A new law will take effect in July requiring anyone arrested and convicted of driving under the influence to have his or her vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device. The equipment requires the driver to blow into a tube before starting up the vehicle. Any reading greater than .02 percent will disable the vehicle…
A Germantown man was sentenced to 14 months in prison Monday after he killed another man on Key Bridge while he was driving drunk a year ago. According to reports, Anthony Randolph, 41, hit and killed 23-year-old Pineda-Medrano of Arlington February 27, 2011. Pineda-Medrano was trying to start up his moped that had stalled when…
A Howard County police officer was struck by a woman allegedly driving under the influence Friday night, near Ellicott City. According to reports, 45-year-old Sung Ok Jang was driving a Kia Sorento when she hit the officer’s Dodge Charger just before midnight on Route 40 at Route 29. The officer’s vehicle had its lights on…
A Northern Virginia man was charged with driving under the influence, refusal to submit a blood or breath test and felony manslaughter in the accident that claimed the life of a 19-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University student from Virginia Beach. According to reports, 23-year-old Varinder Chahal of Springfield, Va. was driving his 2004 Mazda westbound on…
A first-time DUI offender may have to use an ignition iterlock device if a bill that is moving forward in the General Assembly becomes a law. According to reports, the bill that was introduced by Delegate Sal Iaquinto (R) of Virginia Beach would require all those convicted of driving while intoxicated to have the device…
The man convicted of killing a nun in a 2010 drunk driving accident got a sentence of 20 years in prison on Friday. Carlos Martinelly-Montano, 24, was drunk and in the country illegally when he slammed his vehicle into one carrying three nuns. Martinelly-Montano killed Sister Denise Mosier, 66, and injured two other nuns. He…
The Federal Aviation Administration chief resigned today after he was arrested on charges of drunk driving. Randy Babbitt, 65, was arrested Saturday night in Fairfax City, Va. about 10:30 p.m. The officer reported Babbitt was driving on the wrong side of the road at the time of the arrest and Babbitt is charged with a…