Update on DUI Checkpoint Applications
In March, we commented on the drunk driving checkpoint applications that hit the market. These downloadable applications – including “DUI Dodger,” “PhantomAlert,” “Buzzed,” and “Checkpoint Wingman” – sent drivers alerts about DUI checkpoints, allowing them to possibly evade the checkpoints if they had concerns about being pulled over for drunk driving. The checkpoint apps were […]
New Jersey School Bus Driver Charged With DWI
We’ve all heard the news about Anaya, a private-school bus driver in Bloomfield, New Jersey. During the early afternoon on May 5, 2011, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura saw Anaya’s school bus run a red light and nearly collide with another vehicle. After pulling the bus over, Fontoura detected the smell of alcohol. On further […]
NJ SUPREME COURT REJECTS DEFENSE TO A DWI ALCOTEST REFUSAL CHARGE
The New Jersey Supreme Court just rendered an important decision rejecting a key defense on a charge of DWI refusal to take an Alcotest during a DWI investigation. The defendant, Schmidt, was arrested for DWI and required to take a breath test (Alcotest) at the police station. He blew into the mouthpiece of the machine […]
ATLANTIC COUNTY NJ MAN GETS 125 YEARS JAIL FOR DOUBLE HOMICIDE
An Atlantic County Superior Court judge handed down one of the longest state prison sentences in Atlantic County history. Judge Michael Donio sentenced Nicholas Nigro, III, to 130 years in state prison for killing his girlfriend and her mother in their Egg Harbor Township home in 2009. Judge Donio sentenced Nigro to 60 years for […]
STATE OF NEW JERSEY CRACKS DOWN ON OFF-DUTY OFFICERS WITH DWI’S
Off-duty N.J. State Police will no longer be able to drive drunk with impunity. The State Police Superintendent has ordered strict policies on alcohol-related motor vehicle incidents involving troopers and launched an extensive review on the use of undercover identification cards. The order was distributed to the command staff of the 2,900-member force and it […]
