenses and a felony cannabis charge after a crash with a police car in the Rogers Park neighborhood Tuesday night that injured two officers.
Ex-Police Chief Who Retired After Two DUIs Still Getting Paid
Former Robbins police Chief Johnny Holmes was charged with two DUIs in the past three years.
Feds: Des Plaines Police Overstate DUI Arrests To Secure Funding
Des Plaines Police massively overstated its efforts to crack down on holiday drunk driving to secure federal funding, according to charges filed Wednesday against a former commander.
Man Charged With DUI After Crash Hurt Two Cops
Chicago Police say a man is charged with DUI after rear-ending an unmarked police vehicle on the South Side.
Skokie Woman Pleads Guilty In DUI Crash That Killed Child
A Skokie woman charged with DUI in the crash that claimed the life of an 8-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to all charges.
Police: Driver Very Intoxicated In Fatal Cicero Crash
A man with a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit was driving more than 75 mph when he crashed last month in Cicero — killing one passenger and seriously injuring another.
Todd Helton Arrested For DUI
Rockies first baseman Todd Helton was arrested early Thursday morning near his home in Thornton, Colo. and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
State Police Stepping Up Patrols For Super Bowl
Don’t be shocked to find more police cruisers watching you this Super Bowl Sunday. Illinois State Police will be stepping-up patrols on the roads, all a part of a statewide focus on D.U.I. enforcement.
Mark Grace Sentenced To 4 Months In Jail For DUI
Former Arizona Diamondbacks television analyst Mark Grace was sentenced to four months in jail after pleading guilty Thursday to felony endangerment and misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol.
Police Charge Woman In Weekend Hit-And-Run That Left 2 Dead
Delia Aguila, 27, was charged with two counts of felony aggravated DUI causing death in connection with the weekend crash that killed two people.
Repeat DUI Offender Sent Back To Jail
Prosecutors say a serial drunken driver was knocking on the prison door to get in. Now, a judge is sending him there.
Robbins Police Chief, Mayor Stepping Down
The south suburban police chief who authorities say exclaimed, “Oh wow,” when he was asked to take a sobriety test shortly before his drunken-driving arrest last month has stepped down.
Robbins Police Chief On DUI Charges: ‘I Made A Mistake’
Johnny Holmes said he recently lost a grandson to gun violence and has also been taking care of his elderly mother. CBS 2′s Courtney Gousman reports.
2 Women Charged With DUI At Same Time, Same Place
Police say they started out socializing together at a downtown bar. Then they allegedly committed traffic violations together not far from the police station, while driving home one behind the other.
Signs Marking Fatal Accidents Planned For Cook County
Signs marking the location of a fatal accident may soon go up around Cook County.
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- Man Charged With Videotaping Women In Hospital WashroomA poorly secured cell phone in a west suburban hospital washroom that a man had allegedly set up to secretly videotape women in the toilet area was discovered by a woman when the phone fell to the washroom floor on Friday. She alerted police, who then arrested and charged a 49-year-old Franklin Park man with unlawful videotaping.156
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- 3 Dead, 8 Shot In Citywide ViolenceThree men were killed and at least eight other people were wounded in violence around the city since Friday night.167
- Orange Line Service Resumes After Train-Pedestrian IncidentCTA commuters were temporarily stymied on the Orange Line during the Friday rush hour after a train fatally struck a man on the tracks.401
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- Teen Fatally Stabbed In Fight Outside Suburban Grocery StoreRomeoville police say a 17-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man got into a fight in the parking lot outside the Jewel-Osco on Weber Road.432
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