Blog Posts in 2011
Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Billy Skinner & Associates
According to HPD, local man, Omar Ornelas Lopez, 27, made his 13-year-old nephew drive him around because he was too intoxicated to drive. Authorities claim the officer noticed the vehicle ...
Continue reading "Police Say Man Used 13-Year-Old Nephew as Designated Driver" »
Posted on Nov 3, 2011 By Billy Skinner & Associates
A driver in North Houston has been arrested following an accident in which one man was thrown from an elevated section of I-45 to the frontage road below. According to police, a man was working on his ...
Continue reading "Fatal Vehicle Accident in North Houston" »
Posted on Nov 1, 2011 By Law Offices of Billy Skinner
A woman in South Carolina crashed her car while drunk and then tried to throw her four-year-old son over a fence while fleeing the scene. Since the incident, she has been banned from driving and ...
Continue reading "Drunk-Driving Mother Arrested in South Carolina After Trying to Throw Son Over a Fence" »
Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Billy Skinner & Associates
Allen Kwan (34) has been arrested, charged with intoxication manslaughter in the death of a NW Fwy construction worker. Kwan was allegedly speeding through an area on I-45N (near Crosstimbers) about ...
Continue reading "DWI Charge Filed in Construction Death" »
Posted on Oct 20, 2011 By Law Offices of Billy Skinner
A man is under investigation for drunk driving after slamming his Audi into a vehicle in west Houston. According to police, the man had been speeding on Sam Houston Parkway near Clay when he crashed ...
Continue reading "Crash in West Houston Lands 3 in Hospital" »
Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Billy Skinner & Associates
Matt Hardy, 36-yr-old Professional wrestler, is facing a driving while impaired charge in North Carolina after running off the road and hitting a tree in his 2009 Chevrolet Corvette. According to the ...
Continue reading "Pro Wrestler Matt Hardy Faces DWI Charge" »
Posted on Oct 11, 2011 By Law Offices of Billy Skinner
Harris County authorities have arrested Elena Fuentes, the 27-year-old Houston mother previously convicted of intoxicated manslaughter (in a crash that claimed her daughter’s life), again ...
Continue reading "Mom Convicted in Drunken Crash That Killed Daughter Arrested for DWI Again" »
Posted on Oct 6, 2011 By Law Offices of Billy Skinner
Although Labor Day weekend delivered some much needed cooler temperatures for most in the Houston area, the holiday did bring the heat others as it was also a no-refusal weekend. During no-refusal ...
Continue reading "DWI Arrests in Montgomery County Surge for Labor Day Weekend" »
Posted on Sep 29, 2011 By Billy Skinner & Associates
Houston police chief, Charles McClelland, has fired Sgt. Ruben Trejo. Trejo, a patrol sergeant, was charged with drunk driving after he crashed into a school bus on his way to work. Chief McClelland ...
Continue reading "HPD Officer Fired After DWI Crash" »
Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Law Offices of Billy Skinner
San Antonio bars are installing Alcobuddy machines in an effort to keep drunken customers off the roads. For $2 per test, the devices will allow patrons to blow into a disposable tube, just like the ...
Continue reading "Breathalyzers Installed in Some San Antonio Bars" »
Posted on Sep 8, 2011 By Law Offices of Billy Skinner
San Antonio officials have announced plans to implement digital billboards that will display the names and photographs of suspects sought for drunk driving (DWI / DUI), intoxicated assault and ...
Continue reading "Wanted DWI Suspects on San Antonio Billboards" »
Posted on Sep 5, 2011 By Law Offices of Billy Skinner
According to HPD, Stephen Guy Ellis was charged with intoxication manslaughter for causing a fatal crash on Highway 290. Ellis was reportedly under the influence while speeding in a silver Pontiac ...
Continue reading "Drunk Driver Charged After Causing Fatal Crash on Northwest Freeway" »
Posted on Sep 1, 2011 By Law Offices of Billy Skinner
Juan Carlos Guerrero, a drunk driver that killed a retired Air Force serviceman more than 17 years ago, has finally been convicted of the crime. Guerrero eluded responsibility for the 1993 alcohol ...
Continue reading "Texas DWI Case Resolved After 17 Years" »
Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By Law Offices of Billy Skinner
Fort Worth police were engaged in a very slow speed chase down I-30, last Sunday, with a man driving a forklift while intoxicated. The driver, Tim Raines, 43, was reportedly drinking beer and making ...
Continue reading "Forklift Driver Leads Police on Bizarre Chase" »
Posted on Aug 22, 2011 By Law Offices of Billy Skinner
A man was arrested for drunk driving after crashing his yellow Hummer into the arm of a railroad crossing near the Highland Village shopping center – around 2:30a.m. last Thursday, an Westheimer ...
Continue reading "Hummer Crashes Into Railroad Crossing Arm" »
Posted on Aug 19, 2011 By Law Offices of Billy Skinner
Constable’s office believes the driver that veered off the road and drove through a cemetery, last Thursday, was intoxicated. Harris County Precinct 6 Constable’s Office reported that the ...
Continue reading "Driver Disturbs the Dead, Drives Into Cemetery" »
D.W.