The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement today indicating that they will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint tonight in the Bywater from approximately 9pm to 5am on Friday, October 22nd. There is no information […]

The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement today indicating that they will be conducting an ‘Impaired Motorist Saturation Patrol’…apparently a fancy new name for DWI Checkpoints on Read Boulevard in New Orleans East from […]

Jeff Perilloux, who has served as a legal adviser to the St. John’s Parish District Attorney for the last ten years, was arrested on DWI charges on September 23. District Attorney Tom Daley put Perilloux […]

JPSO issued a statement today indicating that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint on the Westbank from approximately 9pm to 2am on Saturday, October 2nd. Drivers are advised to have the proper documentation (proof […]

The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement today indicating that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in the Central City area from approximately 9pm to 5am on Wednesday, September 29th. Drivers are advised […]

The St. Bernard Sheriff’s Department has issued a statement indicating that it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint tonight somewhere in Chalmette. No details were released regarding the exact location or time of the checkpoint. […]

The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement today indicating that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in the Uptown area from approximately 9pm to 5am on Friday, September 10th. Drivers are advised to […]

The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement today indicating that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in the Warehouse District from approximately 9pm to 5am on Friday, September 3rd. Drivers are advised to […]

The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement today indicating that a sobriety checkpoint will be in place in the Warehouse District tonight from 10PM to 5AM. No details are available with regard to the […]

A committee created by the Kenner City Council last week, after a proposal to require bars to close between 2 am and 6 am was voted down, will be meeting for the first time this […]

For the second night in a row, the NOPD will be enforcing a sobriety checkpoint from 9PM to 5AM, this time in the Algiers area. No details are available with regard to the exact location […]

Following a court appearance Tuesday, Lindsay Lohan was taken to a Lynwood, California jail to begin her 90 jail sentence. Sentenced for violating her probation by missing seven alcohol education classes, her 90 days in […]

Last week the Kenner City Council voted against having Kenner bars close between 2 and 6 a.m. The argument for regulating hours of local bars originally came from Police Chief Steve Caraway, who cited public […]

DUI/DWI’s can haunt you for a long time. Take Lindsey Lohan for example. After 2 arrests in as many months for driving under the influence in 2007, the actress was sentenced to, among other things, […]

By Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune February 04, 2010, 6:01PM Craig Codina, a multiple DWI offender from Destrehan, pleaded guilty Monday to vehicular homicide and third-offense DWI in connection with two separate Metairie car crashes. craig.codina.jpgCraig […]

By Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune January 25, 2010, 7:14PM Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Task Force on Driving While Intoxicated and Vehicular Homicide agreed Monday to look into the possibility of increasing fines and penalties for drunken […]

By Donald Melanson posted Jan 20th 2010 2:16PM TruTouch Technologies has been working on various non-invasive means to detect intoxication for quite a while now (like the rather elaborate TruTouch Guardian pictured at right), but […]

TMZ reports that Security guards at a posh Golden Globes after-party this weekend saved Ed Lauter a ton of trouble when they steered the drunken actor away from his car and into a cab despite […]