DWI

A 22-year-old Middlesex woman is facing drunk driving charges after police say she drove onto a sidewalk and crashed into a parking lot. The incident happened shortly after 11 p.m. on Nov. 15. According to Canandaigua law enforcement officials, the woman was detained...

This November, an additional four states decriminalized the recreational use of marijuana. Numerous more states allow marijuana to be prescribed medicinally, including New York. As states increasingly treat marijuana similarly to alcohol, the question follows: what...

On Nov. 8, it was reported that a New York man was taken into police custody on Oct. 30 after he was accused of driving while under the influence of alcohol. Authorities stated that the 31-year-old man was seen driving across multiple lanes and across the center...

New York residents may know that on Nov. 8, voters in a few states approved ballot initiatives that would make the possession of small amounts of marijuana legal. As marijuana laws are loosened throughout the country, it has given rise to new legal questions that may...

Recently, an alumnus of Montana State University won first place in a national entrepreneurship pitch competition, which was held in Boston, Massachusetts as a part of the Forbes Under 30 Summit. He won top prize in the competition with a mobile app he developed to...

A mother of three in New York was charged with vehicular manslaughter after allegedly causing a fatal collision on Oct. 28. Police say that the woman's blood-alcohol level was four times the legal limit when she was involved in a head-on collision that killed an...

New Yorkers who are charged with a DWI may want to understand how Leandra's Law may impact them. Leandra's Law, which was passed in 2009, specifically targets offenders who drive with a child under the age of 15 as a passenger and drivers who have a blood alcohol...

Some New Yorkers might try to avoid the risk of getting stopped for drunk driving by using a designated driver. However, in some cases, that driver might have one or two drinks without realizing the harm that could come from it. A startup called DermaTec has developed...

Police say that a 64-year-old man was under the influence of alcohol while driving a limo carrying family members to Long Island from JFK Airport in New York City on Sept. 20. As he approached an accident scene at Sunrise Highway in Sayville, police told him to pull...

Getting a driving while intoxicated (DWI) conviction is a serious matter. These convictions can come with steep monetary fines, mandatory ignition interlock installation on all of the accused's vehicles and prison time. A large number of people recently received...