Saturday, April 28, 2012
Spokesman: Player arrested early Thursday in Arlington County.
Redskins safety Brandon Meriweather was charged with driving under the influence this week after being stopped for speeding on Interstate 66, according to Arlington County police. Shortly before 3 a.m. Thursday, an Arlington officer observed a Lincoln going 73 mph on I-66 westbound in the vicinity of North Ohio Street, police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck said. The posted speed limit for that area is 55 mph. The officer pulled the vehicle over and smelled the strong odor of alcohol coming from the driver, who was later identified as Meriweather, Sternbeck said. Meriweather refused to take a breath test and subsequently failed a field sobriety test, Sternbeck said. The football player told the officer that he had been drinking at a nightclub …
Monday, March 12, 2012
Restaurant association: Law punishes anyone who has had 'one sip' over legal limit.
The American Beverage Institute, a restaurant trade association that represents more than 290 restaurants in Virginia alone, believes a new law requiring all first-time DUI offenders to install a Breathalyzer in their vehicle goes too far. The association has lobbied against such laws on the national level and in Virginia and a number of other states, saying it punishes anyone who has had "one sip" over the legal limit. Gov. Bob McDonnell signed the tougher penalty into law last week. It goes into effect July 1. Currently, installing ignition locks is a punishment in Virginia reserved for repeat offenders or first-time convictions where a person's blood alcohol content, or BAC, is higher than 0.15. The state's legal limit is 0.08. Citing …
Friday, March 9, 2012
Law goes into effect July 1.
RICHMOND (Capital News Service) — Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed legislation that will require first-time DUI offenders in Virginia to install a Breathalyzer in their vehicle to prevent them from driving while intoxicated. The governor signed House Bill 279 on Wednesday. As a result, beginning July 1, all Virginians convicted of DUI will have to have an ignition interlock installed in their vehicle. Currently, that requirement applies only to repeat offenders or first-time offenders with blood alcohol content higher than 0.15. Virginia will "join just 15 other U.S. states in requiring this proven effective technology for all persons convicted of drunk driving," Kurt Erickson, president of the Washington Regional Alcohol Program, said …
Monday, February 27, 2012
Arlington officers conducted checkpoint from 11 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday.
A Friday-night sobriety checkpoint resulted in a single arrest, police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck said told Patch. The checkpoint was conducted by the Arlington County Police Department and the Arlington County Sheriff's Office. Officers stopped more than 400 vehicles at the checkpoint, which was held Friday night in the southbound lane of George Mason Drive between 8th Street South and Columbia Pike. The checkpoint last from 11 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday. Motorists were asked for their driver's license, and anyone suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs was motioned to a nearby area off the road. "Any time we can take even one drunk driver off the road, that's a success," Sternbeck said. Police would not release …
Andre L. Taylor
3:06 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
This guy has been trouble since he was at Miami and was involved in an onfield brawl in college where he took his helmet off and hit someone. I wish the Skins' the best with this situation. Get used to it if you keep him around. more ›