A man facing charges for killing two teenage boys walking on a sidewalk near Ferndale on Wednesday, June 10, told investigators he was sleepy but not under the influence of drugs during the crash, according to attorneys working the case. William J. Klein, 34, was driving a black SUV on West Smith Road with his…
A veteran airboat captain had a high level of marijuana in his blood when his boat flipped in the Everglades, hurling tourists into the swamp and drowning a recent University of Miami graduate pinned under the craft. But nearly a year after the crash, prosecutors this week ruled out charging Steve George Gagne with any…
A 27-year-old driver who was seen puffing away on a marijuana pipe — then blocks later fatally struck a pedestrian in a Gresham crosswalk last October — was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four years in prison. Jacob McLeod Walters’ case has captured public attention particularly because he is one of the first defendants in Oregon…
[W]ILLISTON — The court-ordered toxicology report of a wrong-way driver charged with killing five central Vermont teenagers in a fiery crash a year ago shows high levels of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, a powerful opiate and prescription drugs in his blood system. Steven D. Bourgoin, 37, of Williston had elevated levels of fentanyl…
ARKER, Colo. — The man who struck and killed a Parker cyclist in a hit-and-run last summer has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, officials announced Wednesday. Preston James Dorris, 37, pleaded guilty in February to leaving the scene of accident involving death, vehicular homicide, and careless driving in the death of Edward “Chuck” Vogel, Jr….
LOS ANGELES – As of Tuesday, LA County DA Jackie Lacey’s office tells FOX 11 that after viewing our story from Monday night, they have decided to assign a special unit that handles difficult DUI with cannabis cases to re-examine the evidence in this case and reconsider it for possible prosecution. The family of a local Uber driver…
A Queens teenager who crashed his car on a Long Island highway last month, killing four of his friends, now faces 25 years in prison after testing positive for marijuana, authorities said Friday. Joseph Beer, 17, a Richmond Hill High School graduate, lost control of his 2012 Subaru Impreza on a dangerous stretch of the…
An 18-year-old man is facing several charges, including DUI, in connection with the Route 12 crash in Wauconda that killed a 16-year-old McHenry West High School student in March. Caleb R. Rohrbach, 18, of the 300 block of Wooded Knoll Drive in Cary, was charged with three counts of aggravated driving under the influence of…
SKOKIE, Ill. (WLS) — A 61-year-old man charged in the crash that killed Illinois State Police Trooper Chris Lambert was high when he hit the trooper on I-294 in Northbrook, prosecutors said Tuesday. Scott Larson was charged with reckless homicide and appeared in a Cook County courthouse for a bond hearing on Tuesday. His bail was…
The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 25-year-old man for vehicular homicide in the death of a 18-year-old Centralia High School student following a crash last May in Grand Mound. Donald D. Siegler is accused of driving under the influence of marijuana leading up to the May 17 crash at Old Highway 99 and…
NEWARK — The driver in a crash that killed three Johnstown-area teens in June was going at least 20 mph over the speed limit and was under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash, according to officials. Ohio Highway Patrol Lt. Kevin Miller said a reconstruction of the crash estimated Jaylynn Rigio, 16,…
A teen accused of killing 16-year-old Broomfield High School student Chad Britton in a November car accident near the school was driving under the influence of marijuana, according to police. He got behind the wheel of his car after smoking weed, even though a friend tried to persuade him not to drive, police officers testified…