Articles Posted in DUI

Manuel Garcia, 48, of Woodstock was sentenced to seven years in prison after his eighth drunk driving conviction and his fifth conviction for driving on a revoked license. Garcia’s history of drunk driving began in 1983 with incidents in Texas and Illinois. State Attorney Dave Johnston asked for a fifteen year prison sentence, stating that…

A Northwest side 20-year-old, Szymon Zawadzki, has been charged with two counts of reckless homicide, two counts of aggravated driving under the influence resulting in death, one count of aggravated DUI resulting in great bodily harm, one count of improper lane usage, one count of failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, and no…

Sandra Vasquez testified in front of a Kendall County jury on Monday regarding the fatal February 2007 crash in which she drove intoxicated teenagers home from a party in Oswego. Vasquez, of Aurora, is charged with aggravated DUI and multiple counts of reckless homicide. She claimed that she went to her aunt’s house to pick…

A New Trier student faces two misdemeanor DUI charges after her alleged involvement in a hit-and-run involving another student. Erin Hughes, 18, allegedly admitted to smoking marijuana the night before Cook County prosecutors claim she hit another student who was crossing the street. Hughes, of Wilmette, allegedly slowed after hitting the other student but then…

Chicago police officer John Ardelean was cleared of all charges against him stemming from a DUI crash on Thanksgiving Day 2007 in which two men were killed. The families of the two men were shocked and outraged by the dismissal but were told that they could continue on with a civil suit against the officer.…

A motorist is facing possible DUI charges as a result of a crash in Lake Forest at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Illinois 60 around 2:51 a.m. early Thursday morning. The Chicago man allegedly hit a traffic light which caused it to fall onto his minivan, then struck a second traffic light and another…

Alia Bernard, 25, of Aurora is facing charges from an accident last year in which she allegedly rear ended a vehicle in the left turn lane at a stoplight causing a chain reaction which killed a St. Charles couple on their motorcycle and injured others. Bernard is charged with two felony counts of reckless homicide…

Edward Cook was found guilty of reckless homicide and aggravated DUI instead of murder after losing control of his car while driving at a high rate of speed, skidding onto the sidewalk and striking a man, David Long, and his dog. Both Long, 54-years-old, and his dog were killed in the crash. Citing other cases…

A Chicago man, James Cox, 39, was sentenced to ten years in prison by a Cook County judge for aggravated DUI resulting in the death of Kim Brown, 27, and her premature baby. The accident occurred October 21, 2009 when Brown was between six and seven months pregnant. The premature baby boy was delivered by…

The mother of the 5-year-old boy who died in a tragic alleged DUI-related car crash, discussed previously, has sued the city of Chicago Heights and her boyfriend, Cecil Connor, for wrongful death. Kathie LaFond alleges in the lawsuit that the Chicago Heights Police Department failed to take sufficient steps to determine if the driver, Connor,…